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Help! I'm having such anxiety about having to confront my landlord, but I have to because my tenant rights are being seriously violated. I just wonder what type of response I will get from the office when I call....any input would be very helpful. Here is the situation:
I've lived in this apartment for 2 years, never late on rent, apartment is spotless and I'm very quite single older woman (54). The first year I lived here I didn't spend very much time in the apartment during the day, but over the last year I'm in the apartment almost everyday all day long and have become increasingly aggravated by a noise/invasion of privacy issue....but not from another tenant....from the maintenance men who care for the properties of the LLC I rent from. You see, the maintenance men have an office/workshop in the basement directly under my apartment. They sometimes spend most of the day down there doing everything from Screaming the F word back and forth to each other, using power drills and power saws and stomping up and down the cellar stairs 50 times a day. I don't take noise well and savor peace and quiet....I also don't like confrontation....that is why I pay my rent, keep the place clean and don't make noise.
I've been putting off talking to the landlord about it, and my agitation about putting up with the noise as well as feeling self conscious that they can hear everything I'm doing (like making a personal telephone call...or....er....taking a bath, getting dressed...yes...I can hear every word they say, so I'm assuming they can hear everything I say or do).
Well I just received the paperwork to resign my lease for another year and found out the rent is being raised by $10.00 a month. Well you can imagine how upset I feel right now. Not only do I think I shouldn't have to pay an increase....they should give me a huge discount for putting up with all this noise and lack of privacy. I know the landlords are violating the lease because of the "Right to live peacefully and comfortably" clause, but I'm still nervous about the confrontation for this reason: If I complain to them about this situation and they come down hard on the maintenance men....do I really want to live in an apartment complex where the maintenance men don't like me or think I got them in trouble? I can't take this one more day.....I'm calling the landlord tomorrow. There is a very simple solution to the issue, but if the landlord will go for it and if they would respect my request that they handle the situation with maintenance men without involving my name? The solution: There are about 20 buildings in this complex. Each building has either 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apts. Move the maintenance men to a bldg underneath a tenant who works full time and is not home in the daytime. They are here from 7-4....someone who worked full time days would hardly notice them at all. So what advice an anyone give me...I'm freaking out right now....I hate confrontation! They are right outside my apt window right now F this, F that! OMG....why me?
Help! I'm having such anxiety about having to confront my landlord, but I have to because my tenant rights are being seriously violated. I just wonder what type of response I will get from the office when I call....any input would be very helpful. Here is the situation:
I've lived in this apartment for 2 years, never late on rent, apartment is spotless and I'm very quite single older woman (54). The first year I lived here I didn't spend very much time in the apartment during the day, but over the last year I'm in the apartment almost everyday all day long and have become increasingly aggravated by a noise/invasion of privacy issue....but not from another tenant....from the maintenance men who care for the properties of the LLC I rent from. You see, the maintenance men have an office/workshop in the basement directly under my apartment. They sometimes spend most of the day down there doing everything from Screaming the F word back and forth to each other, using power drills and power saws and stomping up and down the cellar stairs 50 times a day. I don't take noise well and savor peace and quiet....I also don't like confrontation....that is why I pay my rent, keep the place clean and don't make noise.
I've been putting off talking to the landlord about it, and my agitation about putting up with the noise as well as feeling self conscious that they can hear everything I'm doing (like making a personal telephone call...or....er....taking a bath, getting dressed...yes...I can hear every word they say, so I'm assuming they can hear everything I say or do).
Well I just received the paperwork to resign my lease for another year and found out the rent is being raised by $10.00 a month. Well you can imagine how upset I feel right now. Not only do I think I shouldn't have to pay an increase....they should give me a huge discount for putting up with all this noise and lack of privacy. I know the landlords are violating the lease because of the "Right to live peacefully and comfortably" clause, but I'm still nervous about the confrontation for this reason: If I complain to them about this situation and they come down hard on the maintenance men....do I really want to live in an apartment complex where the maintenance men don't like me or think I got them in trouble? I can't take this one more day.....I'm calling the landlord tomorrow. There is a very simple solution to the issue, but if the landlord will go for it and if they would respect my request that they handle the situation with maintenance men without involving my name? The solution: There are about 20 buildings in this complex. Each building has either 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apts. Move the maintenance men to a bldg underneath a tenant who works full time and is not home in the daytime. They are here from 7-4....someone who worked full time days would hardly notice them at all. So what advice an anyone give me...I'm freaking out right now....I hate confrontation! They are right outside my apt window right now F this, F that! OMG....why me?