Apparently, the landlord doesnt think so.

He sent an e back that reads I must pay the amount in full.

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He's quite the jackass. Need you remind him of the toxic waterfall? Or that business mail forwarding is EASY and any organism with more than a single cell would use such a thing? And he needs to provide proof that he made a good faith effort to notify tenants? And he's a jackass?

I have achieved new floor covering for the dining room. After dinner, I empty out the damned room and sit down to cut up the old rice covering with a utility knife (less messy and easier to haul to the dumpster.) And then clean the shit out of the floor. Then arrange the new rug/mat. Then put everything back. I'm already tired.

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That really sounds like bullshit, Allyson.

I finally put away Christmas, only a week late... The whole fake tree thing makes it much less urgent.

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Apparently, the landlord doesnt think so.

He sent an e back that reads I must pay the amount in full.

Tell him you need his personal assurance, in writing, that if the second check ends up forwarded to him, that it will not be cashed, and will be mailed back to you. Tell him you refuse to risk having insufficient funds in your account because of his mismanagement of his billing, and if the second check is cashed, he will need to deduct any and fees you incur for bounced checks, from your next month's rent.

He moved, without having the post office forward his mail, or giving you his new address. You have no reason to believe he won't be stupid again.

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Apparently, the landlord doesnt think so.

He sent an e back that reads I must pay the amount in full.

Allyson, is there a tenants' union you can contact about this? Because between this and the whole toxic leaking roof thing, I think you should talk to a renters' advice group before paying the extra charge.

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I have the new rug down! Yay! I'm very sweaty. And I didn't really clean off the table, so it still looks all cluttered and insane. But no more deteriorating rice mats. God, they created so much litter.

Now I have to strategically move buckets of catlitter about to get it to fully flatten.

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The laundry room clean-up only took about an hour, and that includes the balancing act of getting the washer & dryer (which both work fine) up on 2x4s so that the floor underneath can dry. Thanks for the well-wishes!

Having dealt with shitheel landlords before, I wish you all the best, Allyson, and hope you can restrain yourself from beating the shit out of him. I will say that I took one to small claims court after moving out and beat him fair-and-square when he began embellishing details about the state of the house and I produced photos that demonstrated to the judge that his testimony was a lie.

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Allyson, what the fair people said.

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That's such BS, Allyson. It's clearly his fault. I think you were quite gracious only asking for the measly $20 credit. Who the fuck doesn't forward their mail?

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People on the lam, that's who.

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