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Does anybody have a section of a lease or a lease addendum that restricts or prohibits operating a business from a residential rental? Also looking for input on what can / should be prohibited versus what likely cannot/should not. For example, I think that businesses that have a lot of visitors or might have situations that disturb the neighbors should be prohibited, but those that don't, like maybe a consulting business, would not need to be... Show more

Guest Insider May not be that easy. Probably should look at the town zoning laws that apply to your property. May be no commercial use period

Marc Alaia Good idea. Thanks. But I'm also interested in covering things that might not be covered by the local laws. If the laws are more permissible than what I want, I would still like to restrict it.

Guest Insider Ours states that work from home is fine but no clients are to be on site such as baby sitting, car detailing. This is what mine says specifically-
conducting any kind of business (including child-care
services) in your apartment or in the apartment
community—except for any lawful business
conducted “at home” by computer, mail, or telephone if
customers, clients, patients, employees or other
business associates do not come to your apartment
for business purposes.

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Has anyone ever heard of what I'll call a "Independent Odor Professional"? What I mean is somebody that could come and be an independent reference after a move out of the status of odors in an apartment. It's obviously easy enough to document the things we can see are an issue with pictures, but...

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Megan Goodmundson Pictures of discolored surfaces, vent grills, air filters etx should be sufficient enough to convince a judge there is also a smell. Try wiping/cleaning one section then snap a pic of the difference brwn the cleaned and the discolored

Guest Insider Carpet changes color when enough smoke is present. In my case, it was pot and cigar smoking when indoor smoking was not allowed. I found that the entire carpet (other than where the bed was) was a darker color. I shampooed half of each room and took photos of the difference in color. She was only in the apartment for 4 months before I got her out. Also, that apartment has a thru-the-wall HVAC unit (beefed up window unit). The filter was milk chocolate brown after only 2 months. Saved it for court. Central HVAC system filter might show this, unless resident changed it regularly. If they dated it and it shows discoloration as opposed to heavy dust, it could be used as proof. Also, cleaning walls should show smoke residue on the cleaning rag, take photos. Hope this helps.

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Just when I think I've seen it all...

Have a 'family' that looked at an apartment to rent. They like it and want to apply. BF / GF and 4-month-old infant. Upon applying, turns out GF (mother of baby) is 17 yrs old. Wondering about this situation on multiple levels. Since she's under 18, does her...

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