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trueandspurious

I hate my landlord

Jan 30, 2012 15:41

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lateniteslesley January 31 2012, 21:00:04 UTC

Ugh what a pain in the ass. This all makes your landlord seem even more sketch than he used to. In the professional world of LA, where there is always someone who will do any given job cheapen and faster than you, I can't imagine that settling on one of the tenants is the best use of money and time.

Good luck with the continued awkwardness.

trueandspurious January 31 2012, 21:16:07 UTC

I am not sure why he is doing this. My best guess is that Steve has been out of work and maybe has trouble paying rent, even though his girlfriend is not out of work. They've been here 13 years so I can see not wanting to move. So maybe he is getting some kind of rent discount instead of money. Also Landlord Dave claims to hate looking for new tenants, like to stick with the ones he knows, even if that means hiring them to paint. It is probably cheaper for him than hiring real painters and he doesn't care how long it takes it's not like he has to live here and there are only 3 other tenants.

But yeah he was out there again today. I'm going insane. Jim checked and the first time I mentioned this in an email was Oct 4! That's four months of this shit.

lateniteslesley February 1 2012, 05:47:14 UTC

October? Fuck. Sounds almost as bad as the management at Tom's building. The building walls have been spakled (sp?) since about that time with no promise of paint any time soon. That itself isn't bad, but everyone smokes inside which smells fucking awful everywhere, and on the first floor the dog owners let their pets piss and shit IN THE HALLS. Sometimes it's cleaned up, sometimes not. But the smell is always there. Tom has even taken pictures, posing them as a threat to peoples' health, but no action is taken. The lingering smell is suffocating. So yeah, you're right, landlords prefer to have people--apparently regardless of how gross--than looking for new tenants and having the space vacant and unpaid.