Does your landlord deserve the keys to your car? The answer is pretty much a resounding «no.» But that doesn’t stop landlords from doing what they do best: overreaching in their tenants’ lives. Just because you own the parking space doesn’t mean you own the car. This is a pretty basic understanding of ownership and …
Seguir leyendo Landlord demands tenant’s keys to his car because he ‘owns the asphalt’: ‘I am still trying to process the level of entitlement’
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Landlord invents ‘biology fee,’ charges tenant $5/month per houseplant: ‘This building is already a crumbling mess’
Should you have to pay extra for your houseplants? The answer here is obviously no. Landlords will do anything to get you to pay an extra fee, and it’s never worth it. It’s only gravy for them and an annoyance to you. You already pay more than you’d like to in rent, I would venture …
Seguir leyendo Landlord invents ‘biology fee,’ charges tenant $5/month per houseplant: ‘This building is already a crumbling mess’
Roommate backs out of signing house lease after discovering her bedroom comes with the washing machine inside: ‘That’s not a bedroom, it’s a laundry room’
Do you remember how excited you were as a little kid at the concept of living with your best friend? Just the two of you, sharing a cool apartment, having the time of your life… Now, do you remember when you found out that sharing a living space with someone else is far from the …
Seguir leyendo Roommate backs out of signing house lease after discovering her bedroom comes with the washing machine inside: ‘That’s not a bedroom, it’s a laundry room’
Homeowners park on their driveway to block entitled neighbors from parking on their property: ‘We shouldn’t have to ask them 3 times in a month not to park at our house.’
Why do these people think they have the right to park on their neighbor’s property? You can’t always control what your neighbor does. If you live in a neighborhood with a Homeowners’ Association, you can absolutely control the color of mulch that your neighbor uses in their front lawn by reporting the issue to the …
Seguir leyendo Homeowners park on their driveway to block entitled neighbors from parking on their property: ‘We shouldn’t have to ask them 3 times in a month not to park at our house.’
Scammer charges roommate $1000 per month after telling him the rent is $1600, roommate discovers the rent is actually $1000: ‘The landlord says we’re short on rent because he only gives the landlord $800 a month.’
That’s enough to convince you never to live with roommates ever again. You have to put a lot of faith and trust in your roommates. You must trust that they aren’t sticking your toothbrush in the toilet every morning after you leave for work. You have to trust that they won’t eat all of your …
Seguir leyendo Scammer charges roommate $1000 per month after telling him the rent is $1600, roommate discovers the rent is actually $1000: ‘The landlord says we’re short on rent because he only gives the landlord $800 a month.’
Landlord replaces all physical keys with a ‘smart app,’ charges tenants a monthly $15 tech fee to cover the cost: ‘It is literally a subscription service just to enter my own home’
Sometimes ‘smart tech’ is actually pretty dumb. We’re so busy asking ourselves whether or not we ‘can’ do something that we lose sight of whether or not we should. This is a phrase that you’ve heard before, but it bears repeating, especially in situations like this. Sometimes technology makes things more difficult than they actually …
Seguir leyendo Landlord replaces all physical keys with a ‘smart app,’ charges tenants a monthly $15 tech fee to cover the cost: ‘It is literally a subscription service just to enter my own home’
Landlord wants $250 extra per month because city finally cleaned up trash pile across the street: ‘It is just a blatant cash grab because he did not do a single thing to earn that money’
Should you pay extra just because your neighborhood got a little nicer? Landlords love to take credit for stuff that they really had nothing to do with. It’s part of the job. A job that some argue shouldn’t even exist in the first place. They own an apartment, and you pay them for the privilege …
Seguir leyendo Landlord wants $250 extra per month because city finally cleaned up trash pile across the street: ‘It is just a blatant cash grab because he did not do a single thing to earn that money’
Employee works from home, landlord tries to charge them $200/month commercial usage fee: ‘I literally just sit there’
How do you cope with a landlord who demands unexpected payments? It is an unfortunate fact of renting a place to live that the people who own these types of properties have a vested interest in extracting as much money as possible from their tenants. What’s more, a lot of them do not care about …
Seguir leyendo Employee works from home, landlord tries to charge them $200/month commercial usage fee: ‘I literally just sit there’
Landlord reprimands tenant for not reminding him that their lease was expiring: ‘He gets money for being a landlord but doesn’t want the responsibility that comes with being a landlord?’
Should you have to remind your landlord about when your lease is up? Dealing with a landlord is one of the more annoying things that most of us have to deal with in our lives. It’s never fun, and it always leaves you feeling that you wish you could afford to buy a house. But …
Seguir leyendo Landlord reprimands tenant for not reminding him that their lease was expiring: ‘He gets money for being a landlord but doesn’t want the responsibility that comes with being a landlord?’
Woman refuses to let her roommate move her boyfriend and his 2 kids into their 2 bedroom apartment: ‘She said I’m being selfish and unsupportive of her relationship.’
There is not enough room to fit 5 people in their apartment. When searching for a roommate, one of the most important questions you can ask is, «Do you have a child, or are you dating someone who has a child?» It might feel icky to ask such a personal question, but if you’re not …
Seguir leyendo Woman refuses to let her roommate move her boyfriend and his 2 kids into their 2 bedroom apartment: ‘She said I’m being selfish and unsupportive of her relationship.’