I have signed a year long lease for an apartment in a college town, it is snow the second week of school. My roommate and I are having an AWFUL time here and we would really like to get out of our lease. Here are some of the issues we are facing:

1. There is black mold in the bath tub and brown mold growing on the cieling above the tub
2. Our stove is constantly hot to the touch, as in it burns your hand if you touch it even if you have not used it all day. They claim they had it looked at and the heat is caused by the pilot light and there is nothing they can do.
3. Ocassionally we smell gas coming from the stove, even though we dont turn it on
4. Our oven does not work. at all.
5. We have no screens in two of our windows, causing bugs to get in
6. The railing on our outside 3 story staircase is loose.
7. The light fixture at the top of said staircase is so old that the screw is rusted over and we cannot change the broken light bulb, so we are left to climb the stairs with the loose railing in the dark at night.
8. The provided parking which we had to pay an additional 50$ each for, consists of total strangers blocking in your car as double parking is encouraged, and my car has been blocked in for a total of 12 hours at a time before, not to mention they do not enforce the parking pass rule
9. The smoke detector does not work
10. The power randomly goes off and then on again
11, Their painters left sharpie marks all over the walls

thats all i can think of for now, but i swear there is something new every day. my roomate and i each pay 350$/ month, which does not include utilities. I really need help getting out of this lease, and if anyone sees anything i could do PLEASE let me know. I made a huge mistake with this place and would greatly appreciate any help you could offer. thank you!!

Originally posted 2009-09-10 08:09:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter