Need serious advice about my landlord.?

I answered an ad to rent a home. The ad stated ';IF I SIGN A TWO YEAR LEASE, HE WILL FINISH THE THIRD BEDROOM AND SECOND BATHROOM.';


I signed the lease, had three estimates done for him. Well now it is 1 year and 3 months and said he doesn't want to do it because he doesn't have the money.And has his property manager say to me it is not it the lease I signed. She is right it is not in the lease I signed! UGH!


I do have a copy of the ad, and e-mails and I told them. Now the said they will speak to their lawyer and get back to me. What can be done in my behalf; will e-mails and a copy of her ad be sufficient?Need serious advice about my landlord.?
Contact the Federal Fair housing authority in your area. Tell them about teh Ad--they eat this stuff for lunch! They love false advertising. You need someone on your side to help protect you. You might be able to get some of you rent back.





Next month, if this is not resloved you can try takeing your rent tot he Clerk of Courts:





';If the landlord does not make the repair the tenant can do any of the following:





Take the rent when it is due to the local clerk of courts. A tenant must be current in their rent with the clerk of courts (called rent deposit). The tenant does not need an attorney for rent depositing.


Apply to the court to order the landlord to make the repairs. The court can also lower the rent until the repairs are made or give the tenant some of the rent money so the tenant can have the repairs made.


End the lease.


Cancel the rental agreement and move. This can be done only after the tenant has given appropriate notice, and the landlord has failed to correct the condition. ';





Double check this in your state by googling your state and the phrase ';Tenant rights';





GOOD LUCK!





P%26gt;S%26gt; NEVER sigh a two-year lease again. One year is just fine, and if it sounds too good to be true--it is!Need serious advice about my landlord.?
too bad, i really think theres nothing you can do, because it is not in the lease. just move to new place when the lease is up.
If you want to really play hardball you can sue him for last months rent. Your position would be he is not following the terms of the rental. Even though its not on the lease you do have the ad - so you have some proof, but I'm not really sure what the judge will do. Maybe he'd say you are out of luck, maybe he'd say you have a case and give you something (at which time he'd have to do the work or you'd pay the next months rent and re-sue him). Of course the hope is he won't take the chance of losinig and will fix it problems, but this one may be in the judges hands.





Anyhow, I doubt you will get any satisfaction short of sueing, I think ';checking with teh lawyer'; is just a stall/ excuse and he will soon come back and say the lawyer said it was ok.
This makes everybody wanting to build rental property, and just rent their houses to anybody, don't it. Why don't you build a house for $ 150.00 thousands dollars of your own money and try renting it to court loving people!
never trust a landlord. take the bastard to court.
Unless it specifically spelled out in the lease...then I'm afraid you have no leg to stand on. The ad and e-mail's do not supersede the lease agreement.
i would try to work out some arrangement to not have to pay rent for the rest of the lease. if that doesn't work, i would go to a small claims court to file a petition. go to your state's website and see if they have a section where you can search for statutes dealing with landlords and leases. that might help you in your case. i'm not sure how contracts or leases work in your state, but some states will not allow you to introduce evidence outside of the contract if you are suing for a breach. however, you probably would have claim based on fraud, false misrepresentation, or false advertising that would allow you to introduce the parole evidence (meaning the ad and emails) but my advice should not be considered legal advice since i am not a lawyer yet, just some friendly advice
Laws vary from state to state but, Is there a time frame(deadline) to have the work completed? If not you don't have a lot of options. If he shows that he trying to get the work done in some way. Contractors, estimates, he could really drag it out. The only good news is that this may be grounds to break the lease agreement. Oh just rereading the question the only thing that you have is that you have evidence of intent and the was the agreement of contract (lease) You still could have grounds to break the lease but there may be steps that you should take. Again laws vary from state to state.