Alright, he may be one of the few cat-friendly landlords in the city...
But I get so irritated when Landlords are vicious about getting their rent on the
1st every month, but then try to avoid their own responsibilities!!!
Example in point: This month, we couldn't pay our rent until the 3rd as BF had a problem cashing his paycheque for the full amount without a hold. (he just started a new job and its not direct deposit)...
We let the landlord know on the 1st as soon as we knew. They said it wasn't a problem but that as it was late, we would lose our place on the list for a parking space and be bumped from number one to number 4.
Its very cold here in winters so you need an electrical space which are hard to come by...
Anyway, this really irritates me as when we have asked for things to be fixed, its either not their problem or they take their time getting to it.
When we take showers, the tub is almost full!!! when we are done as the drains are so old..We have asked them to come in to look at it, but they shrug us off saying its not their responsibility or hand us a bottle of drano and act like they are doing us a huge favour...!!!
Also, when we first moved in, the caretaker was up at our door almost daily yelling as the apt. below us complained of water leaking into their apt. She said it was because we didn't close our shower curtain properly...I explained to her numerous times that our floor wasn't wet so how could it be our fault?!
I finally asked her to come in RIGHT AFTER my shower to see that the bathroom floor wasn't wet. It was finally determined by a plumber that it was the water getting behind the tiles in the bathroom!! It was their fault all the time and not even an apology!
To top it off, cleaning my tub is hell because rather than pay for a new tub liner, they PAINTED the bathtub!!! Argh. I realized this when I was cleaning and paint chips were coming away from the enamel underneath!
A friend in the building has asked for her smoke detector to be fixed 3 times (it does NOT work at all )..They haven't gotten to it in months!
ANd that is a life or death situation.
Since they told us about the parking space thing, I am going to start keeping a log of all the things that need doing, when we ask them to do it and how long it takes for them to do it or if they say no and shrug us off....
ARGHHH.....I HATE renting.
Thanks for letting me vent!
But I get so irritated when Landlords are vicious about getting their rent on the
1st every month, but then try to avoid their own responsibilities!!!
Example in point: This month, we couldn't pay our rent until the 3rd as BF had a problem cashing his paycheque for the full amount without a hold. (he just started a new job and its not direct deposit)...
We let the landlord know on the 1st as soon as we knew. They said it wasn't a problem but that as it was late, we would lose our place on the list for a parking space and be bumped from number one to number 4.
Its very cold here in winters so you need an electrical space which are hard to come by...
Anyway, this really irritates me as when we have asked for things to be fixed, its either not their problem or they take their time getting to it.
When we take showers, the tub is almost full!!! when we are done as the drains are so old..We have asked them to come in to look at it, but they shrug us off saying its not their responsibility or hand us a bottle of drano and act like they are doing us a huge favour...!!!
Also, when we first moved in, the caretaker was up at our door almost daily yelling as the apt. below us complained of water leaking into their apt. She said it was because we didn't close our shower curtain properly...I explained to her numerous times that our floor wasn't wet so how could it be our fault?!
I finally asked her to come in RIGHT AFTER my shower to see that the bathroom floor wasn't wet. It was finally determined by a plumber that it was the water getting behind the tiles in the bathroom!! It was their fault all the time and not even an apology!
To top it off, cleaning my tub is hell because rather than pay for a new tub liner, they PAINTED the bathtub!!! Argh. I realized this when I was cleaning and paint chips were coming away from the enamel underneath!
A friend in the building has asked for her smoke detector to be fixed 3 times (it does NOT work at all )..They haven't gotten to it in months!
ANd that is a life or death situation.
Since they told us about the parking space thing, I am going to start keeping a log of all the things that need doing, when we ask them to do it and how long it takes for them to do it or if they say no and shrug us off....
ARGHHH.....I HATE renting.
Thanks for letting me vent!