Old senile LL

[MountainDew]

Your slumlord serves a purpose. He supplies adequate affordable housing to people that would normally be living under a bridge somewhere.

That doesn't excuse harassment, stupidity, and general senile-ism. Calling every month and claiming a tennant didn't pay rent when they did, is exactly harassment...and that happens to be illegal in most forms.

 

[Banned_Princess]

So, let me see if I got this right. You needed an apartment and so you embarked on a mission to find the crappiest apartment in the city. For every slumlord there is a slum tenant. Some people are willing to put up with just about anything in terms of living conditions to save a buck or two.

I was actually paying a months rent to the hotels and motels every 6 days, so its not a buck or two, it is thousands.

I would say that if you are financially strapped, then that apartment was the right apartment for the right price. Now, if you do have the finances to live in a “livable” place, then there is no excuse for the living conditions you live in

I don't have to justify myself to you, I am a good tenant, and I am getting the shaft so I will break my lease, and he can keep my deposit. I have explained already he is known here for acting this way, but how was I suppose to know that? fact check at 60.00 a day? get the code enforcement in first?

After all, it was you that found this abode to be such gem that you had to move into it.

Well excuse me for seeing this place as somewhere I might be able to make resemble a home.

Your slumlord serves a purpose. He supplies adequate affordable housing to people that would normally be living under a bridge somewhere.

Listen young man, I don't know how big the stick is, but maybe at this point you should try to get someone to remove it for you.you might want to consider a surgeon, it appears to be coming out of your mouth.

My standards aren't high, I wanted a place that I could pay for (cause the hotel I was living in was gettin kinda pricey) that was quiet and in the woods.

Upon first and second inspection, with no water or electric, it was all cosmetic problems, the paint, the flooring, all stuff maybe I could work out with him, maybe I could paint and he could get someone to roll out linoleum the kitchen and bathroom. how much could that cost, it already appears he just put a new cover on the floor for everyone else! had he just bought the linolium, I probably would have rolled it out myself if he didnt want to pay a professional.

My mistake. to think a LL might care to appreciate a tenant who pays on time for a shack in the woods and want to do right by me and keep me as a tenant. quiet, pay on time, barely any complaints about the shed hes renting me. AT LEAST he could respect me enough to not call every moth and tell me he's sending the cops over with a warrant because i haven't payed my rent, and just in case you missed the point of this whole thread I PAY HIM. ON TIME IN FULL AND WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I didn't say, I'm not paying the rent until you lay a whole new ceramic floor, I said, hey could you get someone here to look at my leaking faucet and he says NO YOU HAVEN'T PAID ME., (while I'm holding my receipt)

Instead he wants to harass me to the point I have to call code enforcement. now I want out of my lease, and I'm NOT giving up my deposit, and IM NOT giving him rent because i left before time.

had he been a real person instead of a money grubbing slum lord form the 2o's I would have been happy with some cosmetic (cheap cosmetic) fixes, and he could have kept me (ME A RENT PAYING, QUIET. NOT A PROBLEM TENANT)

I suggest you put me on ignore, cause thats where your going.

 

[Banned_Princess]

Sounds like he should be calling you to THANK you for paying the rent on time...

What is his response when you say "NO, I already paid you!"?

"No you didn't"!!

"Ok sir well I have a reciept right here, do I have to bring it to you?"

"You better do that because I'm at the police station right now reporting you"

Know I know the police are probably already like, "landlord, you already know it doesnt work that way..." but its still upsetting to me.

I pay him to basically leave me alone, and he ALWAYS claims I didnt. then after that, nothing ... no call back because he was mistaken, no appology for getting me out of my bed to bring him a reciept in 90 degree heat on the bus... nothing.

 

[atomizer]

That doesn't excuse harassment, stupidity, and general senile-ism. Calling every month and claiming a tennant didn't pay rent when they did, is exactly harassment...and that happens to be illegal in most forms.

Actually, I am suggesting that senility is a medical condition that should be taken into consideration. If little red riding hood wants to live in the woods, then she should be thankful that the big bad wolf even considered her application. Renting to people that claim to be living in hotels is about as thoughtful as renting to someone that shows up in a moving van ready to occupy your rental. BP has to follow the landlord tenant act just like anyone else. Being banned princess is no excuse for being a bad tenant by breaking the lease and then refusing to turn in her keys unless her deposit is given to her right on the spot.
That is not going to happen., and shouldn’t.

 

[MountainDew]

Actually, I am suggesting that senility is a medical condition that should be taken into consideration.

If the landlord is medically unfit to do the job, then he shouldn't be. Period. That is NOT an excuse for blatant harassment. If a blind truck driver runs over three people because he's blind, can he use that as an excuse?

If little red riding hood wants to live in the woods, then she should be thankful that the big bad wolf even considered her application.

You have no friggin' idea what this woman's situation is, that comment is totally stupid and entirely uncalled for. The LANDLORD should be thankful he has a tennant who pays on time for what sounds like a dump. He should be glad he can rent it out period.

Being banned princess is no excuse for being a bad tenant by breaking the lease

Where is she breaking the lease? The fact is the LANDLORD has been breaking HER lease, therefore she probably has legal right to end it.

Seriously, trying to defend a senile slumlord is going to get you nowhere. Nobody will agree with you. The word slumlord is meant to be derogatory. They are not something to defend anymore than bad used car salesmen who lie and use other underhanded tacticts to rip you off.

Honestly, atomizer, the more and more posts I read from you the more I would describe you as a slumlord. You're always trying to defend them and their actions, or describing your own similar actions. (aren't you the one that locks off hoses so tennants can't wash their car and expects everybody to scrub their toilet every other day? )

Your slumlord serves a purpose.

That's like saying your crack dealer serves a purpose...

 

[Banned_Princess]

Thank you MountainDew and FarmerJ for the real and helpful reminders to keep me on top of the situation. I dont want to drop the ball.

I will break the lease with his agreement, and as we all can guess he has not taken me up on my offer. So we will see what the code enforsement gentleman has to say, even if its just a professional state employee's comments about the condition of this place to show the court when I have to sue him for my deposit back at the end of the lease. and if he condems it, I get out of the lease, AND I get my deposit back, so to me its a win win.

I am going to keep paying him on time, and ignore him if he calls saying I didnt pay him. I have already advised him VIA certified mail that I dont appreciate the harassment and if he wants to tell me I didnt pay him, put it in writing and put it in the mail.

Thanks you guys, I really feel better and less stressed over the madness! Enjoy the rest of your weekend

 

[Banned_Princess]

So, today the ll sent me a notice that he will accept my offer to void the lease, be out by the 18th and he will return my deposit to me at that time.

I guess the town contacted him about their coming out tomorrow.

I hope they condemn this place, even the lovely young lady assistant says the LL should bulldoze and be done. She said that nomatter what, he wont ever fix the floor and the issue with the sewage smell, which has been making me sick, has never been addressed, and he probably wont.

Just an update. Apparently he needs someone dumber then me in here, and will let me out to continue the search.

 

[FarmerJ]

DO not cancel inspections coming out , let them come out and document anyway , your free to tell them the LL is letting you out of the lease but so far the LL hasnt given you that in writting ???? if he has not then let them come out anyway , reports will back you up later on incase he changes his mind.

 

[Banned_Princess]

DO not cancel inspections coming out , let them come out and document anyway , your free to tell them the LL is letting you out of the lease but so far the LL hasnt given you that in writting ???? if he has not then let them come out anyway , reports will back you up later on incase he changes his mind.

Oh no, its in writing. I would not accept anything less.

And like you said, if its condemned, i get out on thursday, he owes me my prepaid rent for 10 - 18. I know its not much, but its pretty solid he would have to include my deposit at that time. (115 for the week back, and my 450 deposit plus my pay for that week will get me into a nice place, smaller, but better )

Otherwise I have invited the assistant to come by with her boss on the 14th to look over the place once i have cleared my minimum possesions ((I have only been here 3 months, I have only alittle bedroom furniture and some kitchen stuff. )) do a walk through with me, then on the 17th he will meet me here to see I have not trashed the place, I turn over my keys, he gives me my deposit.

See, a smart man in the end that senile old coot.

 

[Banned_Princess]

So code enforcement said that they will send him a notice giving him 30 days to correct the issue of the flooring and the windows that dont open (all of them)

And to do that he can file for an eviction so he can "make the improvements"

Once i move out their is no longer a violation, and he doesn't have to do anything.


I guess its comes down to me convincing him that in order for me to leave on the 18th he will have to trade me deposit for keys.

Can I even do that? tell him I'm moving out, move out, but keep possession if he doesn't return the deposit, making him have to fix the violations, or evict me to "make the improvements?"

Whatever, I guess its worth my best poker face.

 

[ErinGoBragh]

Ignore atomizer. He's a troll who doesn't know anything about LL/tenant law.

 

[FarmerJ]

Make sure you got a copy of the inspections report, even if you move out , if you document the final condition of the unit I have a hard time seeing him getting a win in small claims if you have to sue to get the deposit back , It would make him look pretty foolish if he tries to keep it. BTW even if you move out he still is going to have to make the repairs he was ordered to or cease renting the unit out since inspections could still cite him again if he refuses to make the repairs they ordered .

 

[atomizer]

If the landlord is medically unfit to do the job, then he shouldn't be. Period. That is NOT an excuse for blatant harassment. If a blind truck driver runs over three people because he's blind, can he use that as an excuse?

And who decides if he is unfit, his tenant? You?
If a blind truck driver runs over three people, I would question his sanity (medical condition) or whether he was blind I might even question if he was the driver.

You have no friggin' idea what this woman's situation is, that comment is totally stupid and entirely uncalled for. The LANDLORD should be thankful he has a tennant who pays on time for what sounds like a dump. He should be glad he can rent it out period.

Landlords don’t normally rent to longterm hotel people.

Where is she breaking the lease? The fact is the LANDLORD has been breaking HER lease, therefore she probably has legal right to end it.

I did not claim she is breaking the lease. BP claimed she is breaking the lease and will demand her deposit “on the spot” I merely reminded her that’s not the way it works.

Seriously, trying to defend a senile slumlord is going to get you nowhere. Nobody will agree with you. The word slumlord is meant to be derogatory. They are not something to defend anymore than bad used car salesmen who lie and use other underhanded tacticts to rip you off.

Yet again, it has not been established that the landlord is a slumlord. What has been established is that BP knowingly entered into an agreement to rent the property in the condition that it is in. She was completely satisfied up until the old guy developed memory problems.

Honestly, atomizer, the more and more posts I read from you the more I would describe you as a slumlord. You're always trying to defend them and their actions, or describing your own similar actions. (aren't you the one that locks off hoses so tennants can't wash their car and expects everybody to scrub their toilet every other day?

Every landlord that pays for water fumes at tenants that wash their cars in the driveway. Especially when the see the hoses unattended and the water valves wide open. You want to wash your car? Go to the car wash. As for cleaning your toilet, When there is a hard water or rust problem, you have to choices. Live with nasty looking toilets, or perform preventive maintenance. It doesn’t take mush energy to brush the insides with a rust or mineral deposit cleaner a few times a week.

That's like saying your crack dealer serves a purpose…

Actually, in most major cities, the social service departments, police, firemen, hospital, prisons are funded and maintained by the state and the feds due to the high incidence of crime, You can even say that some people enjoy low rent due to high crime in the areas.
I’m not saying this is a good thing, most of the funds are taken away from nice neighborhoods in order to channel it to these neighborhoods, I’m just pointing out that some people and organizations profit from the plight of the poor and high crime.

 

[Banned_Princess]

Make sure you got a copy of the inspections report, even if you move out , if you document the final condition of the unit I have a hard time seeing him getting a win in small claims if you have to sue to get the deposit back , It would make him look pretty foolish if he tries to keep it. BTW even if you move out he still is going to have to make the repairs he was ordered to or cease renting the unit out since inspections could still cite him again if he refuses to make the repairs they ordered .

Thank you farmerJ, the city inspector said, if I leave he doesnt have to make the repair, because no one lives here, thereby fixing the problem, (no tenant no violation) and only if they are called again by, say, the next tenant will they make him do it. and only if they stay on and continue to live here.

Ah well whatever, I'm outta here, I win