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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bamagrl410 31

The FML states that OP cannot have guests over when "they" aren't home, they being the landlord(s). This indicates that it is not OP's own living space, but rather a shared space. In that case they have every right to ask this of the renter. And to all those saying "Who would bother to check that?", when I was looking at apartments I asked every question from guest parking spaces to what day trash pick up was. It's your responsibility (no one else's) when living on your own & committing to a lease.

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YouthCat 5

Sounds like a private Christian college, room checks and what not.

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YouthCat 5

Sounds like a private Christian college, room checks and what not.

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jeremyt8nc 6

Maybe OP's landlord is a nasty turkey buzzard Auburn Fan. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case and OP is a Bama fan. Roll Tide!

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dandancc 13

If it's not in the contract, they can't stop you.

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MrMeaner88 3

@97 this FML doesnt say conclusivly what the living situation is. It's possible that it is just a small building and the landlords dont want strangers running around at night. I totally agree, if OP is a boarder in their house, then the landlords' rules are perfectly reasonable. But, if OP wanted to move out from his/her controlling mother, then why would s/he just move into another person's house? Any reasonable person would expect other people to have similar rules. Also, when i was looking for apartments, i asked every question about things like trash pick-up, guest parking spaces, etc too...but I NEVER asked if i could have guests over in MY OWN APARTMENT. Thats one of the joys of living on your own. I would think that the landlords would have thrown down those rules before OP moved into their house if it was a boarding situation. It seems like they wouldnt only if they wanted to trap him/her into a lease first.

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BlAzEtHiS 0

**** that. You pay the bill, you have whoever come over whenever you want. If they have a problem with that then good luck finding anyone to rent to that will put up with that.

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