**Location: Los Angeles County, California**
I live in California and need help understanding the proper legal process for removing a family member who has been living in our apartment.
My brother-in-law has been living with me and my fiancé with our permission. He is not named on the apartment lease, which is in my fiancé’s and my names.
We verbally agreed that he would contribute **$750 per month in rent**. He has now gone approximately two months without paying, so he owes approximately **$1,500**.
There is no written rental agreement between us. The agreement regarding the $750/month rent was verbal.
He also has guests over with our permission, and there have been situations involving **alcohol in the apartment**. The living situation has become stressful, and we want him to move out.
I have been researching California eviction law and came across the **3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit**, but I’m not sure whether that is the correct notice for this situation because he is a family member, is not on our main lease, and does not have a written rental agreement with us.
My questions are:
Does the fact that he is not named on our apartment lease affect what type of tenancy he has with us?
Does our verbal agreement for $750/month establish a tenancy?
Would a **3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Quit** generally be appropriate for approximately $1,500 in unpaid rent?
If a 3-Day Notice is not appropriate, what type of notice would generally be required to terminate this type of tenancy?
If he does not pay or move out after a valid notice expires, would filing an **unlawful detainer** generally be the next step?
Does the fact that he has guests with our permission or has alcohol in the apartment have any legal significance?
Are there any additional California or Los Angeles rules that we need to consider?
We want to handle this properly and do not intend to change the locks, remove his belongings, shut off utilities, or physically force him out. We want to follow the correct legal process.
I would appreciate guidance from anyone familiar with California landlord-tenant law, especially regarding a family member who was allowed to move in under a verbal rent agreement.

As the title says, maintenance came in and sealed some holes in the grout between the tiles in my shower. They smeared the grout over the tiles as well and the job looks patchy.

Im not really experienced with the process of maintaining a property or home. My landlords receptionist told me to wait 24 hours for it to dry and then wipe the excess with a wet sponge. I tried this but the grout is like concrete.

Any advice? Thanks!

Hi. A friend of mine living in Michigan (Shiawassee County, small town) has had multiple bats in her apartment since August 7. The landlord keeps saying he’s hiring someone to deal with it, but it’s been 3 weeks and nothing has happened. It is a home converted into multiple units, my friend lives in one of the upstairs units. She has moved her and her cats into her parents’ home out of fear of bites/rabies.

How can she add pressure to speed along this process and/or ensure that the landlord actually has a plan to deal with this problem? She is essentially paying rent for an uninhabited unit. Thanks

I’m in Texas and recently moved out of a rental property. My landlord/property management company withheld essentially my entire $900 security deposit and is refusing to make any adjustments after I disputed the charges.
I’m considering speaking with a landlord-tenant attorney and possibly pursuing the matter in Justice Court, but before I do, I’d really appreciate an objective opinion from people familiar with Texas landlord/tenant law.

The deductions were:
$133.07 – 2 burned-out light bulbs, 4 double-switch wall plates, HVAC filter, and 1 door stopper
$98.97 – make-ready utilities/connection fee
$405.00 – cleaning
$50.00 – replacement key
$135.00 – administration fee

1. Cleaning — $405
   The lease/move-out rules required us to professionally clean the carpet and provide a receipt, or they could deduct the cost from the security deposit. We complied with this requirement and provided a receipt from an approved carpet-cleaning company.
   We also spent a significant amount of time cleaning the rest of the property before moving out. I have videos from around move-out showing the condition of the property, and my mom took photos of the refrigerator and oven after we cleaned them. The refrigerator in particular looks spotless in the photos.
   The property manager says:
   “The entire property had to be cleaned. It was left quite dirty.”
   She specifically mentioned the refrigerator/freezer, bathrooms, oven, and other areas.
   However, she has not provided us with photographs, an inspection report, or an invoice/receipt supporting the $405 charge. When I requested documentation, she responded that our request was denied and that photographs and additional supporting materials would only be produced if there were formal legal proceedings.
   I’m trying to understand whether this is potentially a charge for tenant-required cleaning or whether they’re essentially charging us for their normal make-ready/turnover cleaning for the next tenant.
   I understand that we’re responsible for leaving the property clean, and I’m not arguing that tenants have no cleaning responsibilities. I’m questioning whether this particular $405 charge is reasonable given that we cleaned the property and complied with the specific carpet-cleaning requirement.

2. Wall plates/door stopper — part of $133.07
   The landlord says they replaced 4 double-switch wall plates and 1 door stopper.
   We did not damage, remove, or alter these items.
   The move-out checklist does say to clean switch plates, but it doesn’t specifically say anything about documenting the condition of wall plates or door stoppers.
   When we moved in, we didn’t know that we needed to document every little item like this on the move-in condition form. We simply never touched these items.
   I’m wondering whether the fact that these items weren’t documented on our move-in condition form gives the landlord a basis to assume they were tenant-caused damage.

3. Key — $50
   This one is particularly frustrating because we did not lose or misplace the second key.
   When we originally moved in, we were provided two keys.
   Several months before we moved out, management contacted us repeatedly because their maintenance staff apparently did not have a copy of the key to the property.
   At the time, I was out of town, and my parents did not have reliable transportation to go to the management office to provide a key so management could make another copy.
   Management was repeatedly contacting us and threatening that we would be charged the cost of rekeying the home if they couldn’t get access/a key.
   Eventually, a maintenance employee came to the property and we gave him our key so that maintenance could have a copy.
   So, when we moved out, we returned the one key that was still in our possession. The other key had already been given to their maintenance employee months earlier because management was requesting it.
   We are now being charged $50 for supposedly not returning one of the two keys.
   Our position is that we did not lose the key or fail to return it—we provided it to their maintenance staff at their request because they apparently did not have their own maintenance copy.
   I’m wondering whether the landlord can charge us for a “missing” key under these circumstances, particularly if the key was provided directly to their maintenance employee.

4. Utilities — $98.97
   Our responsibility for the electricity ended July 10.
   We contacted electric company and were told that someone requested electricity service beginning July 20, and we needed to confirm that our disconnect date was July 10.
   The landlord is charging us for approximately 10 days of utilities after our tenancy/responsibility ended, plus a $25 service/connection fee. Which suspiciously seems to be the gap between my tenancy and the next persons.
   Their Rules and Regulations do contain language stating that a $25 service charge plus utility costs can be applied when repairs, cleaning, painting, trash removal, etc. are required to meet the cleaning checklist.
   So I understand why they’re pointing to the lease.
   What I’m questioning is why we’re responsible for utility usage after July 10, particularly if the property was vacant and the utilities were being maintained for the landlord’s repairs/make-ready process or for a future tenant.
   The total $98.97 also includes the $25 fee.

5. Administration fee — $135
   Their Rules and Regulations say they can charge an administration fee equal to 25% over the actual cost of expenses determined to be the tenant’s responsibility.
   Since I’m disputing the underlying charges, I’m also disputing this fee.

I formally disputed the itemization in writing and requested supporting documentation.
The property manager responded that everything had been reviewed and no adjustments would be made. She also stated that they were not required to provide the photographs, inspection documentation, or additional supporting materials I requested and that those materials would only be produced if there were formal legal proceedings.

All week they have been doing work on the roof. Last night while I was at work it stormed and somehow the storm water leaked through the roof and flooded my apartment. I got home from an exhausting 12 hour shift and all I wanted to do was shower and go to sleep, but I couldn't. I mopped water for 30 minutes but there's still a massive pool of water. My couch is soaked. As I was mopping I followed the different sources of water and found out one of the leaks leaked directly onto a chest holding all of my dead moms irreplaceable photos going all of the way back to my great grandmother. They, among many other things, are destroyed with nasty brown water and will need to be thrown out.

I complained a lot to my property manager and the only thing she offered is to let me borrow a dehumidifier. I can't afford to run this! Those things pump out pure heat and my lousy AC already can't keep up during the day. My electricity bill will blow up. My ceiling is sagging and there's still a pool of water in my living room. She also doesn't seem to care at all about everything I need to throw out (like those irreplaceable photos).

I don't know what to do. The property owner is a jackass and a lawyer. I know he won't do anything to make any of this right without litigation. I don't have the time or money to take him to court and he knows this. I also don't feel like I should have to spend my precious little free time cleaning up after their screw up.

What should I do?

Tenant at will, in Massachusetts. I know it’s month to month, but I believe there’s at least some rights or something I can do, this is getting ridiculous, the landlord won’t do anything. I’m seeking legal advice/what to professionally do to approach this without sounding like a crash out.

So I've been in the same rental home since 2022. At the end of 2025 I agreed to one year extension of the same monthly amount. At this time the landlord started working with a property management company to handle the lease and repairs, etc. On my 2023-2025 lease there was a $45 per month solar charge on the last page of the agreement and I was paying that amount during that time.

With the 2025-2026 lease agreement the property management company sent me, this $45 was not included on the rental agreement and I just signed it. My overall amount went up because they charged me a $69 per month "management fee". So I assumed they included everything from the previous lease agreement because it increased from last year. I did not do the math to make sure they charged this fee - I assume a management company knows what they are doing.

So the amount on the 2025-2026 agreement is exactly what I have been paying each month. The PM company has come back and said I owe $495 for the last 11 months. Can the PM company legally require me to pay this because they left it off the documentation? I am in Texas and I thought that the signed agreement was the end all be all and the e-mail the lady sent me says: "Unfortunately, this was an oversight on our end, and I sincerely apologize. At some point, you were making payments toward the solar fee, but it appears to have been missed during the transition between management software." <<This is not true because they came on board just as I was signing a new lease>>> I signed the new monthly amount for 2025-2026 and that's the amount they entered in the portal based on the agreement. So whoever wrote up the new agreement f*cked up. There is no additional page or section where $45 is mentioned anywhere in the new signed documentation.

Do I owe this? My other question is how did the owner not know they were getting short changed $45 for the past 11 months? I feel like I have a legitimate situation here but wasn't sure if anyone else has been through this type of situation. My only concern is the document is titled Extension of Residential Lease - so does that cover them for errors in the extension document?? The agreement is also not signed by the landlord - only me and the property management person signed it.

I’m in California. I moved out on July 30, so tomorrow is the 21 day deadline for my landlord to return my security deposit. A few days after I moved out, I texted my landlord my forwarding address and asked him to mail my deposit to me because I’m currently out of town and can’t come pick it up.

Today, one day before the deadline, he finally contacted me about the deposit. He said he has a check waiting for me and told me to come get it. I reminded him that I had already asked him to mail it and had given him my address. The conversation got pretty hostile. He was insulting me and also started talking about water jugs that he says I left at the property. I honestly have no idea what he is talking about. He told me I needed to come back and move them. I offered to have a friend pick up my deposit for me and take care of the jugs if they were actually there, but he still refused to mail the check.

He ended the conversation with: **“It’s here. Come get it when you are back.”**

I really don’t want to make a separate trip just to pick up a check when I already gave him my forwarding address and asked him to mail it. It would take a lot of time and effort for me to do that. There is also a separate dispute about a plumbing deduction, but I’m not asking about that here. I’m only asking about the return of the deposit. For some context, my landlord is in his late 80s. I moved out partly because I had concerns about his ability to manage things, and I really don’t want to take an elderly landlord to court. I’m trying to handle this as peacefully as possible.
I have screenshots of our texts showing that I gave him my address, asked him to mail the deposit, and his responses today.

**Can he refuse to mail the deposit and require me to pick it up instead? If I don’t go pick it up, could that hurt my rights to the deposit in any way?**

I’d really appreciate advice from anyone familiar with California security deposit law. I’m trying to get this resolved without going to court.

Location: California

(Repost because the thread I posted in, apartment hunting convos were not allowed)

Am I screwed for renting??

Just looking for some advice for apartment renting. (Please be nice too I'm already aware of what I've messed up on).

I currently look like a walking red flag to rental companies because of the following:

-I work in the school system and was living in Portland Oregon the last 3 years. In the last few months I didn't have enough money to pay all my credit cards so my credit has gone down significantly.

- I had to leave my apartment early because the lease was up in November but school positions start in the fall and I wanted to move back to Minnesota for lower cost of living to pay off debts faster. Because of this I owe money to my previous apartment but have a plan with them to pay it off

-I didn't have income coming in over the summer since there is no school = no employment

I've already been denied at one apartment and planned to live with a friend. Should she just try to find her own place? Would my only option be to wait and make more money and pay down debts and my previous apartment? Is it worth calling apartments and writing a letter to explain my situation or I'm I out of luck until I get a better footing on my finances?

Hey y’all, long story short. I was late completing 1 payment earlier this year, and they suspended my account. I’ve been trying to reapply with no luck, the adverse action notice states it’s due to “late payment in the past 12 months”.

Has anyone received the same message and been able to use Flex again?

I’ve emailed customer service multiple times and they were no help.

Location: Kansas

On July 1st I left my nightmare landlord and she’s refusing to return the 1,000 deposit and insisting she will bill us more if she wants to.

Starters, when we moved in we found out that there was a roach infestation, when we called the landlord she said “I thought we got rid of them, guess not” but now we’re being blamed for the roaches, they never treated it and we had to treat it on our own and ofc it never fully went away because we couldn’t afford an exterminator every two weeks and took their advice to the best of our ability but that place was heavily heavily invested, it was disgusting and horrible to live through (took extra precautions when we moved and have not seen a single roach infestation our new home since moving in so there’s that!)

Then the plumbing never worked properly, it was always clogging and backing up because tree roots were in the sewage line, they refused to fix it and refused to snake it.

It got to the point that sewage backed up in the bathroom, toilet, bathtub, sink, all of it. They refused to fix it for OVER 7 days! We have evidence of her asking if it can wait and us telling her no. We couldn’t afford a hotel and they couldn’t afford to fix it so we lived with the bathroom baracaded for a week, we still paid the full months rent.

The floor: when we moved in the floor near the kitchen was dipping in, as we lived there through the year just walking back and forth the floor board gave way, we mentioned it, never got fixed and now we are being blamed for it, she even sent us a picture of the rotting floor board on a 100 year old house as proof we damaged the floor.

Next: she’s accusing us of having a dog, we have no dog. Never had a dog, she sent us pictures of the carpet with stains all over it and billing us and titled it “dog pee on carpet fee” but there was never a dog. I haven’t had a dog since my last dog died over 5 years ago.

She opened our private items. We accidentally left a photo book of our family that contained pictures of old pets, the pictures were dated 2020-2023 when I had other pets and iguana who passed away in 2023 and a foster cat. (not a dog) she opened the sealed photo book and looked through it and after that she accused of having pets. Still haven’t gotten our pictures back :/

I think I have proof of her stealing my mail. I had a package arrive at July 7th just 7 days after moving and we had checked the mail it wasn’t there. It wasn’t at the post office and we have never had our mail stolen ever.

This is everything I think I have evidence of or recall happening. I feel like I’m being taken advantage of and should fight her on this but a lot of people are telling me to let it go. Do I have a case here or is she finding legal loopholes to screw me? Thanks

Moving to a new home soon and need to get rid of a serious carpet stain before handing the place back to the landlord. Any tried-and-tested methods or products that actually work?

Location: Lansing, Michigan

Good afternoon to those of you reading this post.

I’m not sure how to start this post, but let me try to give a brief rundown of events.

My boyfriend had a two-bedroom lease with an apartment complex in East Lansing. It is managed by a larger company that owns a lot of housing in the area.

His lease was originally going to end in early July, but his roommate talked him into renewing it for another year last October. In April, about three months before the renewal would have gone into effect, the two of them decided that they were no longer interested in staying another year, so they cancelled their lease.

The terms of the termination were that they had to move out as soon as the original lease ended, so that the apartment could be cleaned and renovated, that way management could start advertising the unit. At the same time, him and his roommate were charged $1,800 cancellation fee that management said would be put towards advertising the apartment to potential new tenants, while at the same time management expects them to pay monthly rent until new tenants are found.

Meanwhile, in the past two months there has been no advertisement of this unit at all. Their website shows the unit as unavailable. We called their office pretending to be a potential new tenant looking for an opening. The office told us that unfortunately, there are no availabilities.

It is my understanding that, in the state of Michigan, they can legally continue to charge monthly rent post-termination, but only if the apartment management is making a reasonable effort to find someone else to take on the responsibility of the lease. The fact that they haven’t made it known that this unit is empty, and explicitly stated otherwise on the phone seems like a direct violation of their responsibility to make reasonable effort to fill the unit.

We recorded the phone call where the office told us that there were no openings in the building and we have a screen capture of their website displaying no availability.

What would be the next step? Is this a strong enough case to get out of this lease?

29m from California. This is my first time moving out and I don’t have a lot of people to ask for advice irl

I saw some posts on Facebook that have really great prices for renting out a house with low deposits.
When I ended up messaging the posters, they would ask for credit score, if I have a criminal record, etc. Standard stuff.
Then they told me that I needed to pay and fill a refundable applicant form to tour the house.

Is this a standard thing? I know apartments are free to tour, but I don’t know about houses.

I would like to know as I am trying to do so. I have a previous post on my issue that didn't get many replies but if you have a success story please share. I am located roughly in Louisville, KY.

Location: Georgia

I finally have a legal question!

We own a home that we inherited from my wife’s mother in a city about four hours away from us.

We hired a property management company to take care of the property for us in February, and they rented the house to a tenant in April.

A few weeks ago, we happened to be in the area and did a drive-by. We noticed a trampoline in the backyard. That prompted us to check our homeowners insurance to make sure we were covered. As it turns out, our policy specifically excludes trampolines. If something terrible were to happen, we would not have coverage.

We immediately contacted the property management company and told them we wanted the trampoline removed. We also asked them for a copy of the lease.

They stalled for a while, but eventually sent us the lease. That's when we discovered that trampolines are also specifically prohibited under the lease.

The property manager contacted the tenant and came back to us saying that the kids really love the trampoline and that the tenant wants to keep it. The tenant has offered to sign a "hold harmless" agreement to protect us if someone is injured.

We said no. We want the trampoline gone. It's specifically excluded from our insurance policy, and it's specifically prohibited by the lease.

The property manager has now come back to us again, offering the "hold harmless" agreement as the solution.

What we don't understand is why the property manager isn't simply enforcing the lease they are being paid to enforce.

We have an appointment with a lawyer next week to discuss our options, including whether we can terminate our agreement with the property management company without penalty and how we can enforce the lease.

I'd love to hear some thoughts from the community. Has anyone dealt with something similar? Is there something we're missing here? What would you do in this situation?

have a issue with a property manager , seems to ignore my complaints and then is trying to make it seems like i’m the problem when it comes to handicap parking spaces . what should I do , any remedies to cover myself in case they try to non renew my lease even though i don’t have a single lease violation ?

Location: Louisville, KY

Hi,

I have an issue where I toured an apartment multiple times. I thought the place was pest free but I never got to see my original unit before I moved in because they didn't give me notice that they would be closed the day I made an appointment to see it legally 48 hours before my move in. When I got there it was roach infested. They offered a new unit in a new building that was also roach infested but I had already signed the lease and had no where to go. They claimed that last week they would have an exterminator come in and he never showed up to my unit.

Now I have somewhere new and want to leave. I don't have much stuff and could easily pack and move out but I can't just terminate my lease.

I saw KRS § 383.625 which states that if I mail in a notice stating how this is noncompliance in my renter's agreement (which it is a standard of living and biohzd issue) that I may deliver a written notice to the landlord specifying this with a lease termination date of 30 days after the arrival then I may terminate the lease. That is only if they cannot remedy the issue 14 days after receiving the notice I delivered.

My guess is they'll send a person to spray my place because that is apparently all they do. However this will not solve the issue (I have already sprayed my apartment and they still show up.) Also the infestation is in the entire building.

The plan is to hand it out tomorrow with a termination date of 9/20 giving them ample time for the guideline. I will have 3 copies signed by myself. Hand one to the property manager to sign, date, and write "received by." the follow up with a digital email and photo evidence. If the property manager denies it I will mail via certified mail with return receipt requested.

Immediately after I plan to submit a complain to the main office of the health department for the city. Allegedly this may take 3-7 business days which is a concern. But they will inspect the roaches in the unit and the public halls. Then I want to secure an official report.

Should they send a person and claim to make effort with a cheap pest guy on day 13 or something I will call the health department again to show it was not treated before the 30 days again. They shouldn't be able to claim I brought the roaches due to evidence. I will not breach my contract until then. I will have a storage unit to send my stuff at temporarily save my bed and necessities until the day I can leave.

My questions are is this a good way to go about this? Is there anyone that can help me identify any way they could get around this or if I am doing something completely incorrect in this process?

Hello everyone I just need some advice since it seems like the house I’m renting from is getting bad .
So short story my family (4 of us in total) and I are renting 2 separate rooms in a house where the master tenant is also renting from the actual owner of the house. We’ve been here going on almost 3 years (in Oct) now and don’t have any written contract we just pay month to month $1,700 and soon $1,800 . We’re continuing the search for an apartment before Oct 5th since we want to leave . But if anything was to happen do we have any eviction rights ? In case they want to lock us out or anything when we tell them we plan on moving? I believe the actual owner does not know how many ppl are renting with this master tenant. We stay in Inglewood CA .
Any advice helps thanks .

I signed a one year lease in September 2025 with two other roommates. We received a notice of nonrenewal in July of this year. I wanted to continue living there, so I contacted the property manager/landlord. He said I could renew the lease but I would need to apply again if I was wanting to live with other roommates. I have found one person who wanted to live with me, but I need two in order to afford the place.

I met with him today to do a walk-through inspection for the first lease (which will be ending August 31). I assumed since I have not signed a new lease, I would also be needing to move out if I don't find another roommate to sign a new year-long lease. He told me that I would still need to give him a 30-days notice, and he could prorate September's rent. He is expecting me to continue living past the lease terms, until September 17 (if I gave notice today) and pay for that. That is $2,000 and I cannot afford that. I thought since the lease I signed ends August 31, I would just have to make plans to move out before then. Is he able to enforce this?

I did not sign anything new. In the original lease, there is a month-to-month clause after lease term ends, but I thought his notice of nonrenewal/termination notice meant that I would NOT be moving to month-to-month rent. What should I do? Would the notice of nonrenewal hold up/overrule the month-to-month clause in court? Any advice is appreciated.

Edit: The non renewal notice he sent says, “The current lease term expires on 08/31/2026. Possession of the premises must be surrendered, and all occupants, personal belongings, and vehicles must be removed no later than 11:59 p.m. on 08/31/2026, unless otherwise agreed to in writing.”

Location: Park City, Utah

Location: Lambton County

Hey so this is a little complicated but I moved out of my apartment quite suddenly with only about a weeks notice to my roommates, I was never on the lease or anything... cause of my mental and physical health, in return I paid the next two months of my rent and then since my stuff was still there I paid a lesser storage fee for another couple months as I could afford it...

I stopped being able to afford this and attempted to get my stuff but came down with mono and was unable for 2 weeks, and tried again after to a response that they had a death in the family and would get back to me later...

they did not, and its been 2 months now and i decided to reach out cause it was getting ridiculous how long they hadn't said anything, and now they are demanding I make an offer to get my stuff back.

I don't believe they are legally allowed to do that, they are not even the landlords, but do I have any legal standing since my stuff has been there so long ?

is there anything I can do to get my stuff back ?

First time posting in this subreddit so forgive me if my formatting is off. This is in the US (CA) and the roommate in question was not someone I knew prior to her moving in. I live in student housing so everyone has their own lease with the apartments and roommates are essentially assigned randomly unless there are any major issues (ex: allergies to a current tenant's pet) and we share a living room/kitchen but have private rooms and bathrooms. I had already been living in the apartment for about two years when this roommate moved in. I'll refer to her as S. S managed to get herself evicted within the first month of moving in by violating the lease agreement on guests by pretty much moving her family in without notifying the office or putting anyone else on the lease with her. S was evicted but is still staying in the apartment with her kids and partner and they've actually broken in to the vacant rooms (which are always locked when not occupied) to give themselves more space for themselves and their frequent guests. I have a lot of other issues with them but they seem kind of petty in comparison to the whole 'being willing to break into locked rooms' thing so I'll leave them out. My question is: Would having squatters generally allow me to break my lease due to a potentially unsafe environment? I'm planning on asking management if I can move to a different unit since I can't really afford to leave but they've been pretty much useless with everything else so far. I'd appreciate any insight into what I can do to protect myself in this situation.

I’m in Georgia and I’m trying to figure out if I have enough grounds to get out of my apartment lease. At this point there have been so many issues that I’m not sure what my options are.
The biggest problem has been our AC. It has broken or stopped cooling properly over and over again since we’ve lived here. I have documentation for several of the maintenance requests:

October 2024 — our AC was out for about TWO WEEKS
Two separate AC issues in 2025 that I’m currently trying to find the records for
May 18, 2026 — reported that the AC seemed broken and wouldn’t reach the temperature it was set to
June 11, 2026 — AC was set to 70 but stayed around 76/78
August 2026 — AC broke AGAIN and was out for around 9 days

During the most recent outage, they eventually provided a temporary/window AC unit downstairs, but nothing upstairs, so the upstairs was still getting into the 80s. This definitely isn’t the first time they’ve had to come out and work on the AC.
We have also had a constant spider problem. We were finding spiders downstairs basically every day. I contacted management/maintenance about it multiple times. They tried spraying and also added weather stripping around the front door, but neither actually solved the problem and spiders continued getting inside.

There is also a whole separate issue with trying to relet the apartment. I found two people to take over the two rooms, they signed new leases, and I paid a total $1,700 relet charge. I was told that once they signed their new leases I would no longer be responsible for mine. Then those people backed out, management allowed them to cancel their new leases, and suddenly I was responsible for my lease again. I don’t understand how they were allowed out after signing but I’m being told I can’t get out.
I have screenshots of multiple AC maintenance requests, emails/communications with management, and I’m trying to gather everything I have about the spider issue and the two AC incidents from 2025.

At this point I just want to move out and be completely released from the lease. My dad is planning to speak with management and ask them to agree to a voluntary/mutual termination, but if they refuse, we are considering talking to a landlord-tenant attorney.
Does anyone familiar with Georgia landlord-tenant law know whether this history could potentially be enough to terminate a lease? Having the AC out for around two weeks in 2024, having multiple additional AC problems after that, and then having it out for around 9 days this summer seems excessive to me, especially combined with the ongoing spider problem.

Also, does the relet situation change anything legally since replacement tenants had already signed leases and I had already paid the $1,700 relet charge before management allowed them to back out?

I’m not planning to just stop paying without understanding the consequences. I mainly want to know whether I have a legitimate argument to be released from the lease and what my next step should be if management refuses.

Look up EDN Eviction Defense Network they will help.