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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I asked my landlord if I could get a dog. He said no, and gave me an illegal rent increase. FML
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
Today, my request to move apartments was once again denied. My next door neighbor’s constant marijuana smoke wafts over every day, and the woman upstairs is pregnant with her sixth child. It’s like a herd of elephants living above me. They won’t let me out of my lease unless I pay a huge amount. 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, my landlord started showing my apartment, where I have lived and paid rent for over 2 years, to prospective tenants. I didn't realize that I was moving. FML
Today, I was finally starting to relax after a stressful and expensive move, where I had to give up half my belongings and furniture, as well as my cat. All the stress came rushing back as my new landlord told me that he's selling the building and I've got 30 days to vacate. 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, my landlord sold the apartment I’ve been renting for 10 years without telling me. I found this out when the new owners showed up at the door with boxes. FML
Today, after pointing out to my landlord that they have taken nearly $6k from me through illegal rent increases, I was evicted for the first time in my life. FML
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
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Hangryko 32
YDI. Nobody wants to smell that shit seeping into hallways and their apartments.
SirEnigM0nk 22
So stop smoking or get your own place.
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SirEnigM0nk 22
So stop smoking or get your own place.
QueenSaru 28
I mean it sucks (especially the increase, there should be caps, there's no need for that kind of increase), but 'smoking in your own home' is never just in your own unit when it's a building.
jobekka 20
you can't smoke in your own apartment?
Hangryko 32
YDI. Nobody wants to smell that shit seeping into hallways and their apartments.
SirEnigM0nk 22
Exactly...the smell will discourage prospective tenants and is a bitch to get rid of. Plus it hurts the property value. Any semi-competent landlord is well aware of this.
RichardPencil 32
Buy an RV and drive to places where smoking is ok.
DanielleinDC 34
Well, if this isn't an incentive to quit, I don't know what is.