landlord-tenant disputes

Homeowner’s blazing Christmas light display slammed by neighbors who call it ‘light pollution’: ‘We’re just trying to spread festive cheer’

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Homeowner’s blazing Christmas light display slammed by neighbors who call it ‘light pollution’: ‘We’re just trying to spread festive cheer’

It was the light-mare before Christmas. A UK family has labeled their landlords “scrooges” for ordering them to switch off their Christmas decorations at night over “light pollution” concerns. “We just can’t understand it — we’re just trying to spread a bit of festive cheer,” Michael Stonier, 21, told South West News Service while denouncing … Read more

I used to work for the Queen — now I live in a bug-infested home that reeks of urine

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I used to work for the Queen — now I live in a bug-infested home that reeks of urine

A former member of the Queen’s household said she now lives in a bug-infested home — that reeks of urine. Ex Royal clerk Hazel Speed, 73, has been reduced to washing from a bucket after a leak from a botched toilet repair left her London home “uninhabitable”.   She claims the leak means her rental house … Read more

Wild notes left as parking war erupts in Australian neighborhood

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Wild notes left as parking war erupts in Australian neighborhood

Residents of an apartment building in Sydney woke to find a bizarre handwritten post-it note stuck to the front of each letter box. “Remove ur (sic) car immediately from parking-2 This is paid parking,” read the notes, plastered over the unit block in Lakemba, in the city’s west. There were at least 30 identical notes … Read more

I’m a landlord — my filthy tenant didn’t take out the trash for a year

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I’m a landlord — my filthy tenant didn’t take out the trash for a year

She’s the trashiest tenant he’s ever encountered.  A landlord named Xie from Qingdao in Shandong Province, China, was stunned when he entered the apartment of a resident who hadn’t taken out her trash for more than a year. Video of his dirty discovery, filmed Aug. 10 and obtained by Newsflare, shows the female tenant, who … Read more

Man charged $100 after landlord spots 4 ants in his kitchen: ‘That’s $25 per ant’

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Man charged 0 after landlord spots 4 ants in his kitchen: ‘That’s per ant’

An Australian comic known for his savage take-downs of the real estate market has found himself on the receiving end of an outlandish fee from his landlord after an “ant infestation.” Sydney comedian Tom Cashman and his two housemates had moved out of their apartment when they received an email from their real estate agent … Read more