Unfortunately, if there is a bed in the basement, an inspector can conclude that someone is sleeping there, which is against the law until certain...

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Yes, a court-appointed officer does the actual lockout if a tenant fails to vacate the premises after the entrance of a judgment of possession as a...

Shouldn't a replacement water heater be covered under a new warranty?

No, what you have been told by the vendor is standard; the replacement unit carries a warranty equal to the balance left in the original unit.

If I am evicted from a residential rental property in NJ am I responsible for paying the remainder of the lease?

A landlord has the obligation to make a good faith effort to mitigate his damages by trying to find a new tenant as quickly as possible, so N.J....

Do I owe legal fees on a letter my condo association had a lawyer send me?

The fact that you were two months delinquent entitled the Association to consult their attorney and begin the process of taking action against you....

Unless the tiles are broken, they pose no danger. And unless you can prove that the Seller knew that what he covered were tiles made from...

Can my new landlord break the lease four days before we are scheduled to move in?

While you say that you signed the lease, you do not indicate whether the landlord had also signed the lease already. If he had not signed it yet,...

N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.2 limits the amount of security that a landlord can hold to only 1.5 months’ rent and there are no exceptions to this limit. You...

Is this a breach of contract?

This is not a Construction and Development question, but should be in the Consumer Protection forum, so I have changed its categorization.

In a NJ Commercial Lease can a landlord charge rent for common areas such as bathroom and hallway? I am not talking about CAM

A commercial landlord can charge whatever he wants and it is up to the tenant to either accept the terms or vacate the premises at the end of the...