Today, I found out my landlord has bought himself a new boat. He refuses to turn up the heating to save money. I'm freezing. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I found out my landlord is too cheap to turn up the hot water tank enough to have a comfortable shower. There's a huge padlock on the door, she won't budge, and I'm signed in until December. FML
Today, and for the last two weeks, my asshole landlord refuses to fix the hot water supply. My shower is now so cold that peeing on myself while washing is actually helping. I need a new place. FML
Today, my boiler packed up on me just as the weather has turned cold, with no money to have it fixed. Hello to a week of freezing cold showers. FML
Today, I found out that shutting off the heat in the rental property my parents owned was a bad idea. The water froze and the pipes burst, causing the whole kitchen ceiling to fall down. The water ruined the wood floors and the appliances. I turned off the heat to save money. FML
Today, after repairing the toilet, the light, the shower, the cooker and the heater in the flat I've just moved into, my boiler dies. It's mid December, about 1 degree outside. FML
Today, my landlord refused to send a plumber over to unclog the sink. Now he wants me to pay for water damages because he didn't call a plumber sooner. FML
Today, I found out, through Facebook, that my landlord hadn't been paying the mortgage on the house I'm renting from him. It's going into foreclosure. FML
Today, my landlord emailed me, stating that she hasn't been receiving my rent. After some investigation, I found out she's been using the money to buy booze, and hasn't been putting it into the house owner's account. FML
Today, my upstairs neighbor's pipe burst because they forgot to close their porch door and, well, Wisconsin winter. My apartment is flooded and I'm spending my little money on a hotel. I think I'm homeless. FML
Today, my landlord told me he is raising my rent next month. I thought he was kidding until he asked if I still wanted to live here. My landlord is also my live-in boyfriend. FML
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Tripartita 45
You know, if you skin him, you can wear him like a coat and solve your heating problem. Plus, there's a FREE boat in it if you get his voice down!
RememberSchlitz 9
Buy a few ceramic heaters. If your rent includes all utilities, you can use electric heat instead of the forced air or steam from the building's central system. And if everyone in the building does that, maybe he'll see that turning the building heat up a few degrees is cheaper in fuel cost than the electric bill involved in not doing so.
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lesalmi1188 7
I had a landlord like that- all utilities were included in my rent and because they refused to turn up the heat I went and bought a space heater. racked up the electric bill but I was warm.
Shay_Shay97 23
It's simple. We take the boat hostage.
thefmlman2011 37
Welcome to england, where it's freezing all the time.
Dat_Class_Tho 26
Not being sarcastic, genuinely curious: Does the UK not have laws against creating unsafe living conditions for renters? In the US it's illegal to let your tenants freeze.
RavenousRiley 2
Doubt he/she is "freezing". Probably just a whiner that likes it at 80 degrees year round.
BrotherPhil 35
I'm guessing from the context that OP must be a lodger rather than renting a flat or a house, in which case te would have significantly less rights that if te was renting the while place, and in control of the heating. Lodgers only rent a room, or share a room with another lodger, and have licenses (with almost no rights) rather than tenancies.
RavenousRiley 2
Um, so clearly his money saving tricks work then if he can afford a boat. That's what blankets are for, btw..
motleydemon 2
How else do you think they saved money for that boat?
slackoffalready 3
Maybe that landlord doesn't give shit about other humans but maybe he'll listen when you tell him the house will get infested with mold. After all, that house drives his greed.
Nonny_mouse 7
Your landlord must keep the house between 18and 21degrees by UK law as otherwise it is a health risk. You can get your local council involved. Google Renting a safe home - Gov.uk and it'll bring up PDFs of this
nicolai44 12
Make sure the landlord sees you hauling a load of bricks into the home. When he asks what you're doing, explain that you're building a fire pit in the living room. And on a related note, he should ignore the sound of the chainsaw - you just need to make a hole in the wall for the smoke vent...
jessicasoho 13
I don't have much money but I just bought a new car. Finance. Credit.