I have a question about the law regarding rental real estate agents. My husband and I just signed a lease for a one bedroom coming from a two. We fell in love with an apartment based on the amount of storage space and neighborhood and went through the owner’s broker. When he showed us the place as we walked in through the main entrance (a townhouse) he explained that the hallway between the main entrance and the front door to the apartment as well as the 2 storage closets in that hallway would be for our use. We decided based on that information and the location to take the apartment despite the smaller size because of all of the storage space. <\/p>\n
We went to view the apartment this week with the owner and found out from him that we would actually not be able to use those storage spaces. The owner also seemed concerned that we would be using the hallway for storage even if it was kept neat, this was something that we were told by the agent as well. I have an email confirmation of that information from the agent saying that the space was for us. <\/p>\n
Now the agent is saying (very curt and unapologeticlly) that it was his understanding that we would have all of the space and to call the landlord to get the keys. We feel that we were misled by the agent. Anyone have any advice on how to proceed? Is this illegal on the part of the agent?<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have a question about the law regarding rental real estate agents. My husband and I just signed a lease for a one bedroom coming from a two. We fell in love with an apartment based on the amount of storage space and neighborhood and went through the owner’s broker. When he showed us the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-33631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-renters"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/06\/real-estate-age-1\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Real estate agent\/misrep?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/06\/real-estate-age-1\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2009\/06\/real-estate-age-1\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Renters","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"whippleworld"}],"creator":["whippleworld"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2009-06-26T13:00:57Z","datePublished":"2009-06-26T13:00:57Z","dateModified":"2009-06-26T13:00:57Z"},"rendered":"