RENTERS: No license, no rent

[Anonymous]

OP, can you sue the landlord for rent already paid prior to when safety and hazardous were repaired? For instance, the home had wires exposed in May but wasn’t repaired until July.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just rented a house in DC and there are several hazards and safety issues. There are exposed electrical outlets, loose curtain rods and banisters. The landlord uses a real estate firm for managing the property and there is no way DCRA inspected this place.

Wish I would have seen this thread sooner, but it seems like I’m protected. I have minor children in the home and this is all inconvenient if we have to move.

I’m waiting for the management team to respond to my inquiry, but in the meantime I will stop my auto pay for rent.

See this is difference between a good and bad tenant. I recall my good tenant has some minor BS like this. He texted me and asked if ok to fix on his own,

In your case couple turns of some screws maybe five minutes with drill a few screws and slap on a few 20 cent outlet covers. He then showed me pictures of it fixed.

Out of courtesy I told him deduct $200 off his next rest payment and at renewal did not raise rent. And when COVID hit let him go in short payment is plan. Later on an appliance delivery he removed and replaced door.

Prior tenant had me over for nonsense a lot so started jacking rest near end and wanted then out. Final straw was in a Sunday morning called me over on an outlet. I go over and as fat husband in underwear laying in coach and wife texting I changed outlet in like five minutes.

She had like a few other outlets in room. Guess what she plugged a blender into outlet and blew it. Another time she left window open with fruits in window ledge and had an ant issue. A third time her fat husband clogged up toilet with a big crap and excess paper.

I swear good tenants are worth their weight in gold

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just rented a house in DC and there are several hazards and safety issues. There are exposed electrical outlets, loose curtain rods and banisters. The landlord uses a real estate firm for managing the property and there is no way DCRA inspected this place.

Wish I would have seen this thread sooner, but it seems like I’m protected. I have minor children in the home and this is all inconvenient if we have to move.

I’m waiting for the management team to respond to my inquiry, but in the meantime I will stop my auto pay for rent.

See this is difference between a good and bad tenant. I recall my good tenant has some minor BS like this. He texted me and asked if ok to fix on his own,

In your case couple turns of some screws maybe five minutes with drill a few screws and slap on a few 20 cent outlet covers. He then showed me pictures of it fixed.

Out of courtesy I told him deduct $200 off his next rest payment and at renewal did not raise rent. And when COVID hit let him go in short payment is plan. Later on an appliance delivery he removed and replaced door.

Prior tenant had me over for nonsense a lot so started jacking rest near end and wanted then out. Final straw was in a Sunday morning called me over on an outlet. I go over and as fat husband in underwear laying in coach and wife texting I changed outlet in like five minutes.

She had like a few other outlets in room. Guess what she plugged a blender into outlet and blew it. Another time she left window open with fruits in window ledge and had an ant issue. A third time her fat husband clogged up toilet with a big crap and excess paper.

I swear good tenants are worth their weight in gold

But if one just moved in and on day one all of these problems existed, why on earth would the new tenant have to fix your mess? The home should have been inspection and everything should have been working properly especially lights!

[Anonymous]

Very helpful, thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just rented a house in DC and there are several hazards and safety issues. There are exposed electrical outlets, loose curtain rods and banisters. The landlord uses a real estate firm for managing the property and there is no way DCRA inspected this place.

Wish I would have seen this thread sooner, but it seems like I’m protected. I have minor children in the home and this is all inconvenient if we have to move.

I’m waiting for the management team to respond to my inquiry, but in the meantime I will stop my auto pay for rent.

See this is difference between a good and bad tenant. I recall my good tenant has some minor BS like this. He texted me and asked if ok to fix on his own,

In your case couple turns of some screws maybe five minutes with drill a few screws and slap on a few 20 cent outlet covers. He then showed me pictures of it fixed.

Out of courtesy I told him deduct $200 off his next rest payment and at renewal did not raise rent. And when COVID hit let him go in short payment is plan. Later on an appliance delivery he removed and replaced door.

Prior tenant had me over for nonsense a lot so started jacking rest near end and wanted then out. Final straw was in a Sunday morning called me over on an outlet. I go over and as fat husband in underwear laying in coach and wife texting I changed outlet in like five minutes.

She had like a few other outlets in room. Guess what she plugged a blender into outlet and blew it. Another time she left window open with fruits in window ledge and had an ant issue. A third time her fat husband clogged up toilet with a big crap and excess paper.

I swear good tenants are worth their weight in gold

But if one just moved in and on day one all of these problems existed, why on earth would the new tenant have to fix your mess? The home should have been inspection and everything should have been working properly especially lights!

They been there five years. Was mint. Most tenants break the stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just rented a house in DC and there are several hazards and safety issues. There are exposed electrical outlets, loose curtain rods and banisters. The landlord uses a real estate firm for managing the property and there is no way DCRA inspected this place.

Wish I would have seen this thread sooner, but it seems like I’m protected. I have minor children in the home and this is all inconvenient if we have to move.

I’m waiting for the management team to respond to my inquiry, but in the meantime I will stop my auto pay for rent.

See this is difference between a good and bad tenant. I recall my good tenant has some minor BS like this. He texted me and asked if ok to fix on his own,

In your case couple turns of some screws maybe five minutes with drill a few screws and slap on a few 20 cent outlet covers. He then showed me pictures of it fixed.

Out of courtesy I told him deduct $200 off his next rest payment and at renewal did not raise rent. And when COVID hit let him go in short payment is plan. Later on an appliance delivery he removed and replaced door.

Prior tenant had me over for nonsense a lot so started jacking rest near end and wanted then out. Final straw was in a Sunday morning called me over on an outlet. I go over and as fat husband in underwear laying in coach and wife texting I changed outlet in like five minutes.

She had like a few other outlets in room. Guess what she plugged a blender into outlet and blew it. Another time she left window open with fruits in window ledge and had an ant issue. A third time her fat husband clogged up toilet with a big crap and excess paper.

I swear good tenants are worth their weight in gold

There's no way I'd want tenants performing any repairs on my property, because I actually care about my property and don't want half-assed and potentially dangerous fixes done by someone with no financial stake in the unit. Boo hoo, you're a landlord and you have to do some maintenance every once and a while. Let me get out my violin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just rented a house in DC and there are several hazards and safety issues. There are exposed electrical outlets, loose curtain rods and banisters. The landlord uses a real estate firm for managing the property and there is no way DCRA inspected this place.

Wish I would have seen this thread sooner, but it seems like I’m protected. I have minor children in the home and this is all inconvenient if we have to move.

I’m waiting for the management team to respond to my inquiry, but in the meantime I will stop my auto pay for rent.

See this is difference between a good and bad tenant. I recall my good tenant has some minor BS like this. He texted me and asked if ok to fix on his own,

In your case couple turns of some screws maybe five minutes with drill a few screws and slap on a few 20 cent outlet covers. He then showed me pictures of it fixed.

Out of courtesy I told him deduct $200 off his next rest payment and at renewal did not raise rent. And when COVID hit let him go in short payment is plan. Later on an appliance delivery he removed and replaced door.

Prior tenant had me over for nonsense a lot so started jacking rest near end and wanted then out. Final straw was in a Sunday morning called me over on an outlet. I go over and as fat husband in underwear laying in coach and wife texting I changed outlet in like five minutes.

She had like a few other outlets in room. Guess what she plugged a blender into outlet and blew it. Another time she left window open with fruits in window ledge and had an ant issue. A third time her fat husband clogged up toilet with a big crap and excess paper.

I swear good tenants are worth their weight in gold

There's no way I'd want tenants performing any repairs on my property, because I actually care about my property and don't want half-assed and potentially dangerous fixes done by someone with no financial stake in the unit. Boo hoo, you're a landlord and you have to do some maintenance every once and a while. Let me get out my violin.

Same I would not feel comfortable for my tenant do any fixing unless it has to do with changing light bulbs and unclogging their business .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just rented a house in DC and there are several hazards and safety issues. There are exposed electrical outlets, loose curtain rods and banisters. The landlord uses a real estate firm for managing the property and there is no way DCRA inspected this place.

Wish I would have seen this thread sooner, but it seems like I’m protected. I have minor children in the home and this is all inconvenient if we have to move.

I’m waiting for the management team to respond to my inquiry, but in the meantime I will stop my auto pay for rent.

See this is difference between a good and bad tenant. I recall my good tenant has some minor BS like this. He texted me and asked if ok to fix on his own,

In your case couple turns of some screws maybe five minutes with drill a few screws and slap on a few 20 cent outlet covers. He then showed me pictures of it fixed.

Out of courtesy I told him deduct $200 off his next rest payment and at renewal did not raise rent. And when COVID hit let him go in short payment is plan. Later on an appliance delivery he removed and replaced door.

Prior tenant had me over for nonsense a lot so started jacking rest near end and wanted then out. Final straw was in a Sunday morning called me over on an outlet. I go over and as fat husband in underwear laying in coach and wife texting I changed outlet in like five minutes.

She had like a few other outlets in room. Guess what she plugged a blender into outlet and blew it. Another time she left window open with fruits in window ledge and had an ant issue. A third time her fat husband clogged up toilet with a big crap and excess paper.

I swear good tenants are worth their weight in gold

But if one just moved in and on day one all of these problems existed, why on earth would the new tenant have to fix your mess? The home should have been inspection and everything should have been working properly especially lights!

Why didn't the tenant perform a walk through prior to moving in???
You're supposed to walk through and notate any damage or issues that were already there prior to you renting.
The landlord can easily say that you caused every issue, and you'd have no recourse because you didn't conduct a 10 minute walkthrough...

I have never once rented a place, without walking through with the landlord prior to move in.

[Anonymous]

So tired of illiterate and illegal landlords. Good luck suckers. Your luck is about to run out.

Get a license.

[Anonymous]

I was just contacted by DCRA about the nee for an inspection of the home I’m renting. Turns out, the landlord doesn’t have a license to rent. I now want out of my lease. Do I have a case? I don’t mind doing month to month however but this home as had some issues quite often so I want out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was just contacted by DCRA about the nee for an inspection of the home I’m renting. Turns out, the landlord doesn’t have a license to rent. I now want out of my lease. Do I have a case? I don’t mind doing month to month however but this home as had some issues quite often so I want out!

Why on earth didn't you ask DCRA? Why are you posting here knowing you will get a bunch of random answers? Or call Landlord-Tenant?

Your post shows why you are in this predicament. Idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, being unlicensed does not necessarily mean they're unsafe.

so than why not get licensed?

The rental contract is for you to use the space and it's violation from the county or city's side but the tenant still owes them rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, being unlicensed does not necessarily mean they're unsafe.

so than why not get licensed?

The rental contract is for you to use the space and it's violation from the county or city's side but the tenant still owes them rent.

But but, if something is being illegal used, you shouldn’t have to comply re:collecting rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, being unlicensed does not necessarily mean they're unsafe.

so than why not get licensed?

The rental contract is for you to use the space and it's violation from the county or city's side but the tenant still owes them rent.

But but, if something is being illegal used, you shouldn’t have to comply re:collecting rent.

If it's illegal is the renter abetting?

[Anonymous]

I used to feel sorry for people who had to rent in this city and even considered renting one of our homes in a very nice, convenient neighborhood at a discounted rate to help a family out who could use it, but hearing this scheme to live rent free and stick it to landlords/ homeowners has made me reconsider doing that. I always felt it was awful that people who could not afford to buy have to spend so much on rent, but my sympathy is declining rapidly after reading this post. Your antics are going to make people like me who can afford to wait out the market, sell rather than rent at a fair rate. I see why landlords charge so much now. I can't say I blame them. This is just awful!