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Re: Landlord want remove tenent or change locks
by Anonymous
on May 9, 2018 @15:09
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Change the locks yourself. It takes about five minutes and deduct the cost of the lock from your rent with the receipt.
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Re: Landlord want remove tenent or change locks
by Stephen (Washington (WA))
on May 9, 2018 @18:20
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I'm not stepping into the mess of whether the tenant has the right to change the locks. I'm commenting only on the recommendation to deduct the cost from the rent - WRONG!
Don't deduct the cost from the rent. Could be grounds for eviction if you pay less than 100% of the rent.
The cost the tenant incurred was not authorized by the LL. There are in some states laws that allow deduction of costs for certain types of repairs that the LL didn't do, but read the law first as there are a lot of hoops to be jumped through before one can deduct.
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Re: Landlord want remove tenent or change locks
by Anonymous
on May 9, 2018 @18:38
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If you change the locks, forget about charging your landlord, the landlord can take legal action and remove your door. Not only that but you will not be reimbursed for the new lock or a door. Then you have violated your lease :/
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