Good evening everyone

We got an apartment about few months ago, although it need some repair and the landlord has promise to fix the house once we make payment, we don't even know that the roofing is not good until we entered the raining season.
We expected this man to call those that will do the repair but unfortunately we didn't hear anything from him.
We met him one on one but didn't respond to us, we just decided to leave him since he is not ready to repair the house..
The issue now is we are not comfortable in this house,rain has almost destroy our belongings including our electronics, my sister will have to back her baby whenever rain is falling in the midnight.
We went to meet this man to explain what we are passing through ,he said we want him to fix the house that he's going to add 20k to the rent and we have to pay advance so that he can fix the house for us, I was surprised because we haven't even finish using a year rent that we paid.
We disagree with him and he said if we can't comply that we should pack out and come and collect our remaining balance, we have been struggling hard to raise money and get another apartment but the situation of things is getting messed up..
The issue right now is that we have gone to meet this man for the balance he promise us , it seems he is not ready to pay, we don't want to involve the police.
Our plan is to lock the house once we are able to raise money for another apartment.

Do you think locking the house till our money expires is the best thing or we should involve the police so that we can get the balance from the landlord?
Please I need your advice everyone..

It'll be difficult once funds enter into the hands of landlords. My advice is for you to try and move out. Don't lock the place ... Where is your location

laluski:
It'll be difficult once funds enter into the hands of landlords. My advice is for you to try and move out. Don't lock the place ... Where is your location

We planned to lock the room because we can't just afford to lose our money to the landlord, we haven't spent six months..
Ogun State.

Abisolababe:

We planned to lock the room because we can't just afford to lose our money to the landlord, we haven't spent six months..
Ogun State.

This is sad... Ok, I suggest you try either human rights or arbitration centre... They'll invite the landlord and force him to give you back your money once he rents the place out... Make sure you follow the renting of that apartment once you pack out... If possible tip the caretaker or agent( the landlord might likely use same)... Good luck

Abisolababe:
Good evening everyone

We got an apartment about few months ago, although it need some repair and the landlord has promise to fix the house once we make payment, we don't even know that the roofing is not good until we entered the raining season.
We expected this man to call those that will do the repair but unfortunately we didn't hear anything from him.
We met him one on one but didn't respond to us, we just decided to leave him since he is not ready to repair the house..
The issue now is we are not comfortable in this house,rain has almost destroy our belongings including our electronics, my sister will have to back her baby whenever rain is falling in the midnight.
We went to meet this man to explain what we are passing through ,he said we want him to fix the house that he's going to add 20k to the rent and we have to pay advance so that he can fix the house for us, I was surprised because we haven't even finish using a year rent that we paid.
We disagree with him and he said if we can't comply that we should pack out and come and collect our remaining balance, we have been struggling hard to raise money and get another apartment but the situation of things is getting messed up..
The issue right now is that we have gone to meet this man for the balance he promise us , it seems he is not ready to pay, we don't want to involve the police.
Our plan is to lock the house once we are able to raise money for another apartment.

Do you think locking the house till our money expires is the best thing or we should involve the police so that we can get the balance from the landlord?
Please I need your advice everyone..

The burden of making "internal repairs" is on you, however the house must be fit for habitation before you move in as a tenant.