Claimant says: "Property management company rented us a house with known electrical problems taking place in the home. Less than a month after moving in the home, the electrical breaker box located inside the garage blew causing almost all of the plug outlets inside the home not to work. Made numerous attempts to get the property management company to resolve repairs for the defective electrical breaker box and non working plug outlets. Mailed written notice advising the property manager of needed electrical repairs. The property manag”
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Claimant says: "Property management company rented us a house with known electrical problems taking place in the home. Less than a month after moving in the home, the electrical breaker box located inside the garage blew causing almost all of the plug outlets inside the home not to work. Made numerous attempts to get the property management company to resolve repairs for the defective electrical breaker box and non working plug outlets. Mailed written notice advising the property manager of needed electrical repairs. The property manager finally responded via letter acknowledging the reported electrical problems in the home but failed to repair. As a result, while away from home, an electrical fire took place starting in the garage where the defective electrical breaker box was located. The fire department put out the fire and disconnected the power and gas for security purposes. The home was without essential services and became uninhabitable as a result. The property manager came to the home the following day and told us we needed to find somewhere else to live because it was going to take several months before the home could be repaired. We were not required to pay rent that month because the home was uninhabitable and we had to permanently relocate. The property manager fraudulently tried to cash that month's rent anyway without our knowledge and the check bounced. The property manager purposely waiting until after we vacated the home to send notice of the returned rent check and his intent to take legal action if we did not resolve it. The property manager knew he was not entitled to rent for that month, which is why he didn't want us to receive his notice. We never received the notice because the property manager purposely sent it to the address of the home we vacated from. The property manager reported false information regarding the rent check in a complaint to the DA Bad Check Unit and as a result, criminal charges were filed against me and a bench warrant was issued for my arrest. I received a letter from the DA two months after the fact advising me of the charges and warrant. I resolved the warrant by paying an attorney $3,500 and I got the charges dismissed after paying $1,025 restitution for the rent check. I sent a 10 day demand letter to the property management company for reimbursement of the $3,500 attorney retainment fee, reimbursement of the $1,025 restitution I paid and the money for our security deposits that were not yet returned. The property management company responded saying that I was responsible for my own legal fees. However the charges in my case were a direct result of the property management company reporting false information in a complaint to the DA Bad Check Unit for a rent check they were not entitled to. If the property management company is claiming they already paid me the money for my security deposits, then they are responsible for paying my moving expenses to permanently relocate from the home. The fire that caused me to have to move was a result of the property management company failing to repair reported electrical problems in the home.
The property management company has violated the following Nevada Laws:
NRS 118A.290(1)(e)
NRS 118A.355(1)(a)
NRS 118A.380(1)
NRS 118A.400(2)
NRS 118A.242(6)
NRS118A.510(1)*” ...Show less »