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| |  Vent ! Landlord Being Totally Unreasonable
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Jul 05, 2009 at 06:38 PM by Silverdragon102
:angryfire This is totally off topic but i just need to vent!My husband and I are renting a two bedroom apt of a two storey house.The landlords live upstairs.I have two kids both in school and go to school full time so my husband is the only one working.When we first moved there the rent was $1200 plus we paid our own electricity and gas while they paid the water.Months later they said we had to contribute toward the water since at that time we had some in-laws visiting.A few months later they raised the rent to $1400 which with our water contribution is $1500.We protested this and they said if we can't pay then we should move.(Well the wife at least,her husband is such a gem).Anyway now today she comes down and says we have to contribute even more for water now since the rates have increased.How inconsiderate can she be.Where in the hell does she expect us to come up with all that money from? Mind you she doesn't have to drive a stroke.They are financially well off.Have other houses renting,a car dealership business,sell clothes and have people for every chore there is.Someone to cook,clean and press.Yet they expect us to pull money out of a hat.we really want to move and have even considered getting a loan or mortgage and build our own home but the thing is that i am on a contract with the phone company for internet use for a yr.They say i can't disconnect it until that yr is up and most i could get is 2wks.If we move now it will take at least a mth to get the service connected to the new house and that would be in breach of the contract which will expire in aug.So we were trying to hold on till then since I have a bad credit rating with them due to me acquiring a service in my name for an in-law who ran up the bill for $3000 and left me to foot it.They said i'd get my bad rating erased next year Thank god.Well now i'm wondering where we will get that money from since a new semester is starting which means i have to buy uniforms for clinicals,polo shirts for classes,books for me and both kids and all the other expenses,pay rent,light,gas and find extra money for water.I try to save as much money as possible since i know it's really hard on hubby sending the three of us to school on his salary alone.I don't understand how some people can be so inconsiderate.Sorry for this long vent but i'm just so ****** right now.:angryfire
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Jul 05, 2009, 07:25 PM
Re: Vent ! Landlord Being Totally Unreasonable
where do you live that the water bill is over $100? i pay around $30 a month!
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Jul 05, 2009, 07:44 PM
Re: Vent ! Landlord Being Totally Unreasonable
BTW, having been a landlord myself, the mortgage on the property can and does sometimes increase, every year with an adjustable rate mortgage; the property taxes do increase each and every year; insurance on the property increases each year; maintenance costs increase, and must be paid, because you can't let a property go to hades with a tenant occupying it; and utilities do increase. If the going rate for rentals in your area is decreasing, which is quite possible, it means the landlord may not be meeting their costs. My rental income always only paid a portion of my mortgage, not all of it. So, landlords are not necessarily the money-gouging ogres that people like to portray them as. And I worked very hard for my property. Whenever I regained possession of it, and saw the damage done by tenants over and above what my expenses were to begin with, I got sick to my stomach. Literally sick. If you don't like your landlords raising the rent, then move and find a landlord that provides you housing to your liking at a price you can afford. Just voicing the other side of the coin.
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Jul 05, 2009, 08:14 PM
Re: Vent ! Landlord Being Totally Unreasonable  Originally Posted by TakeTwoAspirin  I have sympathy for your situation I really do, but just because they have a lot of money it really doesn't mean they "owe" you anything! It seems like a lot of your anger comes from the fact that they have it easy compared to you and that may be true, but like others have said, you are engaged in a business relationship with them. They don't owe you a break and I am certain they are not doing this just to be mean.
I hope you are able to find an equitable solution to this problem but you really have to stop yourself from making this "personal". It will eat you up.
I dont think at all that she was expecting a "break", I think she is just stating that they are wanting more and more, for no apparent reason, other than the fact that they can. Sometimes you can be between a rock and a hard place, because basically you are at the landlords mercy if your lease isnt clearly spelled out. I can understand paying the increases even if your upset about it, because moving actually would cost more than just paying the increase, which means the landlord wins and gets what they want, which from what it sounds, is more money. To move you would have to find a new home, pay a new deposit, and you know good and well that they landlord isnt going to give the deposit back (been there done that, and no matter how clean you leave it, they ALWAYS find a way to keep at least half the deposit!). Moving might be an option, but it sounds complicated, and in this heat there is no way in heck I would want to move unless I absolutely had to.
But you for sure need to do as the others said and read your lease. If you didnt sign a lease then you will have no choice but to either move if you cant afford it, or if you CAN afford and didnt sign one, then I would have one drawn up stating the new prices they are quoting you and have them sign saying this is good for the amount of the lease, so they cant raise the prices yet again.
I dont think at all you were looking for favors or breaks, I think it probably just feels frustrating to know that you are doing what you can to pay what they are asking, and yet they keep asking for more and more, while they live a nice happy life, and your struggling to pay the bills. Thats great if they worked hard to get what they have, but if they are just raising it just to be difficult and trying to squeeze out as much as possible, thats pure greed.
I hope it all works out for you, I can completely identify with husband working, and kids and yourself going to school. But just tell yourself that this is the reason you are going so that you can say screw the landlords and buy your own darn house and forget renting! When your a nurse, things should ease up financially and then you will look back on this time and say "thank god that time is past!"
Good luck to you!
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