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Originally Posted by ToewsFan
I texted the landlord, asking her to place smoke alarm in the main floor, as there was an incident of a roommate leaving food in the oven too long, and the kitchen filled with smoke. The 311 operator informed me that if anyone is living on a floor of a rooming house, a smoke alarm must be present.
I was renting a room from the landlord. She did not live at the address.
I signed an agreement which a have a copy of, initially minimum two months (January and February), but we both agreed to make it month to month after I had paid February rent.
My apologies, but I don't think I was being humorous in any of my points.
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I meant you'll just have to laugh about it down the road, because some of these things (the permit for the wall construction) doesn't matter.
I would speak to a lawyer, because some of these things don't seem like they'd hold up on your end.
Yes, it's her responsibility to have a smoke alarm on every floor. But no, it doesn't matter if you mentioned it via text, requests for "service" need to be in actual writing (for legal purposes, most landlords would just do it I assume, oh well).
There are two major potential issues I see:
If you're renting a room and not a house, then there is no notice needed for the landlord to enter the house (just rented rooms) and they can essentially do whatever they want outside of your room.
If your agreement just said January and February, with no mention of month-to-month after the fact, that's also an issue that would leave you hanging. Is it written into your rental agreement that you'd be staying through March and beyond on a month-to-month basis?
What conditions were placed on the security deposit in the original agreement? and what conditions is it being withheld on?