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1 Landlord Tenant lawyers are available in Mundelein, Illinois, including Omeesha Srivastava. These lawyers are rated between 4.0/5 to 5.0/5 and 54% provide free consultation.

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Omeesha Srivastava

Firm: Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit

175 N Archer Ave , Mundelein , Illinois 60060

Practice Areas: Landlord & Tenant

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IL Security Deposit Return Act | Aug 22, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: Illinois, USA I obviously don’t like trusting AI to help me with this, so I want to confirm a couple things it tells me with one or more hopefully lawyer internet strangers. I’ve got a situation where my old landlord charged me for a bunch of (I think) unreasonable things. I’ve already filed a small claims complaint, they’ve lawyered up, but my job was made easy because they missed the 30 day deadline to furnish an itemized statement of damages. The envelope I have from them was postmarked 43 days after I moved out. This should be a clear-cut win for me based on the ILSDRA. The judge would HAVE to follow the clear and specific requirement of this law, right? Their lawyer is going to claim they sent it well within the 30 days, since the statement inside the envelope is dated earlier, and that it must have gotten lost the mail. I’m pretty sure this is not even a valid argument and no judge would go for it. Their lawyer also threatens countersuit for me to pay them more money than my security deposit for the alleged damages and also for their attorney fees. I’m pretty sure they can’t counter sue if my side of the case is as surefire a win as I think it is. Thoughts?
Illinois Landlord threatening 30-day notice after maintenance worker entered my apartment unannounced while I was naked in bed | Aug 20, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: llinois: Disclaimer: I wrote this myself, but ran it though AI to help organize my thoughts and the story. I am a tenant who was on a yearly lease, but is now a month-to-month lease. My apartment has a history of AC issues that the landlord only temporarily patches every year. • August 4: I messaged the landlord that the AC was leaking water inside the tray. Half an inch of standing water. I provided a description and photos. No response for three days. • August 7: I sent a follow-up with a picture of sludge buildup. The landlord replied, "I will call the AC guy." • August 17: Ten days passed with no contact or repairs. I reached out again. The landlord responded, "He should've been there already. I'll call him again." My Response: I thanked him but explicitly stated I needed advance notice. I noted that this was at least the third time maintenance had entered my home without my knowledge. I requested maintenance coordinate with me directly to schedule a time and provided my phone number. Landlord's Response: He told me the tech would be there "in the morning" and asked why the filter was missing (evidence maintenance had been there without telling us, walking in without us there.) I explained I removed it a week prior (long after the issues started) to try and increase airflow because the indoor temperature was reaching 82°F. • August 19 (Yesterday): By 10:00 AM, the tech had not arrived.…
MA tenant — can severe insomnia support penalty-free lease termination? | Aug 19, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: Massachusetts I co-signed a lease with my roommate for $2,875/month 2B2B apartment through September 2027 and moved in on August 17. I rented remotely without an in-person showing as i was in Illinois then and was not informed that my bedroom faces a busy road. Traffic noise continues from early morning until late at night. With the windows closed, a phone app measures approximately 55 dBA in the bedroom. One night I could not fall asleep until around 5 a.m. The sleep deprivation is affecting my concentration, school participation, and daytime functioning. I asked management to transfer me to a quieter unit, but they said none are available. My lease’s normal early-termination option requires 30 days’ notice plus a $5,750 buy-out fee. My questions: - If my doctor confirms that the condition substantially limits sleep and concentration, can I request penalty-free lease termination as a reasonable accommodation? - Does the lack of an available quieter unit strengthen that request? - What should the doctor’s letter include? - Should I propose a move-out date before the landlord approves the request? - What should I do if the landlord denies it? Thank you for any suggestions or advices!
IL - Landlord charging me late fees for rent when they did not provide me a lease to sign for 2 months | Aug 12, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: Illinois My lease was up July 1, but I did not receive notice that my renewal was ready to sign until August 4. They gave me three dates to come in and sign (Fri 8/7, Mon 8/10, Tues 8/11). I took Monday the 10th off to sign the paperwork, and they said I owed an extra $200 for late fees for the months of July and August (they confirmed later it was actually supposed to be $100: they mistakenly marked me late for May & June as well). This same 2-month same delay happened last year when it came time for me to renew my lease. At the time, they said (and I believed) the delay was because they had just been bought by a different property management company and they didn't have the correct paperwork in time. I was not charged any late fees for that delay. Would I be on the hook for late fees if they did not provide me a lease to sign for the two months I was late? Extra info: this property is part of a federal affordable housing program.
Landlord evicting me over a bird feeder-what can I do to fight it? | Aug 7, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: Chicago--I'm hoping to get some perspective from attorneys or anyone familiar with Illinois and Cook County landlord-tenant laws. My landlord (a big corporate-owned company) offered me a one-year lease renewal earlier this year in March and I signed it immediately. After signing it, I didn't give it any more thought. Unbeknownst to me, the leasing office never signed their copy, so the lease was still not complete. Then in May, out of nowhere they served me with a notice of non-renewal, claiming I committed a lease violation because I had a bird feeder on my balcony that allegedly attracted pigeons. I removed the bird feeder immediately and asked them to reconsider, but they refused. I should add that my rent is PIF each month, on time, so I carry zero balance with this property manager. The notice of non-renewal also states that I "did not sign" the renewal agreement, which is false—I signed it months earlier. Their explanation is that because they never signed their copy, they were able to withdraw the renewal and terminate my tenancy. There are a couple of additional things... I received an email in April asking me to keep my balcony cleaner, and I complied by cleaning it weekly. I then got the flu and missed about two weeks, during which bird droppings accumulated. Separately, after receiving the non-renewal notice, I made a poor decision one night while extremely upset and threw some plants and debris onto the balcony of a vacant neighboring unit.…

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