Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Georgia

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We moved in our home about 3 months ago and we are renting, the house was not like I figured it should be. The walls are not painted, theres cracks in it where the dry wall doesn't meet the ceiling. The carpets are nasty, the closet doors are broke, the bath tub doesn' t drain, we have to put a screw driver in it. We had to put a new fridge in, there is not a fire alarm, theres little wires hanging down that look like they've caught fire. We had to have someone look at the ac and they took the electrical breaker out of the box and it DID catch fire, they said they couldnt believe this house hasn't burnt to the ground. We tried to plug in our computer one day and the plug in sparked and that scares us because we have a 5 month old boy, 2 of our phone outlets dont work. The bad thing is to he owns a Ace hardware.--name removed--


Asked on 6/25/07, 10:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glenn M. Lyon, Esq. MacGREGOR LYON, LLC, Business Attorneys

Re: help

Some of the things you listed should be repaired by the landlord. Send the landlord written notice of everything that needs repair and if he/she doesn't make the repairs within a reasonable amount of time, terminate the lease and move out. You may also sue if the failure to make repairs causes damages.

If you would like to discuss any issues further, please feel free to contact my office. My contact information is below. Thank you.

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Answered on 6/26/07, 9:59 am


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