Hello all,
Lets do this over. I will be sure to make clear right off the bat that you should read the post in its entirety before responding to the question, as having to repeat myself because one doesn't read the post is the equivalent of repeating myself when someone is not listening during a verbal conversation, which is considered by most (if not all) modern civilizations to be extremely rude (which I thought went without saying). So, I am trying to determine what the best course of action to take in my situation is. I live in Conyers, Ga and rent a house from a private individual. I have lived here for 3 years, and for those 3 years, have had no problems. However, recently, several things have happened recently which are the fault of the Home owners association for the community rather than the landlord himself, but are, nonetheless, frustrating me and negatively impacting my use of the unit. Such issues include being accosted by other peoples' dogs that are not properly restrained whenever I take my dogs on a walk, which has resulted in me, no joke, having to purchase and take pepper spray to defend myself. Another issue is that the HOA frequently (like once a week) turns off water to the entire community without notice for multiple hours while they perform maintenance on the water distribution system (hoa provides water to my the community). This can be incredibly frustrating when I, for example, have a job interview I am scheduled for, but have to frantically reschedule last minute because I can't take a shower and was not informed the water would be out. These are all problems with the hoa, not the landlord, I recognize this. However, in order to address the shortcomings of the communities hoa (and take whatever legal action I can), I have asked my landlord for a copy of the home owners association rules and regulations to see if there is some way I can hold this body accountability for completely failing in their mission statement of making the community a "safe and pleasant place to live." However, my request went ignored. I texted the landlord on a daily basis asking for the rules and regulations and was repeatedly ignored for about a week before I had had enough and sent the landlord a text basically stating "Ok, I have had enough. I am not paying you a single penny more in rent until I get a copy of those rules and regulations." To which he absolutely lost his mind: calling my desire to live in safety with quality services "crazy" and telling me "you can take your demands and just move out." I was honestly kind of surprised at this reaction, as I would not think that asking for the rules and regulations of the hoa (to which I pay monthly hoa fees mind you) which governs the community that I am living in would be too much to ask. So, now my landlord is contributing to the problem. My question is, given my situation, what do I do? I have read the georgia landlord/tenant handbook, and it appears that not paying rent would not be a good idea, as not paying rent gives the landlord more leeway in their ability to evict me from the property. But how should I proceed? Should I just not pay rent and explain how the landlord will not provide me the hoa rules and regulations at the eviction hearing? Should I be proactive and take my landlord to court first? How would I go about starting that process? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
What is the name of your state?
Lets do this over. I will be sure to make clear right off the bat that you should read the post in its entirety before responding to the question, as having to repeat myself because one doesn't read the post is the equivalent of repeating myself when someone is not listening during a verbal conversation, which is considered by most (if not all) modern civilizations to be extremely rude (which I thought went without saying). So, I am trying to determine what the best course of action to take in my situation is. I live in Conyers, Ga and rent a house from a private individual. I have lived here for 3 years, and for those 3 years, have had no problems. However, recently, several things have happened recently which are the fault of the Home owners association for the community rather than the landlord himself, but are, nonetheless, frustrating me and negatively impacting my use of the unit. Such issues include being accosted by other peoples' dogs that are not properly restrained whenever I take my dogs on a walk, which has resulted in me, no joke, having to purchase and take pepper spray to defend myself. Another issue is that the HOA frequently (like once a week) turns off water to the entire community without notice for multiple hours while they perform maintenance on the water distribution system (hoa provides water to my the community). This can be incredibly frustrating when I, for example, have a job interview I am scheduled for, but have to frantically reschedule last minute because I can't take a shower and was not informed the water would be out. These are all problems with the hoa, not the landlord, I recognize this. However, in order to address the shortcomings of the communities hoa (and take whatever legal action I can), I have asked my landlord for a copy of the home owners association rules and regulations to see if there is some way I can hold this body accountability for completely failing in their mission statement of making the community a "safe and pleasant place to live." However, my request went ignored. I texted the landlord on a daily basis asking for the rules and regulations and was repeatedly ignored for about a week before I had had enough and sent the landlord a text basically stating "Ok, I have had enough. I am not paying you a single penny more in rent until I get a copy of those rules and regulations." To which he absolutely lost his mind: calling my desire to live in safety with quality services "crazy" and telling me "you can take your demands and just move out." I was honestly kind of surprised at this reaction, as I would not think that asking for the rules and regulations of the hoa (to which I pay monthly hoa fees mind you) which governs the community that I am living in would be too much to ask. So, now my landlord is contributing to the problem. My question is, given my situation, what do I do? I have read the georgia landlord/tenant handbook, and it appears that not paying rent would not be a good idea, as not paying rent gives the landlord more leeway in their ability to evict me from the property. But how should I proceed? Should I just not pay rent and explain how the landlord will not provide me the hoa rules and regulations at the eviction hearing? Should I be proactive and take my landlord to court first? How would I go about starting that process? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks.
What is the name of your state?