I know all about crappy landlords. I have been around the property rental buisness since I was like 10. My family tryes to keep things in working order but the problem comes when people dont tell you about broken things. I did maintenance on apartments for a coupple years and the lady I worked for was so cheap half the time I ended up rigging things to make them work cause the woman wouldnt spring 10 dollars for something like a new sink faucet. A freind of mine is renting a place that has 2 rotten doors a broken ac, a cracked bathtub and holes in the floor. I keep telling her to send the landlord a certified leter to get this stuff fixed. If she does that and he dosnt fix it she can take his ass to court. Allso if they refuse to fix something and you spend money fixing it a court will force him to pay you back.
Clare, if they wont fix the microwave get someone out there to fix it and take it off the rent. lf he sais something take him to court, he will have to pay.
