Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Lame post, too lazy to post anything but a link. To summarize:
1.) Acquiring a pet and not telling your landlord. My lease addendum prohibits this should I find out and is grounds for eviction.
2.) Move in another tenant. My lease again allows me to eject guests after 14 days.
3.) The toilet is clogged. My lease states landlord is responsible only for line blockages such as commonly caused by tree roots. Toilet won't flush is a tenant problem, probably because you put too much in before hitting the flush.
4.) There's a new water stain on the ceiling: Why would anybody hide this? It's my rental unit, if there's a roof leak I'd want to know immediately, and would fix it at no cost to tenant.
5.) There's mysterious water on the floor: see #4.
6.) You have bedbugs: If you had them before the lease and you signed my lease, it would be grounds for eviction. If you acquired them later my lease states landlord is not responsible for extermination. If you left the house in this condition kiss your security deposit goodbye.
7.) You lost your key: No problem. Lose your mailbox key and my lease states you pay $30 for new locks on your mailbox. Lost your house key? Make a duplicate, I gave you two. (I use Kwikset quick rekey and can rekey a unit when the tenant moves at almost no cost.) Rekey your locks without asking me? My lease states you are responsible for my locksmith charges if I have to hire one to get into MY house that I rented to YOU.
Skip the article. It's all blah blah except the part I commented on.
And noting, sometimes you can get away with another tenant or a pet as long as you leave no signs when you terminate your rental. It's not like I'm going to check up monthly to see who you are sleeping with.
My main goals are (1) pay your rent on time, (2) take care of my house. (3) Give me proper notice when you decide to move.
So none of you have fingers or a mouse to click on a link and read it? Who was saying something about lazy? I had no problem reading the story by clicking the link.
Lame post, too lazy to post anything but a link. To summarize:
1.) Acquiring a pet and not telling your landlord. My lease addendum prohibits this should I find out and is grounds for eviction.
2.) Move in another tenant. My lease again allows me to eject guests after 14 days.
3.) The toilet is clogged. My lease states landlord is responsible only for line blockages such as commonly caused by tree roots. Toilet won't flush is a tenant problem, probably because you put too much in before hitting the flush.
1.) Been there done that. Landlord didn't figure it out.
2.) Guilty of that too. Landlord didn't figure it out.
3.) That happened all the time in my last rental. I got really good at unclogging that toilet.
I told you, landlords don't go around spying on tenants. I do mind if tenant gets a pet where none was stated in the lease, I do mind if additional tenants not named on the lease move in, but in the end this is all part of being a landlord. If nothing else it's impractical for landlords to monitor tenant behavior except perhaps in apartments. I do houses.
Yeah my leases state my only responsibility as landlord is non-functional lines. If the tenant stuffs too much toilet paper in the toilet and flushes it and it won't go, that's their problem. If they leave it that way and move out I'll hire a plumber and deduct the charge from their deposit.
My properties are single family houses so my comments above should be taken in that context.
Or were you referring to bedbugs as pets? If so, absolutely not!!!
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.