Story #1 - When someone says something about "giving the wrong idea" it's always advisable to ask them, "What wrong idea?" Make them actually SAY what they don't want to say.
When my in-unit washer broke, it took them three whole days to replace it since they don't keep spares laying around. They offered to let me use the washer in an empty apartment for those three days. I declined since I had enough clean clothes for those days. That's how you keep your tenants happy.
When we rented a townhouse, the washer broke. I reported it and that same evening, the washer was taken away. 2 days later, the washer came back working. This is how it’s done.
My wife, kids and I once lived in a house divided into 3 apartments. The roof began leaking and the property management wouldn't fix it, even after I contacted the owner directly. I finally had to begin withholding rent and contact the city housing office. They took me to small claims court, but I had pictures of it literally RAINING in my living room. (We lived on the 1st floor with another apartment and attic above us.) They lost.
When I was in uni I had a landlord who didn't want anyone doing repairs except him but the issue was he was never available. Unfortunately for him when my roommate and I got tired of living in a slum she invited her godmother over for dinner who had 30 years experience as a lawyer, everyone got moving expenses taken care of and the place was rubble six months later.
That was my first thought as well, but that may be, because I remember very similar story, where the couple upgraded the yard with flowers, fruit bushes / trees, patio furniture etc. and the landlord was showing the place to the new tenants. The landlord told old tenants to get rid of something and they were as malicious as the couple in this story, I don't remember whether they sued over it or not, but the new tenants backed off, because big part of their original decision was pretty garden with comfy patio.
Story 1: You're not the only one to think what you did, Darkfluff. I immediately thought the landlord didn't like having a gay couple in an apartment he owned.
I agree, my landlord puts a notice on everyones door that tells them what day and time a scheduled inspection is going to take place, you know like a person with half a brain would do
Landlords! The last apartment my late wife and I lived in our landlord was an odd duck who owned our building, and one adjacent, and was so cheap he was always trying to save costs by either doing it himself, or getting the residents do it for him, this included things like snow removal and maintenance of the common areas. He also had the habit of entering the apartments without knocking or notice, on the guise of " checking on things" ( he once walked into our apartment through the boiler room, early on a Sunday morning while my wife and I were having an intimate moment, I exploded and threw him out) The village that we lived in had an ordinance requiring that all rental properties in town, had to undergo an annual inspection meant to ensure that the housing stock didn't get rundown or unsafe, ( important later) We started to have a problem with the 1950s era stove we had to light the oven by hand, and once lit it would promptly go out again, it got to the point where we couldn't even bake a frozen pizza, and the top burners wouldn't boil a pot of water, I called the landlord to complain, and was simply told to " clean the orifice" but with no instructions on how to move the stove, turn off the gas, and perform the task! It was at this time that the building was to have its annual inspection, and all of the stoves were found to be noncompliance with the fire code, as were the gas lines that fed them, and the landlord was ordered to replace them all, an order that he chose to ignore, and failed to share with the tenants. A few days after said inspection, I came home from work at 1 am ( I worked a noon to midnight shift) and the minute I opened the buildings front door I was hit with a very heavy odor of gas, fearing for my wife's safety I propped the door open with my shoe and ran into our basement unit, opened all of the Windows and checked my wife, finding her still breathing but unresponsive, I quickly carried her out of the building, and fearing an explosion, carried her across the street, and down a few houses before laying her down behind a neighbors van where I figured she'd be safe from debris if there was an explosion. Another neighbor also came home and we used his phone to call the fire department, which quickly arrived, and turned off the gas line to the building. The fire chief was livid! He had been the member of the inspection team, that downgraded the stoves, and ordered their replacement , and the landlord had blatantly ignored the order, despite having been given enough time to comply! My wife was taken to the hospital on oxygen for observation, she had come to,but was complaining of a severe headache. The landlord was summoned to the building, and on arrival was arrested for criminal housing management, ( a felony in our state) and endangering health and safety. The gas company arrived, and later told me that only two things kept the building from exploding, one was that it was summer and the buildings boiler was shut off, the second was that being the middle.of the night no one was using any hot water, if the water heater had turned on the flame in the heater would have triggered an explosion that would have leveled the building, and damaged/ destroyed those adjacent, only my venting the building prevented more of a build up. Later that afternoon the landlord's son showed up with a truckload of new stoves and feeder lines, and the gas company installed them. My wife was released from the hospital, and being an attorney,immediately filed suit for the amount of her hospital bill plus damages. But the whole thing was the straw that broke the camel's back, we wound up buying buying a condo, and moving before the next winter set in.
That last story, another way to look at it is the landlord apparently 'hid' all the problems before OP moved in... but knew immediately when visiting that OP had fixed things. OP could have pushed on that as evidence that the landlord had been negligent, or something. "You're claiming I fixed this? Then you knew it was broken. Why didn't you fix it first?"
Listening to all of the landlord stories, reinforces my long-held policy of photographing and videotaping any residence before moving in and then again when moving out. I don’t live in apartments anymore, but that was always my standard policy just to cover my tail. Doing this has saved my deposit several times. When the landlord tried to claim that we damaged a property, I could pull out the original video and show that it was a pre-existing condition. I’ve even had friends call me in when they’re getting a new place just so that I can help them find any problems that they might be missing. Always have to watch your back these days.
Story 1 This is exactly why you do not put money into someone else's property. Don't paint. Don't improve the yard. Do nothing beyond what is required to get your deposit back. And document everything.
My neighbor has rented their home for over 20 yrs and plans to die in that house. They've added two rooms since moving in cus they had kids and didnt want to move 😅
it's a dirty tactic often used by scumy landlords they let the tenets fix up/improve the property once that's done they'll evict said tenants to sell/rent the property at a higher rate
I had an owner who wouldn't fix anything. I would do the absolute minimum and send copies of the receipt with my rent check, deducting that amount. She never said a word.
Story 2: Never tell people to do what you don't want them to do. I don't know if them telling OP to call the inspector was some sort of taunt, but it sure was stupid
Yeah, a friend had trouble with bed bugs almost as soon as he moved into an apartment in a large building. Landlord gave him the runaround for weeks. Well my friend was tired of the BS. He was having to stay elsewhere. So he talked to his near neighbors and got some of them to contact the city's inspection department. He knew multiple complaints would get their attention. Sure enough they sent someone pretty quickly. She turned out to be so tenacious! She was all over that building. Inspector made them rip out friend's apartment flooring and replace it. LOL My friend gave her the code to the front door and she was able to get in without the owner. Oh, boy... she found out the elevator hadn't been serviced in YEARS. There were illegal units in the basement. Owner was storing a bunch of stuff in the basement against regulations. Issues with the fire stairs. Issues with the front door. You name it, she found it.
I worked in housing law for 6 years in the 80’s - 90’s. My first bit of advice to anyone is, from start to finish, document everything! Take pictures before you put any of our things in, and on the day you leave.
Story 5: reminds me of my ex-landlord who tried to sue over the "unprofessional work we'd done illegaly", not knowing that my roommate was a certified electrician and their "unprofessional work" was actually "putting slightly ugly looking insulator caps on all the bare mains wire ends poking out of random walls at eye level"... his slimy lawyer then tried to expand the charges to include "defamation" during the session because i told the judge what actually happened (and yknow, apparently that made his client look bad), and got chewed a new one for "do you even know what a court is?! how is the defendant supposed to 'defame' the plaintiff by proving your client's lies to me, do you wanna get disbarred!" :P he also tried to blame my cat for slowly digging a 5cm hole into a load bearing wall which then proceeded to empty about 2kgs of sand (presumably former sandstone) onto the floor before *I* had to fix it because the landlord couldn't be arsed, to which the judge had to explain to him that the fact that was even possible in a load bearing wall in the basement level, that's definitely not the cat's fault and to let the record state that plaintiff is instructed to get a building inspector on the case. he never did.
In Story number two, I'm sure as fans have heard enough of these stories to know that landlord like this are why maliciouscompliance exists and why it is so sweet to carry it out.
There is a lot you might tolerate and deal with in a new flat, but other peoples poo is beyond the limits. Glad you got out and had him sorted. Well done.
Story 2: My city had offered a neighborhood rehabilitation program to homeowners. I applied and, eventually, the work began. It was necessary for me to move out during this time, but the city owned houses they put people up in. We were there for 3 and a half months. It wasn't a bad little house, except for the ginormous mold spores growing on some of the walls! Myself, my roommate and my daughter had all started having flu-like symptoms, after only a few days from moving in. We figured we had just caught a bug that was going around, or something. But, then, the roommate and my daughter, who both left the house every day to go to work, noticed they would feel alright once they got to their jobs. It was about that time I found the spores. I told the lady who was the liason from the city, the one in charge of my home's rehab and all the work being done. She blew it off. We spent as much time as we could away from the house. When it came time to move out, she came and got the keys as we were loading the very last things into the truck. She mentioned a family was to be moving in the next day. I strongly suggested she have the mold issue checked out, first, because it was pretty bad! The entire inside of the AC/heater closet was black! Again, she blew me off. As soon as we got home, I called city codes enforcement. It is, obviously, a different branch of city government. I told the guy I spoke with what was going on. He said he was 'familiar' with that liason lady. He told me he was going to go pick up the keys and have a look. Ya'll no one has lived there since! That was 20 years ago!
Story 2: I lived in a place like that, it was rife with damp and mold, pointed it out to the landlord "just paint over it" Drains back up to the point that it flooded the downstairs flat "You're obviously flushing things you aren't suppose to" We got an independent plumber out to look at the pipes. There was a sewer rod stuck in the pipe. We had to dig up the ground outside to get it out and replace the pipe because the landlord refused to deal with it. One neighbour had a "bridge" going to his place. The concrete on top was all broken and showing signs of subsidence, with holes right through. I looked under it. The entire structure was rusted through. The RSJs had all the structural integrity of tinfoil (I literally Poked a finger through one it was so rusted) We called in an environmental health inspector. His exact words after stepping foot into the property without even looking around "this place is not fit for human habitation" We took him to court, in the end the judge agreed that we didn't have to pay the rent we held back due to lack of repairs and gave us an extra month to get out of the property
Golden rules of renting. 1. Stay up to date on renters rights in the state or country you live. 2. Take picture before and after you move to cover yourself against the landlord. 3. Always keep record of everything including complaints and record your landlord if he being a jerk.
It's crazy how many landlords do their best to take advantage of young people who are getting their first apt and assume they don't know how to document problems. I admit that I should have taken pics when moving into my first apt and actually thought that the tortoise shell looking paint in the bathroom was a design choice. I had no idea it was caused by steam/water damage and I had my first actual problem within a week or so of moving in. Water started to appear in the middle of my hallway. It would be a puddle in the center and I had no idea how it got there. They cleaned the spot and couldn't find the leak and it would keep on coming back. I figured it out later that it was a leak from the upstairs bathroom that they didn't fix before I moved in. They just had repaired the damage that it had done and instead of it dripping down into my tub the water had traveled down the wall and under the carpet into the center of the hallway by the bathroom door. I thought it was werid that it wasn't wet on the side of the carpet by the wall where the water came from but eventually I saw under the carpet when the edge came up and under it the wood was all rotten and crumbling from the damage. There wasn't even padding under the carpet so it soaked into the wood. I assume they removed the padding and just didn't replace it after the last tenant. I still don't know to this day why they would spend all that money to fix the drywall, replace the carpeting and whatnot if they didn't bother fixing a simple leak. Maybe because they pipes they use are garbage and break often? Idk. But there has been many leaks from the upstairs bathroom over the years. There is one now and you can guess where. It's right over my tub (as usual). Smh. The place hasn't been all that bad though. When I call about something needing to be fixed they are usually out by the next day and the maintenance guys here are very friendly. This has been my first apt and I'm getting ready to finally move out after 16yrs. I do worry that they will fight me on my security deposit and might try to claim I didn't report some kind of damage if it starts around the time I move out. I have learned that some things here are exactly up to the standards they should be but it's been livable but I will be taking pics before I leave and wish I knew more about what condition it should have been when I moved in and knew about renters rights. If I could go back in time I would have studied those rights and went over my lease with a fine tooth comb and have my friend who does inspections with me when I first looked at it. I was just excited to move out of my parents house and probably would have signed anything to move in back then.
Maybe, but take into account that the problem was ongoing, constantly something was broken and the landlord wasn't skilled enough to repair it succesfully, so I think the reaction was justified. It really gets on the nerves when you actually should be able to use some appliance but aren't. I had similar story from years ago. I was very young adult, in my late teens and rented one room, living with the landlord. I had access to the kitchen and the bathroom, but the washing machine was in the basement. While showing me around the landlord said the washing machine is currently broken. I lived there for a year, driving the laundry to my parents home. From time to time I asked about the washer, but she always told me it's broken and she herself washes her stuff at home of her daughter who married and moved out. After summer break I asked again about the machine and she told me that she won't let me use it, she's renting room, not the washer. I sucked it up. But then one student visited me (as shy and introvert I didn't make friends during the first year) and noticed and pointed out other smaller stuff that bothered me, but I sucked it up as well. It was my very first time renting and living out of home, I didn't know what to expect, what standard is actually okay etc. I wish I had more experience then and balls to react like in this story.
story 1: no that "landlord" either wanted the place for themselves or to rent to a family or friend, and only intended to let your lease expire and force you out anyway. I went through this recently
@@cherylwolf7458 quite the opposite, ..."I'm taking this house in a few months I don't want it to have a reputation when I do..." my last apartment building had a reputation for being a drug party hang out, so much so that my city had to fine and reprimand the building owner during a city council meeting
@@kiralana324 Your individual experience doesn't inform all similar incidents! These 2 people were asked not to be seen outside! They had ONCE another couple over for awhile and you think the normal thing he would jump to is drugs? Not saying it doesn't happen, but most likely it is their sexuality. THAT happens over and over again!
DING!DING!DING! You win a prize for stating the blatantly obvious!!!!!!!! And for discovering the meaning of a "theme"! Congratulations for exploring a life outside of being totally brain-dead!!!!
I will have to remember the malicious compliance from Story 4, of using a laundry service so they can document the expenses instead of using the coin-operated laundromat. Not that I ever expect to have to do that, but you never know.
Im wondering if the previous tenants in the third story had had problems with the landlord / landlord's wife so deliberately left it trashed. It sounds like the wife hadn't even checked. The previous tenants could have made another key and gone back, but there were issues when OP looked round. What is unknown is how long they'd been there. Maybe the previous tenants were fed up with work not being done and figured the next tenant would have better luck dealing with the landlord. Just a thought.
My landlord maliciously evicted me for requesting reasonable repairs . Plot twist ..... Guess who's property wasn't up to code .... Uh oh 🤣🤣🤣 Enjoy talking to this gritty little city that wants its money 🤣🤣🤣
I’m a landlord. My tenants are pleased that I respond quickly and do things right or perform a temporary fix until a more permanent fix can be done. I am ok with tenants doing some work but not work they are not qualified to do. Because both tenants are affected by some repairs of the other tenants and some repairs if not done properly may look ok but can be a hazard to other tenants, the next tenants or worse, the building structure, I do not allow my tenants to reach beyond their abilities.
Right after college I spent a few years living in one of those government subsidized apartments. After about a year the toilet started leaking, and got worse quickly, going from a minor trail I barely noticed because the shower mat absorbed it to the whole floor being covered in water about a week later. I went to the apartment owner/manager and told her how bad it was. She claimed that I wasn't flushing the toilet enough and one of the seals had dried out because of it, to go and flush it every couple of hours for a month or so and it's stop leaking. Not knowing what else to do, and being too poor to be able to hire a plumber to fix it I did my best to live with it. When I drop off the next months rent I included a letter saying it had gotten worse instead of better. By this point there's more than a half inch of water in the bathroom, it's spread so about 1/3 the bedroom carpet is soaked as well. That's as far as it ever got though, I don't know if the dry air was evaporating it or if it found a hole in the foundation to go down. Every month I included a letter with my rent telling her how badly flooded the place was and how it was dangerous trying to go to the bathroom without falling, and asking her to send someone to fix it. It took 9 months before she had someone come in to fix it. She also had to have someone come in to fix a hole in the bathroom wall where one of my guests slipped and fell getting up from the toilet and broke the drywall trying to catch himself. It did god knows how much damage to the place (that she never bothered getting fixed for the couple more years I lived there), and she tried to claim I punched a hole in the wall.
Story 5 - Actually, I can understand why the landlord doesn't want the tenant to do the repair. The first one : liability. If the tenant repair a swith or an electric plug and the block goes in fire due to a bad installation, he will be responsable and the insurance may take advantage of this to not pay. If somebody (like the next tenant) break the chair while sitting and end up to the hospital with a chair leg between the .... you know what : it will fall back on him without him having any chance to do a proper act to repair the chair (as he doesn't know it was an issue and couldn't take the appropriate action). But, you can do that without being an AH and if you take the appropriate action too.
I wonder where story #2 happened. Because when I live in Birmingham, this happened to my coworker. Where one of the other tenants complain about ongoing issues, and ended up getting the city to come out and inspect the property. Which resulted in my co-worker and her husband having to move along with all the other tenants of the apartment complex. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the same location because so many things line up. Including them loving the apartment and the location but also realizing that those issues were annoying. Plus the landlord had to give the money for the move, and they were able to use it and they're down payment to purchase a house
First story - I would have also reported the house having no form of egress on the back of the house ..... on having the front door. I am sure, in order to be permitted as a rental property, there has to be a means of egress from and back in the event of a fire. Only one means that if the occupants were in the back of the house and there was a fire in the front of the house blocking safe access to the front door, that certainly sounds like it would be at least a fire code violation, if not a building code violation.
I had landlord's that fit the phrase "slum lord" Old owner was great except not keen on throughly cleaning between tenants. The new ones didn't do squat except collect the rent. In 4 years the rent went from $1100 to $2050. They expected the tenants to replace any and all broken appliances. Including hot water heaters, washer/dryer, heat, air conditioner etc. They never inspected the unit until a tenant left (mot upon purchase of the property) They tired keeping everyones security deposits for normal wear. Unbelievable.
The agency that catered to "young professionals" understands that "young professional" is a euphemism for "broke and underpaid". Young professionals are merely entry level workers of no real consequence. They are as ubiquitous and, generally, less useful than fast food workers.
As a previous landlord I can tell you some tenants can indeed be depended upon to fix things and do it correctly. However, they are not in the majority!!!! For example, my Dad had a tenant that decided he could replace the flusher handle on the toilet. Well, those handles mostly have left handed threads so it’s pretty easy to crack the water tank if you aren’t knowledgeable enough to not apply force when unscrewing, or tightening down! And that was one of the easier things to fix although it required a whole new oiler system as rarely can you find a replacement tank that matches/fits the original bowl. I had a tenant put in border wallpaper, which was against their lease. If you go to the store for paste for wallpaper there is a paste designed for borders rest you think, right? Well, it is designed to stick orders ro wallpaper, not walls. And yes, it’s near impossible to remove!
Story 1: hot fresh repeat story. Story 2: how can a 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment have 2 bedrooms? Story 3: the prior tenants were most likely evicted. Story 4: Brilliant!
I helped my parents with two rental properties when I was in high school. I know tenements can sometimes damage property and be terrible. I have also rented a home that the landlord kept the deposits for "damage" that was there when we moved in. So, it can go both ways.
Story 5, I was in OP's corner up until their landlord was getting overstressed, losing sleep, and they began smoking again to cope. That is an A hole move going above and beyond the punishment fitting the crime. It is good the landlord has learned their lesson it would seem but it partially cost them their health, both mental and physical. If this was an r/AITA, I'd rate it ESH.
Yeah, he really should have let up on the situation earlier. Or not been quite so stress-inducing. Who knows how long it will take for the landlord to be able to quite smoking again.
NOTE; If your going to rent a Place Or Anything, Use that cell phone and "Photograph Everything", BEFORE you sign. IF you live in the USA, virtually ALL states have a Landlord Tenant Act, ALL rentals must be cleaned, Before a new tenant moves in, and ALL Repairs must be done! Moving out Photograph again, to show it's in good condition, Normal wear and Tear Cannot be deducted from deposit. Also it wouldn't hurt to have witnesses, at the same time.🤔💯🤓.
Story 1: I'm sure if it was about sexuality the OP would have been able to say so. That type of bully can't resist saying that kind of crap given the chance, and OP is an easy target. Chances are, he's a petty tyrant given power. In other words, a loser who is desperate for "respect."
I still think the view count should increase the *moment* you click on the video, otherwise there may as well be a techinical paradox when the like button comes into play
TH-cam auto rubs a lot of things whether you like them or not. If you just pause to speak to someone it will play something without sound and still count it as a view. They've made it harder to remove them as well. So while I want to see Dark Fluff do well, it's better to know those likes are genuine viewers, not accidents, don't you think?
#1 See, Karen, we did EXACTLY what you ordered us to do. So, you just CAN NOT complain. Complain anyway and go to court ? As you wish... But, don't complain because you just made a fool of yourself.
Reminds of me on how we got bad landlords where one was trying to file a lawsuit for a broken window that was broken before moving in but fail because my dad was raise by a lawyer and another time which is the dumbest one sending rent bill to everyone including both of my half sisters who were barely out of their toddler years where we question why anyone would send bills to kids at the age of 4 to 7 years old.
Who sleeps in a bed that someone else has slept in that’s gross, we provide our own beds and cupboards and washing machine and dryers fridge and freezer, lounge tvs kitchen table and chairs the only furniture that stays in a house when u move is an oven and dishwasher everything else we provide for ourselves
LIKE THE LAST OP Ì GET MAD QUITE EASILY WHICH CAUSES ME TO HAVE GRUDGES +WANT TO PAY PEOPLE BACK FOR NASTY THINGS THEY DO IF I CAN PAY THEM BACK +USSALY IT IS SOMETHING REALLY UNPLEASANT.
The main lesson we get from all these stories is that, if you want your landlords to get something done, hurt them where they really feel it - in their wallets.
I don't think the Landlord knows malicios Compliance. If someone ask: Are you sure in written form or ask to get it in Writing. You should know Something is wrong and think again.
This reminds me of when My buddy was renting from this really old man who thought he could raise the rent without telling anyone… which he really messed up cause one of the other people renting was a lawyer who took him to court and made him lower it back to normal and pay back 3 weeks worth of rent to all 6 renters lol
I'm concerned that in the two stories about flat people were concerned about the mattress I would not feel comfortable sleeping on a mattress that was previously used by another tenant it'd have to be a brand new mattress
The last story there are reasons landlords would want to do it themselves or pay someone to do it, and that is because liability issues, if I'm going to rent I'm going to fix it or see to it that it is fixed correctly I would rather you not do it unless that's your profession
Never had a furnished place but the places I had been were like that saying not to do anything... though I still did small things like swapping a broken light switch for an identical one because hell if I am gonna take a day of my precious vacation to wait all day for whoever their home warranty hackjob sent when I could get one for a couple bucks and swap it in 5 minutes. And even stuff I called in like broken fencing was not ever taken care of so I eventually ended up buying a $5 board to cut and nail up to keep our dogs safe and contained.
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Story #1 - When someone says something about "giving the wrong idea" it's always advisable to ask them, "What wrong idea?" Make them actually SAY what they don't want to say.
I'd have to ask because i wouldn't know what they'd be talking about 😂 like, man? I'm playing monopoly with my friends.
When my in-unit washer broke, it took them three whole days to replace it since they don't keep spares laying around. They offered to let me use the washer in an empty apartment for those three days. I declined since I had enough clean clothes for those days.
That's how you keep your tenants happy.
When we rented a townhouse, the washer broke. I reported it and that same evening, the washer was taken away. 2 days later, the washer came back working. This is how it’s done.
My wife, kids and I once lived in a house divided into 3 apartments. The roof began leaking and the property management wouldn't fix it, even after I contacted the owner directly. I finally had to begin withholding rent and contact the city housing office. They took me to small claims court, but I had pictures of it literally RAINING in my living room. (We lived on the 1st floor with another apartment and attic above us.) They lost.
When I was in uni I had a landlord who didn't want anyone doing repairs except him but the issue was he was never available. Unfortunately for him when my roommate and I got tired of living in a slum she invited her godmother over for dinner who had 30 years experience as a lawyer, everyone got moving expenses taken care of and the place was rubble six months later.
1. Renters. Not about them both being male, he wanted them out so he could make a massive hike in the renting price after their improvements.
That was my first thought as well, but that may be, because I remember very similar story, where the couple upgraded the yard with flowers, fruit bushes / trees, patio furniture etc. and the landlord was showing the place to the new tenants. The landlord told old tenants to get rid of something and they were as malicious as the couple in this story, I don't remember whether they sued over it or not, but the new tenants backed off, because big part of their original decision was pretty garden with comfy patio.
my thoughts exactly
You signed the contract before you inspected the apartment?
I'd say both.
bUt I nEeD tO bE a ViCtIm!!
Story 1: You're not the only one to think what you did, Darkfluff. I immediately thought the landlord didn't like having a gay couple in an apartment he owned.
Greeeeeat there’s nothing worse than a homophobic Landlord🙄
story 1: thats straight up illegal, landlords cant just show up to your house without notice
They cannot but they often do.
@@nickislade5533 My last landlord did that a lot almost every weekend
@@jessicashannon4178 did you not report him to your local rental board.
I agree, my landlord puts a notice on everyones door that tells them what day and time a scheduled inspection is going to take place, you know like a person with half a brain would do
Landlords! The last apartment my late wife and I lived in our landlord was an odd duck who owned our building, and one adjacent, and was so cheap he was always trying to save costs by either doing it himself, or getting the residents do it for him, this included things like snow removal and maintenance of the common areas. He also had the habit of entering the apartments without knocking or notice, on the guise of " checking on things" ( he once walked into our apartment through the boiler room, early on a Sunday morning while my wife and I were having an intimate moment, I exploded and threw him out) The village that we lived in had an ordinance requiring that all rental properties in town, had to undergo an annual inspection meant to ensure that the housing stock didn't get rundown or unsafe, ( important later) We started to have a problem with the 1950s era stove we had to light the oven by hand, and once lit it would promptly go out again, it got to the point where we couldn't even bake a frozen pizza, and the top burners wouldn't boil a pot of water, I called the landlord to complain, and was simply told to " clean the orifice" but with no instructions on how to move the stove, turn off the gas, and perform the task! It was at this time that the building was to have its annual inspection, and all of the stoves were found to be noncompliance with the fire code, as were the gas lines that fed them, and the landlord was ordered to replace them all, an order that he chose to ignore, and failed to share with the tenants. A few days after said inspection, I came home from work at 1 am ( I worked a noon to midnight shift) and the minute I opened the buildings front door I was hit with a very heavy odor of gas, fearing for my wife's safety I propped the door open with my shoe and ran into our basement unit, opened all of the Windows and checked my wife, finding her still breathing but unresponsive, I quickly carried her out of the building, and fearing an explosion, carried her across the street, and down a few houses before laying her down behind a neighbors van where I figured she'd be safe from debris if there was an explosion. Another neighbor also came home and we used his phone to call the fire department, which quickly arrived, and turned off the gas line to the building. The fire chief was livid! He had been the member of the inspection team, that downgraded the stoves, and ordered their replacement , and the landlord had blatantly ignored the order, despite having been given enough time to comply! My wife was taken to the hospital on oxygen for observation, she had come to,but was complaining of a severe headache. The landlord was summoned to the building, and on arrival was arrested for criminal housing management, ( a felony in our state) and endangering health and safety. The gas company arrived, and later told me that only two things kept the building from exploding, one was that it was summer and the buildings boiler was shut off, the second was that being the middle.of the night no one was using any hot water, if the water heater had turned on the flame in the heater would have triggered an explosion that would have leveled the building, and damaged/ destroyed those adjacent, only my venting the building prevented more of a build up. Later that afternoon the landlord's son showed up with a truckload of new stoves and feeder lines, and the gas company installed them. My wife was released from the hospital, and being an attorney,immediately filed suit for the amount of her hospital bill plus damages. But the whole thing was the straw that broke the camel's back, we wound up buying buying a condo, and moving before the next winter set in.
That last story, another way to look at it is the landlord apparently 'hid' all the problems before OP moved in... but knew immediately when visiting that OP had fixed things. OP could have pushed on that as evidence that the landlord had been negligent, or something.
"You're claiming I fixed this? Then you knew it was broken. Why didn't you fix it first?"
Listening to all of the landlord stories, reinforces my long-held policy of photographing and videotaping any residence before moving in and then again when moving out. I don’t live in apartments anymore, but that was always my standard policy just to cover my tail. Doing this has saved my deposit several times. When the landlord tried to claim that we damaged a property, I could pull out the original video and show that it was a pre-existing condition. I’ve even had friends call me in when they’re getting a new place just so that I can help them find any problems that they might be missing. Always have to watch your back these days.
Story 1 This is exactly why you do not put money into someone else's property. Don't paint. Don't improve the yard. Do nothing beyond what is required to get your deposit back. And document everything.
had a slumlord take my family to court when they didn’t do nothing when the basement flooded we won
My neighbor has rented their home for over 20 yrs and plans to die in that house. They've added two rooms since moving in cus they had kids and didnt want to move 😅
it's a dirty tactic often used by scumy landlords they let the tenets fix up/improve the property once that's done they'll evict said tenants to sell/rent the property at a higher rate
I had an owner who wouldn't fix anything. I would do the absolute minimum and send copies of the receipt with my rent check, deducting that amount. She never said a word.
i guess ive gotten lucky. been renting for going on 10years now and never had a landlord like theses.
Story 2: Never tell people to do what you don't want them to do. I don't know if them telling OP to call the inspector was some sort of taunt, but it sure was stupid
Yeah, a friend had trouble with bed bugs almost as soon as he moved into an apartment in a large building. Landlord gave him the runaround for weeks. Well my friend was tired of the BS. He was having to stay elsewhere. So he talked to his near neighbors and got some of them to contact the city's inspection department. He knew multiple complaints would get their attention. Sure enough they sent someone pretty quickly. She turned out to be so tenacious! She was all over that building. Inspector made them rip out friend's apartment flooring and replace it. LOL My friend gave her the code to the front door and she was able to get in without the owner. Oh, boy... she found out the elevator hadn't been serviced in YEARS. There were illegal units in the basement. Owner was storing a bunch of stuff in the basement against regulations. Issues with the fire stairs. Issues with the front door. You name it, she found it.
It was a bluff: "Call the inspector." is saying "I didn't do anything wrong." hoping the tenant will believe it.
Sounds like the last tenants threw a temper tantrum on the way out.
Red Flag!
Malicious Compliance. The best kind of compliance to ever exist.
I worked in housing law for 6 years in the 80’s - 90’s. My first bit of advice to anyone is, from start to finish, document everything! Take pictures before you put any of our things in, and on the day you leave.
Story 5: reminds me of my ex-landlord who tried to sue over the "unprofessional work we'd done illegaly", not knowing that my roommate was a certified electrician and their "unprofessional work" was actually "putting slightly ugly looking insulator caps on all the bare mains wire ends poking out of random walls at eye level"... his slimy lawyer then tried to expand the charges to include "defamation" during the session because i told the judge what actually happened (and yknow, apparently that made his client look bad), and got chewed a new one for "do you even know what a court is?! how is the defendant supposed to 'defame' the plaintiff by proving your client's lies to me, do you wanna get disbarred!" :P
he also tried to blame my cat for slowly digging a 5cm hole into a load bearing wall which then proceeded to empty about 2kgs of sand (presumably former sandstone) onto the floor before *I* had to fix it because the landlord couldn't be arsed, to which the judge had to explain to him that the fact that was even possible in a load bearing wall in the basement level, that's definitely not the cat's fault and to let the record state that plaintiff is instructed to get a building inspector on the case. he never did.
In Story number two, I'm sure as fans have heard enough of these stories to know that landlord like this are why maliciouscompliance exists and why it is so sweet to carry it out.
There is a lot you might tolerate and deal with in a new flat, but other peoples poo is beyond the limits. Glad you got out and had him sorted. Well done.
Story #1 is exactly why I don't do major things when renting. Most I've done is repair an outlet or hang lights in the garage.
Story 2: My city had offered a neighborhood rehabilitation program to homeowners. I applied and, eventually, the work began. It was necessary for me to move out during this time, but the city owned houses they put people up in. We were there for 3 and a half months. It wasn't a bad little house, except for the ginormous mold spores growing on some of the walls!
Myself, my roommate and my daughter had all started having flu-like symptoms, after only a few days from moving in. We figured we had just caught a bug that was going around, or something. But, then, the roommate and my daughter, who both left the house every day to go to work, noticed they would feel alright once they got to their jobs. It was about that time I found the spores.
I told the lady who was the liason from the city, the one in charge of my home's rehab and all the work being done. She blew it off. We spent as much time as we could away from the house.
When it came time to move out, she came and got the keys as we were loading the very last things into the truck. She mentioned a family was to be moving in the next day. I strongly suggested she have the mold issue checked out, first, because it was pretty bad! The entire inside of the AC/heater closet was black! Again, she blew me off.
As soon as we got home, I called city codes enforcement. It is, obviously, a different branch of city government. I told the guy I spoke with what was going on. He said he was 'familiar' with that liason lady. He told me he was going to go pick up the keys and have a look.
Ya'll no one has lived there since! That was 20 years ago!
Always document any improvements, previous damage, etc.
For a business that catered to "young professionals" they certainly didn't understand how a "professional" would react!
Story 2: I lived in a place like that, it was rife with damp and mold, pointed it out to the landlord "just paint over it"
Drains back up to the point that it flooded the downstairs flat
"You're obviously flushing things you aren't suppose to"
We got an independent plumber out to look at the pipes. There was a sewer rod stuck in the pipe. We had to dig up the ground outside to get it out and replace the pipe because the landlord refused to deal with it.
One neighbour had a "bridge" going to his place. The concrete on top was all broken and showing signs of subsidence, with holes right through. I looked under it. The entire structure was rusted through. The RSJs had all the structural integrity of tinfoil (I literally
Poked a finger through one it was so rusted)
We called in an environmental health inspector. His exact words after stepping foot into the property without even looking around "this place is not fit for human habitation"
We took him to court, in the end the judge agreed that we didn't have to pay the rent we held back due to lack of repairs and gave us an extra month to get out of the property
Malicious compliance is basically don't threaten me with a good time.
Man..... I'd think it would be appreciated if the tenants fix stuff.
Story 5: Man, he overestimated his own abilities and it blew up in his face. Well, at least he learned
OP dug up the flower bulbs - I absolutely love it!!
9:36: Vinyl flooring in a BEDROOM???? Classy...........
Golden rules of renting.
1. Stay up to date on renters rights in the state or country you live.
2. Take picture before and after you move to cover yourself against the landlord.
3. Always keep record of everything including complaints and record your landlord if he being a jerk.
Last guy decided to gaslight gatekeep girlboss the landlord into being grateful. And it was a critical success. Lmao.
It's crazy how many landlords do their best to take advantage of young people who are getting their first apt and assume they don't know how to document problems.
I admit that I should have taken pics when moving into my first apt and actually thought that the tortoise shell looking paint in the bathroom was a design choice. I had no idea it was caused by steam/water damage and I had my first actual problem within a week or so of moving in. Water started to appear in the middle of my hallway. It would be a puddle in the center and I had no idea how it got there. They cleaned the spot and couldn't find the leak and it would keep on coming back. I figured it out later that it was a leak from the upstairs bathroom that they didn't fix before I moved in. They just had repaired the damage that it had done and instead of it dripping down into my tub the water had traveled down the wall and under the carpet into the center of the hallway by the bathroom door. I thought it was werid that it wasn't wet on the side of the carpet by the wall where the water came from but eventually I saw under the carpet when the edge came up and under it the wood was all rotten and crumbling from the damage. There wasn't even padding under the carpet so it soaked into the wood. I assume they removed the padding and just didn't replace it after the last tenant.
I still don't know to this day why they would spend all that money to fix the drywall, replace the carpeting and whatnot if they didn't bother fixing a simple leak. Maybe because they pipes they use are garbage and break often? Idk. But there has been many leaks from the upstairs bathroom over the years. There is one now and you can guess where. It's right over my tub (as usual). Smh.
The place hasn't been all that bad though. When I call about something needing to be fixed they are usually out by the next day and the maintenance guys here are very friendly. This has been my first apt and I'm getting ready to finally move out after 16yrs. I do worry that they will fight me on my security deposit and might try to claim I didn't report some kind of damage if it starts around the time I move out. I have learned that some things here are exactly up to the standards they should be but it's been livable but I will be taking pics before I leave and wish I knew more about what condition it should have been when I moved in and knew about renters rights. If I could go back in time I would have studied those rights and went over my lease with a fine tooth comb and have my friend who does inspections with me when I first looked at it. I was just excited to move out of my parents house and probably would have signed anything to move in back then.
Story 4: I’ve heard nuclear revenge stories here but this was like shots being fired and retaliating with an artillery strike.
i love the smell of napalm in the morning
smells like....victory
Maybe, but take into account that the problem was ongoing, constantly something was broken and the landlord wasn't skilled enough to repair it succesfully, so I think the reaction was justified. It really gets on the nerves when you actually should be able to use some appliance but aren't.
I had similar story from years ago. I was very young adult, in my late teens and rented one room, living with the landlord. I had access to the kitchen and the bathroom, but the washing machine was in the basement. While showing me around the landlord said the washing machine is currently broken. I lived there for a year, driving the laundry to my parents home. From time to time I asked about the washer, but she always told me it's broken and she herself washes her stuff at home of her daughter who married and moved out.
After summer break I asked again about the machine and she told me that she won't let me use it, she's renting room, not the washer. I sucked it up. But then one student visited me (as shy and introvert I didn't make friends during the first year) and noticed and pointed out other smaller stuff that bothered me, but I sucked it up as well. It was my very first time renting and living out of home, I didn't know what to expect, what standard is actually okay etc. I wish I had more experience then and balls to react like in this story.
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Story #3
HELL NOOO!!
I would have NEVER even entertained the idea of moving into a DUMPSTER FIRE of a place!!
Story 3) the landlords wife obviously didn't bother cleaning, she probably saw the state the previous tenants left the place and bailed on cleaning.
story 1: no that "landlord" either wanted the place for themselves or to rent to a family or friend, and only intended to let your lease expire and force you out anyway. I went through this recently
But that doesn't explain why he didn't want them seen outside their home or how their friends would "give people the wrong impression"!
@@cherylwolf7458 quite the opposite, ..."I'm taking this house in a few months I don't want it to have a reputation when I do..."
my last apartment building had a reputation for being a drug party hang out, so much so that my city had to fine and reprimand the building owner during a city council meeting
@@kiralana324 Your individual experience doesn't inform all similar incidents! These 2 people were asked not to be seen outside! They had ONCE another couple over for awhile and you think the normal thing he would jump to is drugs? Not saying it doesn't happen, but most likely it is their sexuality. THAT happens over and over again!
It can be both
It's not difficult to be a good landlord, but it's astonishing how lazy people are which opens them up to so many bad memories.
A lot of landlord stories this time around. Glad they have happy endings for the most part ^_^
DING!DING!DING! You win a prize for stating the blatantly obvious!!!!!!!! And for discovering the meaning of a "theme"! Congratulations for exploring a life outside of being totally brain-dead!!!!
I will have to remember the malicious compliance from Story 4, of using a laundry service so they can document the expenses instead of using the coin-operated laundromat. Not that I ever expect to have to do that, but you never know.
Im wondering if the previous tenants in the third story had had problems with the landlord / landlord's wife so deliberately left it trashed. It sounds like the wife hadn't even checked. The previous tenants could have made another key and gone back, but there were issues when OP looked round. What is unknown is how long they'd been there. Maybe the previous tenants were fed up with work not being done and figured the next tenant would have better luck dealing with the landlord. Just a thought.
No back door? *_NOT_** A LEGAL RENTAL, AS THERE'S **_NO_** "EMERGENCY FIRE EXIT"!*
My landlord maliciously evicted me for requesting reasonable repairs .
Plot twist .....
Guess who's property wasn't up to code ....
Uh oh 🤣🤣🤣
Enjoy talking to this gritty little city that wants its money 🤣🤣🤣
I’m a landlord. My tenants are pleased that I respond quickly and do things right or perform a temporary fix until a more permanent fix can be done. I am ok with tenants doing some work but not work they are not qualified to do. Because both tenants are affected by some repairs of the other tenants and some repairs if not done properly may look ok but can be a hazard to other tenants, the next tenants or worse, the building structure, I do not allow my tenants to reach beyond their abilities.
Landlords really do want people to just pay not live in the homes they pay for.
Right after college I spent a few years living in one of those government subsidized apartments. After about a year the toilet started leaking, and got worse quickly, going from a minor trail I barely noticed because the shower mat absorbed it to the whole floor being covered in water about a week later. I went to the apartment owner/manager and told her how bad it was. She claimed that I wasn't flushing the toilet enough and one of the seals had dried out because of it, to go and flush it every couple of hours for a month or so and it's stop leaking. Not knowing what else to do, and being too poor to be able to hire a plumber to fix it I did my best to live with it.
When I drop off the next months rent I included a letter saying it had gotten worse instead of better. By this point there's more than a half inch of water in the bathroom, it's spread so about 1/3 the bedroom carpet is soaked as well. That's as far as it ever got though, I don't know if the dry air was evaporating it or if it found a hole in the foundation to go down. Every month I included a letter with my rent telling her how badly flooded the place was and how it was dangerous trying to go to the bathroom without falling, and asking her to send someone to fix it.
It took 9 months before she had someone come in to fix it. She also had to have someone come in to fix a hole in the bathroom wall where one of my guests slipped and fell getting up from the toilet and broke the drywall trying to catch himself. It did god knows how much damage to the place (that she never bothered getting fixed for the couple more years I lived there), and she tried to claim I punched a hole in the wall.
Story 5 - Actually, I can understand why the landlord doesn't want the tenant to do the repair. The first one : liability. If the tenant repair a swith or an electric plug and the block goes in fire due to a bad installation, he will be responsable and the insurance may take advantage of this to not pay. If somebody (like the next tenant) break the chair while sitting and end up to the hospital with a chair leg between the .... you know what : it will fall back on him without him having any chance to do a proper act to repair the chair (as he doesn't know it was an issue and couldn't take the appropriate action). But, you can do that without being an AH and if you take the appropriate action too.
It feels great to be early to Fluff's blessings
I wonder where story #2 happened. Because when I live in Birmingham, this happened to my coworker. Where one of the other tenants complain about ongoing issues, and ended up getting the city to come out and inspect the property. Which resulted in my co-worker and her husband having to move along with all the other tenants of the apartment complex. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the same location because so many things line up. Including them loving the apartment and the location but also realizing that those issues were annoying. Plus the landlord had to give the money for the move, and they were able to use it and they're down payment to purchase a house
First story - I would have also reported the house having no form of egress on the back of the house ..... on having the front door. I am sure, in order to be permitted as a rental property, there has to be a means of egress from and back in the event of a fire. Only one means that if the occupants were in the back of the house and there was a fire in the front of the house blocking safe access to the front door, that certainly sounds like it would be at least a fire code violation, if not a building code violation.
Story 5: I’m guessing you can’t exactly know if a new tenant did a good job until you can trust them. Still really stupid to go off the handle though.
I had landlord's that fit the phrase "slum lord" Old owner was great except not keen on throughly cleaning between tenants. The new ones didn't do squat except collect the rent. In 4 years the rent went from $1100 to $2050. They expected the tenants to replace any and all broken appliances. Including hot water heaters, washer/dryer, heat, air conditioner etc. They never inspected the unit until a tenant left (mot upon purchase of the property) They tired keeping everyones security deposits for normal wear. Unbelievable.
Landleaches
Story 5 is so satisfying
The agency that catered to "young professionals" understands that "young professional" is a euphemism for "broke and underpaid". Young professionals are merely entry level workers of no real consequence. They are as ubiquitous and, generally, less useful than fast food workers.
As a previous landlord I can tell you some tenants can indeed be depended upon to fix things and do it correctly. However, they are not in the majority!!!!
For example, my Dad had a tenant that decided he could replace the flusher handle on the toilet. Well, those handles mostly have left handed threads so it’s pretty easy to crack the water tank if you aren’t knowledgeable enough to not apply force when unscrewing, or tightening down! And that was one of the easier things to fix although it required a whole new oiler system as rarely can you find a replacement tank that matches/fits the original bowl.
I had a tenant put in border wallpaper, which was against their lease. If you go to the store for paste for wallpaper there is a paste designed for borders rest you think, right? Well, it is designed to stick orders ro wallpaper, not walls. And yes, it’s near impossible to remove!
Well, at least you're only a previous landlord
The landlord acted like a monster. He can hardly blame his tenant for responding in kind
I love the word ombudsman. It's always funny when it turns up in other languages such as english
Story 1: hot fresh repeat story.
Story 2: how can a 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment have 2 bedrooms?
Story 3: the prior tenants were most likely evicted.
Story 4: Brilliant!
Ummm, some advice. Re-read a story before you make a complaint about it! It said 2 bedrooms on 1st floor and 1 in the basement.
Third story, tenants leaving was equivalent to taking the garbage out.
I helped my parents with two rental properties when I was in high school. I know tenements can sometimes damage property and be terrible. I have also rented a home that the landlord kept the deposits for "damage" that was there when we moved in. So, it can go both ways.
I do feel bad for that landlord. Smoking isn't just an expensive habit, it's a dangerous one.
Story 5, I was in OP's corner up until their landlord was getting overstressed, losing sleep, and they began smoking again to cope. That is an A hole move going above and beyond the punishment fitting the crime. It is good the landlord has learned their lesson it would seem but it partially cost them their health, both mental and physical. If this was an r/AITA, I'd rate it ESH.
Yeah, he really should have let up on the situation earlier. Or not been quite so stress-inducing. Who knows how long it will take for the landlord to be able to quite smoking again.
story 3: any bets that there was some sort of "arraignment" between the landlord and the agency? anyone?
I feel a little sorry for the Land Lord in the last story as smoking is not a cheap habit. None the less the nitwit brought it upon themself.
no one in their right mind renovates a place they are renting... it is the landlords job to keep everything maintained.
NOTE; If your going to rent a Place Or Anything, Use that cell phone and "Photograph Everything", BEFORE you sign. IF you live in the USA, virtually ALL states have a Landlord Tenant Act, ALL rentals must be cleaned, Before a new tenant moves in, and ALL Repairs must be done! Moving out Photograph again, to show it's in good condition, Normal wear and Tear Cannot be deducted from deposit. Also it wouldn't hurt to have witnesses, at the same time.🤔💯🤓.
The not being allowed to make repairs in apartments is actually pretty common
Story 3 did the previous tenants wreck the place because of the land or because they were pricks
Love this content, the 20 minutes format is perfect for my rowing workout 😊👌
Aww, that poor homophobe landlord probably included the value of that yard when he priced the rental property.
Story 3: ombudsman is a person/organizition whom check out any complaint that people have about the goverment, landlords and such in the Netherlands.
Story 1: I'm sure if it was about sexuality the OP would have been able to say so. That type of bully can't resist saying that kind of crap given the chance, and OP is an easy target.
Chances are, he's a petty tyrant given power. In other words, a loser who is desperate for "respect."
my cats like watching your stories with me because your background moves :)
Know your tenant rights. They can't treat you badly for very long if you have the authorities in your side.
What kind of property owner wouldn't like free repairs? If the tenant is willing to do it and is competent enough to do it why not let him?
With story 3, I'd have sent pictures of the place and asked "does this look clean to you?"
I still think the view count should increase the *moment* you click on the video, otherwise there may as well be a techinical paradox when the like button comes into play
TH-cam auto rubs a lot of things whether you like them or not. If you just pause to speak to someone it will play something without sound and still count it as a view. They've made it harder to remove them as well. So while I want to see Dark Fluff do well, it's better to know those likes are genuine viewers, not accidents, don't you think?
Considering it already has over 1.1k views, I think it’s doing amazing.
This wasn't r/MaliciousCompliance, this was r/ShittyLandlords
I love a wash and fold laundry service, sadly none in my area. They would be used for sure.
S1. Perfect response Kudos
#1 See, Karen, we did EXACTLY what you ordered us to do. So, you just CAN NOT complain. Complain anyway and go to court ? As you wish... But, don't complain because you just made a fool of yourself.
Reminds of me on how we got bad landlords where one was trying to file a lawsuit for a broken window that was broken before moving in but fail because my dad was raise by a lawyer and another time which is the dumbest one sending rent bill to everyone including both of my half sisters who were barely out of their toddler years where we question why anyone would send bills to kids at the age of 4 to 7 years old.
Who sleeps in a bed that someone else has slept in that’s gross, we provide our own beds and cupboards and washing machine and dryers fridge and freezer, lounge tvs kitchen table and chairs the only furniture that stays in a house when u move is an oven and dishwasher everything else we provide for ourselves
That moment when you point out to someone that Dark Fluff is a black sheep
What "wrong idea"? Please elaborate, mr Landlord
We need stories about awful tenants.
LIKE THE LAST OP Ì GET MAD
QUITE EASILY WHICH CAUSES ME TO HAVE GRUDGES +WANT TO PAY PEOPLE BACK
FOR NASTY THINGS THEY DO
IF I CAN PAY THEM BACK +USSALY IT IS SOMETHING
REALLY UNPLEASANT.
I saw fluffs vid and immediately had to click on it
The main lesson we get from all these stories is that, if you want your landlords to get something done, hurt them where they really feel it - in their wallets.
I don't think the Landlord knows malicios Compliance. If someone ask: Are you sure in written form or ask to get it in Writing. You should know Something is wrong and think again.
This reminds me of when My buddy was renting from this really old man who thought he could raise the rent without telling anyone… which he really messed up cause one of the other people renting was a lawyer who took him to court and made him lower it back to normal and pay back 3 weeks worth of rent to all 6 renters lol
I'm concerned that in the two stories about flat people were concerned about the mattress I would not feel comfortable sleeping on a mattress that was previously used by another tenant it'd have to be a brand new mattress
To the last story:
The german word for the thing the landlord said to him is "Dorftrottel", which is more a fool from a village. It is`t nice at all.
The last story there are reasons landlords would want to do it themselves or pay someone to do it, and that is because liability issues, if I'm going to rent I'm going to fix it or see to it that it is fixed correctly I would rather you not do it unless that's your profession
Love your videos.
Um. Fluff, my favorite is MC and IDWHL.
Never had a furnished place but the places I had been were like that saying not to do anything... though I still did small things like swapping a broken light switch for an identical one because hell if I am gonna take a day of my precious vacation to wait all day for whoever their home warranty hackjob sent when I could get one for a couple bucks and swap it in 5 minutes. And even stuff I called in like broken fencing was not ever taken care of so I eventually ended up buying a $5 board to cut and nail up to keep our dogs safe and contained.
Hello my wonderful, beautiful, Fluff.
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No. He’s not a monster. Dude brought it upon himself after being a dick… you get what you deserve Landlord
I had a friend who offered to replace the oven the place came with and he refused
The story about the washer and dryer sounds like my shitty dryer
Good afternoon 🙂