The Dictator

By anonymous - 18/01/2012 05:06 - United States

Today, I discovered that my new landlords must meet and approve guests of mine before they come over, and guests are not allowed when they aren't home or past 11pm. I'm 25 years old and just moved out of my parents' home to get away from my controlling mother. FML
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Ray_of_midnight 22

Are you renting an entire apartment, or are you renting a room in someone's house? If you're renting an apartment, then the space is functionally yours and your landlord has no business who comes and goes provided your guests don't disturb the other tenants in the building, and that you're not having extra people living there in violation of your lease. If you're renting a room in someone else's house, where you and your landlord have access to common living space in the same house, then yes, your landlord can make rules and the rules can be pretty arbitrary.

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fmessiah 17

Did you sign something with this on it? If you did, deal with it, if you didn't and this was not discussed before you moved in, surely this would be grounds to break your lease?

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lizard399 0

What a bunch of nuts. I wouldn't put up with that at all. Find a new place to live or tell them how it is, cause I guarantee you that it's just the beginning.

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aruam365 24

Maybe you should have asked about these things before you committed to living there.

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FireFlie07 20

Check your lease. If its not in it, its not legal.

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bubo_fml 10

"Your place or Motel 6?"

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Yarrachel 16

If you are renting a room in your landlord's house (that the landlord is living in) I can somewhat understand this. Otherwise, this is crazy.

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wagonbacker9 8

If its not in the lease, and you don't share common living area, you don't have to abide by that.

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cross496 3

Unless it's in the lease they can' actually enforce those rules. or your rent should be reduced drastically.

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structuredchaoz 4

Ok, landlord and roommate are two different things. This action would be illegal for a landlord. Not a roommate. In the usa at least.

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laurensauren 9

I feel like unless they come an check on you every night they're not gonna know if someone stays.

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monamayfair 2

when looking for a place to rent a room, had one of the "landlords" (turned out he wasnt, he just rented the house and was renting out the rooms) say that I was allowed to have girls stay but not boys. Was super tempted to say that I was a lesbian. I always checked I could have guests before I accepted a room though...

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