sounds to me like you need to find a Web site for tenant rights in your area.
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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le nubian - Oct 18, 2012 7:24:09 pm PDT #21512 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy - Oct 18, 2012 7:27:16 pm PDT #21513 of 30001
Because books.
Go right to the housing board in your town and show them the email, if you can't find it clearly enough in the lease. There's no way that's legal.
omnis_audis - Oct 18, 2012 7:45:24 pm PDT #21514 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Hmm....sleep on couch?Meara, I do it all the time. I've found that getting up from the recliner will get me out of sleepy head state. So, fall asleep in the recliner until second sleep break. So, you can do it too. It's perectly legit.
Hil, she is crossing into the creepy zone. I agree, you need legal advice. When you respond, some wording about crumbs do not create rodents, but holes in the building will let them in. Please fix the house before invading my privacy. And remind her that the previous tenant had a cat. And put out there, that you've never had rodent problems before.
IOmeN- holy cow, this week is non-stop. I was hoping to make tomorrow a half day, since I've gone 2 weeks now with no day off (already at 86 hours). Worn out. And suddenly tomorrow has 3 meetings. It was so much quieter when there are no students around. But then, I suppose, I'd be out of a job.
NoiseDesign - Oct 18, 2012 8:02:31 pm PDT #21515 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
I think the issue that Hil is facing is that this landlord shares the property. While the behavior is probably not totally legal and is out of bounds jumping to housing board and legal action could make for an extremely uncomfortable living situation.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2012 8:12:46 pm PDT #21516 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm not sure what's illegal about the landlord being obnoxious. She's allowed to tell the tenant to keep the place clean. She's just being very shitty about the way she's doing it and blaming Hil for something that's not her responsibility.
She's a mean person and a bad landlord but I'm not really seeing how she's treading on Hil's rights as a tenant.
billytea - Oct 18, 2012 8:14:36 pm PDT #21517 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
She's a mean person and a bad landlord but I'm not really seeing how she's treading on Hil's rights as a tenant.
That'd be the entering without permission or notice, I think.
erin_obscure - Oct 18, 2012 8:34:08 pm PDT #21518 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
OMG Hil, that email made my face burn with furious frustration on your behalf (and possibly because it reminds me way way too much of dealing with a horrible landlord). I'm not even sure what all of that means...she is "hoping that another mouse comes forward"?!?!? Why, so she can nuke the place and then chide you for being a slovenly slattern who leaves enormous chunks of food hanging around in order to deliberately entice rodents. I'm not sure if that email is supposed to be a poorly worded offer to hire a cleaning service or a poorly worded threat to randomly drop in and check the sink for dirty dishes. Either way, how awful.
Trudy Booth - Oct 18, 2012 10:13:56 pm PDT #21519 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
A dog can keep mice away. It's not as... direct as a cat but the meeses don't want to be around them. Unless, of course, you get a terrier and then its pretty direct.
Peppermint and spearmint oil on cotton balls where they like to go supposedly screw with their very sensitive sense of smell.
And of COURSE you don't want to deal with mouse traps, YOU'RE A FRIKKIN VEGAN.
Hil R. - Oct 19, 2012 2:35:07 am PDT #21520 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think the issue that Hil is facing is that this landlord shares the property. While the behavior is probably not totally legal and is out of bounds jumping to housing board and legal action could make for an extremely uncomfortable living situation.
This.
Thanks, everyone.
hippocampus - Oct 19, 2012 2:41:10 am PDT #21521 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Hil, just to be clear -- this is the apartment where you can hear band practice from next door loud enough to rattle your teeth?
Mice happen when it gets cold.