Im a commercial tenant and have been holding rent from my landlord who has not done his job. can i be evicted?
Peter asked:
I have owned a preschool, going on, five years now. I have had constant issues with the leaking in the roof, that has lead to much damage, including lose of customers. I have asked multiple times for my landlord to fix this problem, but it has either been ignored or done so of such poor quality that the issue is still a major problem.
I faced a law suite because of this due to the sealing tiles collapsing and water pouring on one of the children.
With my lose of business and law suite due to this issue it has made it hard for me to pay the rent, though i as well feel i should not have to pay the full amount.
Besides this there are many other issues that the landlord chooses not to tend to, as is said to be his responsibility in the lease.
I took it upon myself, though after many written letters, to lower my rent money. I feel as though it is not my responsibility or problem and why should I pay for full rent when I am not getting the quality I deserve.
I am now facing eviction and NEED to know if there is anything I can do to save my business before it is to late. Please can someone help me with this? I need to know what my rights are as a tenant in the state of new jersey, and what i can do to stop this eviction from going through.
Do i have any rights?!
I have owned a preschool, going on, five years now. I have had constant issues with the leaking in the roof, that has lead to much damage, including lose of customers. I have asked multiple times for my landlord to fix this problem, but it has either been ignored or done so of such poor quality that the issue is still a major problem.
I faced a law suite because of this due to the sealing tiles collapsing and water pouring on one of the children.
With my lose of business and law suite due to this issue it has made it hard for me to pay the rent, though i as well feel i should not have to pay the full amount.
Besides this there are many other issues that the landlord chooses not to tend to, as is said to be his responsibility in the lease.
I took it upon myself, though after many written letters, to lower my rent money. I feel as though it is not my responsibility or problem and why should I pay for full rent when I am not getting the quality I deserve.
I am now facing eviction and NEED to know if there is anything I can do to save my business before it is to late. Please can someone help me with this? I need to know what my rights are as a tenant in the state of new jersey, and what i can do to stop this eviction from going through.
Do i have any rights?!
August 12, 2009 at 1:11 PM Comments (5)
