Q: I would like to know if I can reside in the apartment during the 30 days notice. The landlord said no. Thank you.
I asked the landlord to fix the exposed live electrical wires after my dog was electrocuted. There are numerous spots where wires are just sticking out of the ground after the street light fell to the ground. This is for a period of over two years. There where numerous other issues like dining area light not working for three months and after I called the office several times I decided to fix it myself.
After more than 30 days the landlord did nothing to the exposed wiresso I decided to move out. On the day I went in to deliver the notice they told me I owe them 30 days of rent and I cannot be in the apartment during this period of time. They also asked me for an additional months rent because I needed 3 days to clean the apartment and for this same month charged me for the three days a prorated rent.
That is a total of 2 months of regular rent and an additional 3 days of prorated rent.
A: This is a landlord tenant law question, not a general real estate law question. Try reposting it as a landlord tenant question. Or better yet, just make an appointment to talk to a landlord tenant lawyer. Just from your brief summary I suspect that the landlord has violated Oregon Landlord Tenant Law in multiple ways and an experienced Landlord Tenant Lawyer will be very happy to take your case. Not my area of specialty but I have seen some LLT cases and this sounds like one you will win.
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