Our Crappy Landlord

[judecorp]

Okay, Sean and Bart, I'm totally sorry that you will still be stuck with our landlord, because he is a complete and total horse's ass. The evidence:

• Dryer Vent: Remember all of the trouble we went through to get them to install a dryer vent in our apartment that was advertised as having "washer/dryer hook-ups"? Remember how they told me that it wasn't possible for them to drill through and vent to the outside, and that we were supposed to have steamy air all over our apartment? And how he didn't actually agree to do it until I told him that the steamy air was ruining the hardwood floor in that room?


• Broken Window: A few months ago, we came home to see that one of our second floor windows had been broken. It must have been a rock or some other errant-flying object. Anyway, we call the landlord and he says that he will pay to replace it if we call and make a police report. We just need to call him with the police report number. So Jen does this, and when she calls with the number, he tells her that he needs something on paper. So she prints out the thing from the website and we give it to him. Now he says he needs the actual official document from the police station. Give me an effing break. He just doesn't want to pay for it.


• Landlord Reference: Last week, when we were waiting for the fabulous apartment, we gave our current landlord's name and number to our new landlords so they could get a reference. Apparently, HA (horse's ass) told our new landlord that he would not be able to give any reference information without something in writing that could be faxed to him. (He never said this before.) Finally, our exasperated new landlord said something like, "Look, I didn't know this would be a big deal. I just want to know if they are good tenants and if you've had any problems with them." HA grudgingly replied that we had been good tenants and there had been no problems.


• Move-Out Date: About two months ago, Jen called HA to tell him that we would not be renewing our lease, and to check if he needed something in writing. She told him that due to Memorial Day being on the 31st, and our inability to get a truck that weekend, we would need to stay until the 1st or 2nd. HA replied that this was fine. Fast forward to today - I call the landlord to ask some questions, and at the end I mention, "Hey, I just wanted to confirm that you remember we're staying until the 1st or 2nd because of the holiday," to which he gets on the phone and insists that he never had that conversation with Jen. Except, you know, for the part where she told him we were moving out. So after arguing with him for about 15 minutes, we can now stay until the 1st and need to drop off the keys in the mailslot by the end of the day. You know, this would be more of a big deal if the new tenants (the ones whose "timeframe matched ours") weren't moving on on the 7th of June.


• Security Deposit: I don't have high hopes. For starters, HA always deducts carpet cleaning costs from the security deposit. And I'm sure he'll deduct prorated rent for June 1st, too. And gods know what else. Ugh.

He is TEH EVIL. I can't wait to have nothing to do with him.

Comments

[opalexian.livejournal.com]

Landlords, by-in-large, are very hatey people. I think it's some kinda a landlord virus. Hatey hatey hatey....Like my last landlord on campus, when I went to her and said 'I can't live there with him since he's cheated on me, etc, can you let me out of the lease?!?!?' and she says 'well, only if he agrees, the rent still gets paid, and you can only be taken off the lease if he can replace you.' WTF!?!?

This when a previous landlord had REPEATEDLY taken people on and off the lease because I had such a rotating door of ASSTASTIC roommates (I am, oddly, a bad judge of character when it comes to people that I, say, date or live with o_O;;) Meh, they'll do whatever they feel like, and just TRY and stay in the confines of the law.

Oh, except for the bizarre little German shrink-lady...she was craaaaazeeeeeeeee @.@;;

It could always be the crackwhores in Ohio too *shrug* never lived outta state >_

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Landlords are evil. Except our new landlords. Because they are so cute! :)

I think the problem comes when landlords own a lot of properties and almost become a corporation. Death to corporations!!