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The brochure linked above says it excludes 1 or 2 family owner-occupied buildings and room rentals in owner occupied housing from having to follow the NY State law.
The brochure linked above says it excludes 1 or 2 family owner-occupied buildings and room rentals in owner occupied housing from having to follow the NY State law.
And as the OP says, "Plus, we are looking at apartments in private homes, so most of the time the landlord is right above or below you."
OP, you've got a nice big place right now. Maybe you could get some storm windows to help with the drafts?
There really isn't any reason that you can't clean up the dog poop instead of complaining about the smell. Why live with it, if the problem is easy to remedy?
You want to rent a room in a private home with the owner of the home living there in the same building. Nobody wants to hear a baby screaming all night. Not many people want to hear all the noise from a group of children in their own home. You are going to have a difficult time finding a room in a private house because those landlords don't have to accept your children.
My suggestion is that you figure out how to make your current place work for you. You are going to have a very difficult time replacing it, and doubly so with your income restraints. People without enough money to rent an apartment have very limited options for places to live and might have to settle for a place that isn't ideal.
OP, you've got a nice big place right now. Maybe you could get some storm windows to help with the drafts?
There really isn't any reason that you can't clean up the dog poop instead of complaining about the smell. Why live with it, if the problem is easy to remedy?
You want to rent a room in a private home with the owner of the home living there in the same building. Nobody wants to hear a baby screaming all night. Not many people want to hear all the noise from a group of children in their own home. You are going to have a difficult time finding a room in a private house because those landlords don't have to accept your children.
My suggestion is that you figure out how to make your current place work for you. You are going to have a very difficult time replacing it, and doubly so with your income restraints. People without enough money to rent an apartment have very limited options for places to live and might have to settle for a place that isn't ideal.
Why would I, or should I, be responsible for cleaning up someone's else's dog poop? And yeah, when I was 9 months pregnant, I'm going to be outside shoveling up dog sh%T. How about be a NORMAL neighbor and have common courtesy for other people's property and keep your dog on your rental property to **** and crap on. But that was the least of our problems with our neighbors, as they are just trashy people in general. Our dog isn't crapping on their property is he?
And why would I put ANY money into a property that I don't own? I'm going to replace windows? Don't think so. Not sure why you are saying we don't have enough money to rent an apartment? Are we living in a shelter right now and I don't know about lol.
As far as the baby, she's almost a year old, way past the waking up "screaming" like you say. My baby was not allowed to wake up "screaming" either. When she did need a bottle, it was a little cry, she was fed and then back to sleep. Not all babies "scream" all night. Just like not all parents allow their kids to smoke pot in their house and outside their tenants bedrooms to come in their windows. Or I guess they forgot pot is illegal still right?
Anyway, we are not going to stay someplace that we aren't happy at and we will just keep looking until we find someplace that will put up with us and our children..
Why would I, or should I, be responsible for cleaning up someone's else's dog poop? And yeah, when I was 9 months pregnant, I'm going to be outside shoveling up dog sh%T. How about be a NORMAL neighbor and have common courtesy for other people's property and keep your dog on your rental property to **** and crap on. But that was the least of our problems with our neighbors, as they are just trashy people in general. Our dog isn't crapping on their property is he?
And why would I put ANY money into a property that I don't own? I'm going to replace windows? Don't think so. Not sure why you are saying we don't have enough money to rent an apartment? Are we living in a shelter right now and I don't know about lol.
As far as the baby, she's almost a year old, way past the waking up "screaming" like you say. My baby was not allowed to wake up "screaming" either. When she did need a bottle, it was a little cry, she was fed and then back to sleep. Not all babies "scream" all night. Just like not all parents allow their kids to smoke pot in their house and outside their tenants bedrooms to come in their windows. Or I guess they forgot pot is illegal still right?
Anyway, we are not going to stay someplace that we aren't happy at and we will just keep looking until we find someplace that will put up with us and our children..
You aren't responsible for cleaning it up, but cleaning it up solves a huge problem and it's cheaper and easier than moving.
You could ask the landlord to upgrade the windows, but it probably won't happen.
Good luck on your search. Hopefully you won't have these problems again, but there is a pretty good change something is going to annoy you.
OP has a dog per post 16. Because many rentals don't accept pets, the dog reduces your pool of available rentals. If anyone in the home smokes, this also reduces your pool of available rentals.
What I get out of this thread is that OP is the "it's everybody else's fault but mine" type of person.
Face it OP, you've got kids, you've got a dog, and you can't afford a single family home. I wonder what your credit scores and rental histories are, and whether those factor into you getting denied as well.
You gotta make it work with what you got. And you gotta put a little effort of your own into things as well.
People in private residences have every right to refuse to rent to people for pretty much any reason. They're renting out a portion of their home.
Why would that be so confusing?
I'm not clear on why an apartment is a bad thing. Apartment complexes cannot refuse you because you have kids. They can refuse dogs, though.
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And yeah, when I was 9 months pregnant, I'm going to be outside shoveling up dog sh%T. How about be a NORMAL neighbor and have common courtesy for other people's property and keep your dog on your rental property to **** and crap on. But that was the least of our problems with our neighbors, as they are just trashy people in general. Our dog isn't crapping on their property is he?
