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Default Lanlord liable for tobacco smoke getting into my apt?

On Mar 13, 1:26Â*pm, "Noon-Air" wrote:
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On Mar 13, 8:57�am, wrote:
On Mar 12, 6:41�pm, ransley wrote:


On Mar 12, 2:30�am, wrote:


� �During the last three weeks tobacco smoke has been getting
into my
apartment. The doors and windows are closed. I called the landlord
(apt/condos - different landlords...), and they won't even send
someone to see how this is happening.
� �I am extremely allergic to tobacco, and it causes migraines at
levels where you can barely smell it, and asthma when it is more
noticable. It is more than noticable...
� �What can I do? There was no problem during the first several
months
here. I guess some neighbor has moved in that smokes, and �it's
getting in through the ventilation or through doors/windows that are
not properly/completely sealed.
� �Thanks for any help or advise. (The state is NC.)


If you dont like the apt Move, and take a few months with you, he may
sue he my win or loose.


Presumably your contact with the landlord so far has been by phone. �I
would now write a letter outlining the problem, when it started and
how you've contacted the landlord and gotten no response. � Make it
clear that the lease you signed says that smoking is not allowed and
you believe smoke is coming from another apartment in the building.
Send the letter certified to the landlord and anyone else, like a mgt
company, etc, with a receipt of delivery to prove they got it.


Then, if it isn't satisfactorily dealt with and you have to move, you
have good documentation of what happened and when. � If you find it
necessary to move before the lease is up, �make sure to send that
letter the same way, giving 30 days notice. � They may refuse to
return the security deposit and go after you for the remainder of the
lease, but I would think you would have a good chance of prevailing in
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The OP could check and try to find where the stink is entering and
sealing caulking etc any holes. theres a smoke stick used for such
detection.


caulking expanding foam etc might help/


If the building owner pays for heat you culd iinstall a tiny muffin
fan in a window blowing in a computer fan. this will slightly
pressurize your unit so air leaves rather than enters.


that only works if you dont have and flues like furnace and hot water
tank. they would exhaust the air pressure so it would fail.


we need federal clean air laws, prohibiting smoking in any place it
bothers others and in private homes and vehicles when children are
present.


claiming second hand smoke is safe is a rerun of smoking is
safe...........


same false line re run.......


Theres a simple solution, add a buck a year federal tax on tobacco,
first year its a dollar, year 5 five bucks year a hefty 10 bucks per
pack.........


tobacco industry needs to die just like so many it has killed!!!!!!!!!!


Maybe we should do the same for the automotive industry, and the medical
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