Today, my landlord increase my rent because of the "increased value of the flat". Why has the value increased? Because I decorated and replaced the broken fixtures. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after I got a second job to help cover rent, my landlord just raised it anyway “because the neighborhood is up-and-coming.” There’s still a pothole the size of a kiddie pool in front of my building. FML
Today, I received yet another increase in my rent. When I moved into my crappy one bedroom apartment in Ohio on Feb 1st 2020 my rent was $525 a month. Now 4 years later its $1050. A 100% increase in 4 years. FML
Today, after spending two weeks renovating my room and $1000 on paint and a new floor, my landlord told me that he's sold the house. Also, he was kind enough to inform me that unless I paint the walls back to white, I won't be getting my $500 deposit back. FML
Today, in the middle of a pandemic, which has made it impossible for me to get a job for the last 4 months, my landlord has decided the one thing I need is a rental increase. FML
Today, my landlord told me they are making my building non-smoking. The main reason I moved to this old run-down building was it was cheap and I could smoke in my own home, since you can't find that anymore. Oh, they also just increased rent by 20%. 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
Today, I was excited by the thought of the bathroom in my rental being replaced after the plumber advised that the leak can't be easily fixed. Instead, the owner has decided to fully renovate and is kicking me out. FML
Today, after months of telling my landlord about the weak floorboards in my living room, I fell through them as I was trying to repair them myself. FML
Today, my landlord's control issue got out of control when I got a call telling me I have "too much stuff" and have to move out of the apartment. I sold all my furniture when I moved in and all I currently own is a scratch post, a chair and a pair of curtains. FML
Today, I started packing up the flat I have been renting. As I took a picture off the wall I also ripped half the wallpaper. That's my deposit gone. FML
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BurnInDemonFire 39
"What's that?" "It's a sconce." "A what?" "You know, a light fixture that you put on the wall." "Oh. It makes the place look a lot nicer." "Thanks." "I'll have to increase your rent, though, since these improvements have raised the value of the flat." "You're kidding, right?" "Nope. Gimme money. Now."
Stiggy Davidson 3
depending on the region you live in you can speak to the municipal renatls board and have the rent hike thrown out if you can prove you did the repairs. as well as you are required by law to be given a minimum of 30 days notice of a rent increase
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Comments (24)
Cody Vertigo Bonthoux 15
sounds like you have a scumlord
Jbird 6
Lol by that logic just trash the place and get super cheap rent!
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Pretty sure anything broken is the landlord's responsibility, not yours. You may have to get the authorities in on this one.
KingAdrock 16
That was a mistake. Don't ever improve a rental. In most cases any improvement you do that's attached to the building legally becomes the property of the landlord. I won't say YDI, but you done goofed. Also, you moved into the place with busted fixtures and didn't even ask the landlord if he was going to fix them? Another mistake.