I live in a basement apartment. My landlord and his wife live upstairs in the main part of the house. I do like some things about it. It’s a great layout, more than enough space for me, and in a great location. But I’m starting to hate it so much that it’s driving me mad, and I need to rant.
- Infested with spiders. Including fucking hobo spiders (Google it, if you’re brave – I’m not finding a link). I’m an arachnophobe. This is not good.
- My landlord pops in constantly, and will even unlock my door and come in. I know this because he’s come by when I’m in the bathroom or getting out of the shower and not able to answer the door, and suddenly he’s coming in my apartment. What the fuck. I basically haven’t been able to watch porn since I moved here because I don’t want my landlord randomly popping in. Do you know how serious this is? I can’t watch porn!
- Something was fucked up with our water, and he said he’d warn me when the repair people were coming later in the week. Instead he starts banging on my door at 7am to shut off my water. Guess who didn’t get to shower before work?
- He and his wife apparently leave for California for 3 months out of the year, and they didn’t warn me at all. What do I do if something breaks?
- I can’t reset my internet when it’s down (which is frequently, fuck you, Comcast) because the router is upstairs in his house.
- And on that note, I have no control over the heat. I’ve been freezing my ass off all winter, even with a space heater. And when I told him that, he laughed and commented on how is female tennents are always cold.
- I discovered I have a “No Parties” clause in my lease (my fault – didn’t notice it until I had already driven 2,000 miles to Seattle and was committed to the place). But his son or grandchildren who occasionally housesit for him play music loudly and dance and have parties until 3am on school nights.
- He and his wife pay for 2/3 of the utilities, while I pay for 1/3, even though they use much more heat and electricity because they have a much bigger house.
- He and his wife only pay for 1/2 of the internet/cable. “Why not 1/3…?” “Oh, it doesn’t depend on usage.” I’m sorry, but if we’re splitting things like roommates, it’s per person, not per household. Everyone uses it, everyone pays for it.
- And now that he’s been away for a month, he says he and his wife are only paying 1/2 the utilities instead of 2/3 since they haven’t been using them. What the fuck? Do I get to log every day I’m out of town and not pay for those? How about the fact that I’m not here from 9am to 6pm, but he is and is using the heat and electricity then? Again, I’m fucked and it’s my fault – the lease just says we’ll split the utilities, but doesn’t specify how. Fuck.
- Cherry on top: He’s a creationist, and he found out I’m an evolutionary biologist, and proceeded to awkwardly try to debate me for 20 minutes after giving me the Comcast bill. I can only imagine what he thinks when sorting our mail and seeing all my stuff from the Secular Student Alliance and Secular Coalition for America.
My landlord is nice and grandfatherly, which sort of makes it worse because I can’t just channel all of my rage at him. He brought me oranges and invited me to Christmas – rage deflected!
But I’m not even sure I can wait until the end of August to move out. Technically I can get out of here if I can find someone to sublease it… Guess who needs to find some unwitting summer intern?
Lesson of the day: Don’t lease from something you randomly saw on Craigslist even if you’re moving across the country, and read your lease carefully.
This is super-duper illegal, although I don’t have any suggestions for what you should do about it.
Wow. I once live in a basement apartment where the landlord, a creepy older guy, would wander in when I wasn’t home. He once folded my laundry for me. I think I last 3 whole weeks before I escaped…
Yikes. Well if you still stuck in crappy digs when I move to Seattle I’m sure ill need a roomie lol. Nerdy, clean, financially responsible and grew up with women so the toilet seat stays down. ;)
There’s a one bedroom apartment for rent in my building! Just sayin’.
Oops, I mean the part about him going in your house. That’s not okay.
I don’t know how it is in Seattle, but in Rochester, NY (and Baltimore, MD) there are privacy laws that allow him to enter your place, but he MUST give a 24-hour notice, AND give a time when he plans to enter your space. He can’t just drop in, even if he does own the place. This prevents the possibility of an awkward time, like him coming in when you’re in the shower or otherwise indisposed. It doesn’t matter what the lease says. Laws are laws, and I’m sure Seattle has some sort of tenant’s rights law on the book that would protect you.Also, if he is the primary caretaker for maintenance, he is DEFINITELY required to tell you when he will not be available, and make a contingency plan, in case of an emergency maintenance incident. What if there’s a gas leak or something?Once you figure out the Seattle tenant’s rights laws, you should just stream porn on your living room TV, put up as many pictures of dinosaurs, troglodytes, and humans in various stages of evolution, and have a strict clothes-free policy for your house, even when cooking (aprons okay). This will greatly reduce the amount of “unexpected visits” you’ll get. :-)
Oh man, I *do* really like your apartment…
I think I’d be okay with him randomly folding my laundry and cleaning ;P
That reminds me of one quirk about my apartment: it’s impossible to keep the toilet seat up. I only discovered this after my first male visitor said that I had a feminist toilet. I find this very amusing
He gave me the contact information of two of his children who live near Seattle. After I reminded him repeatedly >.>
Have you checked to see if your school has any free legal assistance to go over some of these issues until you get out of there? A lot of schools to and they usually mostly help with rental situations. Worst case if your school offers it you could sit down, have a conversation about it with a professional, know your options, and decide if you want to do something from there. Regardless you don’t deserve to have to deal with all of that. Home should be a safe relaxing place. It sounds like a miserable situation to deal with. I’m not sure I’d be so well composed.
I’m pretty sure several of those points would allow you to break the lease. Go find a tenants rights group on campus. You’d likely need to have a few uncomfortable conversations with him but you could be out before summer.
I’ve always liked handling situations this way: by making the other person as absolutely uncomfortable with their actions as they possibly can be. I’m generally pretty confrontational, but sometimes, a little passive-aggressive behavior is in order.
I’m pretty sure Washington tenants rights laws are against landlords walking in on you without 24 hour notice. That alone will should be able to get you out of the lease. What everyone said about student legal services – I’m sure your school has resources to help with this. And good luck – It’s never good having your homespace be uncomfortable.
No porn? I would go stark raving mad. Also the spiders. And the… jesucristo, really, Jen, I don’t know how you put up with it.I do feel you on the climate control problem, though… In my case, it’s a problem of my dorm not ever turning the heat off during the winter. Blacksburg isn’t always freezing, and if it the temperature gets over about 50 or 60 F, I can’t keep my room comfortable even with the window open and five fans running.Good luck making it work/finding a poor unsuspecting summer subleaser!
Regarding the router:You could always try navigating to the router IP (it’s a class C subnet IP, usually 192.168.1.1) by putting it after http:// in your address bar. If you’re lucky it won’t be password protected, or may have picked a really easy password to guess like his last name spelled backwards. Then you’ll have a nice web interface for controlling/rebooting the router remotely. But don’t change any settings or the landlord may get suspicious.Try getting into its control panel when it’s up and running, just to test the waters. If you can’t connect to it when the internet dies, then the router just sucks and he needs to get a new one or install Tomato/DD-WRT on that sh**. No really, give it a shot. If you can get to the router, say nothing of it and act like everything’s normal, and nothing bad could come of it. But if later you feel like being evil or burning a bridge (provided he discovers it’s you), just ask anonymously and the internet will provide you with scores of creative ways to mess with his head.
I’m a landlord, but this is creepy. First, know your rights:http://www.seattle.gov/dclu/Pu…PRIVACY—LANDLORD’S ACCESS TO THERENTAL [RCW 59.18.150]The landlord must give the tenant at least a two day notice of his intent to enter at reasonable times . … And then let your landlord know you won’t tolerate him breaking the law. If there’s no emergency he has no right to be there; tell him you will call the police if necessary. It’s you’re home that’s being broken into.
On the whole router thing, you may be able to reset it remotely. If you have windows, go to control panel > Network and Sharing. On the right, look for change adapter settings, right-click the network and choose disable. Wait a while and before enabling it. This is for wireless routers and not the other router, but I find that it’s mostly the wireless router’s fault.Not 100% reliable, but I find it helps for when I’m too lazy to reset the thing myself.As for what to do about porn well… I’d offer advice on how to look inconspicuous, but I dunno if that’d make me look like a creep.
Man, and I thought my last landlord (who left us without a working boiler, and therefore no heating or hot water, for weeks in the middle of winter) was bad. At least he didn’t just barge in whenever he felt like it.Can you not put a bolt or chain on your door, or would that violate some clause in your lease? It shouldn’t be a problem for him; it’s extra security so his basement is less likely to get broken into when it’s inevitably unoccupied, and he HAS NO GOOD REASON TO WANT TO GO IN THERE. Seriously, what the fuck, is he hoping to catch you wandering about in the nude or something?
Hmm, instead of finding a poor intern…throw a party and get thrown out?
Dino-Human porn!!! Works every time!
Get 3D porn because people can’t see clearly what you are watching when they are not wearing a pair of 3D glasses.
Oh, man. Get outta there fast! I think he is violating all sorts of laws by coming in whenever he feels like it. You could sue but it would cost you.
When it comes time to sub-lease the apartment, make sure to delete this post and tell the prospective renters about all the fun you had in the apartment!
Why is no one saying ‘have a polite conversation’ to go over concerns? Not that hard.You’ve even got yourself a list here. At some point, just let the guy know that a discussion needs to be had. If he refuses to budge, sublease and/or take above suggestions.I feel like an old man when I say this, but why don’t people just talk to eachother about stuff anymore?
Yeah I don’t know what the laws are in the U.S. but here the landlord-tenant act states that you need 24 hours notice if they’re going to be coming into your apartment.
I agree that a non-confrontational conversation with your landlord might help with some of these issues. If the landlord continues to enter the apartment while you are there, the most disconcerting issue to me, consider installing a door chain or a window bolt.
I live in a basement apartment too, and my landlady pretty much leaves me alone. Last time I saw her was when she called me asking if I was home so she could use my apartment to easily bring in a new washing machine.But yea, that’s really skeevy what he does to you. I’d definitely do what Heretic said and pull the privacy law stuff on him. That’s crossing the line for him to just wander in on you at any given time. Personally I wouldn’t tolerate it the first time. Do you only have one entrance into your place? If no, block the door that leads to the rest of the house with a dresser or something so he can’t come in.
“He and his wife apparently leave for California for 3 months out of the year, and they didn’t warn me at all. What do I do if something breaks?”Watch porn? :)
You have to live there until the summer, so I’d say take Cokehead’s suggestion first.Ask kindly the old guy (I’m sure he’s barging in not to be mean, but because he hasn’t realized that it makes you uncomfortable and it’s against the law) to give you notice before he comes over.. In the meantime, when you shower and watch pron, use a chair or something to block the door.,… :D
Sorry to hear about the apartment. Hopefully you can find another one soon.
Washington state requires one to two days notice (depending on the tenant’s willingness) before entering the dwelling. I strongly suggest that you record each and every instance of his illegal entry to your apartment. Write down details. Here is a link:http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/def… (6) The landlord shall not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. Except in the case of emergency or if it is impracticable to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant at least two days’ notice of his or her intent to enter and shall enter only at reasonable times. The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent to the landlord to enter the dwelling unit at a specified time where the landlord has given at least one day’s notice of intent to enter to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers or tenants. A landlord shall not unreasonably interfere with a tenant’s enjoyment of the rented dwelling unit by excessively exhibiting the dwelling unit.Here is a link to the entire law: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/def…I am sure more people can find ways he’s breaking the law by reading the state statute. (I am not a lawyer or expert in landlord-tenant law).
1) Add a deadbolt so he can’t get in.2) Move away the day your lease ends (hope it was a 1 year).3) Move to a place with a management company and not some shady private owner. They are more likely to have rules in place to prevent this crap. And they’ll have individual billing on utilities etc.
You can move out any time you want.(1) Wandering in without notice any time he wants is a clear violation of the Landlord Tenant Act of both WA state and the City of Seattle (which has a somewhat stronger ordinance than the state). This is absolutely not okay, and more than a little bit creepy. It more than justifies breaking your lease, if you want to leave.(2) A vast majority of basement apartments in Seattle violate the zoning code. Most are unregistered mother-in-law apartments, when the house is zoned “single family – residential”. The city does little or nothing to enforce this… unless they receive a complaint. Therefore, very few of these types of landlords ever bother to register to get proper authorization for their basement apartments. It should be easy to find out if your apartment is legally registered or not. If it isn’t legally registered, you can tell him you are leaving, and if he tries to enforce the lease, you’ll file a complaint with the city about his illegal mother-in-law apartment. Though the city is completely passive about enforcement, they will shut him down in a minute if you file a complaint.I know you’re just ranting, and there are aspects of the apartment you like. But if you really decide to leave before your lease is up, you have ample legal justification to do so.
What Liz said, but I do have suggestions. Talk to the landlord, calmly explain that because you rent the house, it does not matter that he owns it. Unless there is a medical emergency and he’s trying to save your life, he is required by law to give you 24 hours notice before entry. Tell him that you really like the apartment, it’s a great space, and you don’t want to have to leave it, but if he continues this no-warning entry, you will be forced to look for a new residence. I would NOT (at least in a first conversation) point out that you are within your rights to call the cops and tell them he’s trespassing and/or stalking you when you find him in your place.as you get out of the shower. Save that for repeat conversation/occasions. But do feel free to point out that it creeps you way the fuck out to randomly find a man you did not invite into your house in your space. And if it does not resolve RIGHT THE HELL NOW, find a new apartment. I would probably call the cops to complain, because I’m a spiteful one. Also, feel free to make comments to the effect of why you moved out if you see future craigslist ads for this apartment.
Try a simple (and cheap) fix to the “creepy landlord coming into my apartment” problem. Get a hotel door lock.http://www.walkabouttravelgear…I like the third one down that has an alarm that just may scare the creep right out of him.
Lots of good legal tips here, but not as many about dealing with the problems of cold, porn, and spiders. I suggest a simple solution to address all three of those issues: Get a Snuggie and two mannequin arms. As long as your monitor/tv doesn’t face the door, you can enjoy your porn shielded by the warm, discreet comfort of your Snuggie. Put the mannequin arms through the sleeves so uninvited guests won’t have any “Where are her hands?!” suspicions at first glance. If you see any spiders, whack them with a mannequin arm. If you’re so inclined, you can even use one of the mannequin hands to simulate someone else being involved. (But not the spider-whacking one.) Simple.
I need one of these! my roommate’s boyfriend is utterly untrainable…
I imagine most people assume that if the other party is doing the things you’re complaining about they either doesn’t care whether it bothers you (or likes that it does), or may not wish to bother you in principle but won’t be at all receptive to the idea that you’re legitimately bothered by this. And a lot of people, like me, tend to have this weird either-or experience where they approach situations medium assertively and either find the other person WAY more willing to negotiate than they expected and wind up feeling bad for being unnecessarily harsh, or the other person turns out to be a complete assholes and they wind up feeling like they need a shower after approaching someone so unreasonable in a semi-conciliatory manner.
This is awful! I hope you find an awesome new apartment where everybody pays a reasonable portion of utilities and the landlord doesn’t show up without one week’s notice with a hired secretary just for you and the lease requires you to party at least once a month, and the landlord is a devout Pastafarian.
Wow. Hope things get better.
Oh man, I do *not* miss the west coast giant house spiders! I’m from Vancouver Island, but have not lived there in 10 years. I’m currently in southwestern Ontario, where we have centipedes, but those I have learned to live with.I am also in a basement apartment so I can commiserate (getting tired of living like a mole and having to actually step outside to know that the weather’s doing) but thankfully my landlady is non-intrusive, gets on things immediately if something isn’t working right in my flat, and pays me to feed her cats when she’s away (also leaves me a long list of people I can call if something should need attending to when she’s out of town). Sounds like your landlord, though personable, is taking advatage a bit when it comes to splitting the costs of utilities. I hope you can find somewhere more suitable.
I have been a landlord for over 40 years, an an excellent one at that. If you really want to move out, there are good reasons for you to break the lease. The problem is that you have nothing to prove your grievances, like him entering illegally. The first thing you need to do is send him a letter pointing out the problems. I assume he is not even aware that you are upset. Best course is to solve all this amicably. Money is obviously an issue for you. If not then get your own internet connection. Regarding the lack of heat, get another space heater. Since you are only paying one third of the bill it would not add up to too much and you can enjoy that he pays 2/3.Suck the spiders up with your vacuum cleaner.When he is gone for 3 months you can party all you want. In fact he cannot enforce his no partying clause in the lease. He can only act if there is excessive disturbance.If you absolutely need to break the lease, make sure you don’t pay the last month of the rent because he will most likely not return your damage deposit. In that case he will need to take legal action against you and since his suite is most likely an illegal one, he will not go to sue you.Good luck to you. And you don’t really need porn!
Holy shit, Jen, you deserve so much better than that. GTFO!!!
Jen, I was scrolling down to the bottom of the page to say basically, this. So now I don’t need to say it. Always have a paper trail, because nothing else is admissible should you need to go to the rental board.Except for the part about porn, porn is healthy and the legal things that you do in your own home are your business :)Also, I’d like to add that you should read every. single. word. in your future leases before you put pen to paper. I’ve lived in some skeevy places in jurisdictions where the landlords can write their own leases and put whatever the hell they want in them. Read every word, and you can (and ought to) negotiate on many things. When you’re looking for your next place, ask to see the hydro meters (make sure there’s one that is specifically for your unit), and cable/phone jacks, that way you won’t be splitting your bills and paying for someone else’s usage.Everyone lives in crappy apartments from time to time :) The trick is to be aware the next time, and not to let it happen again!
When the kids decide to party above you, call the cops on them and make a noise complaint. Even better if the little darlings are drinking or smoking pot.
Now, now, Jen. These are the kinds of things that build character, and add to the stock of stories with which you will someday bore your future descendants. :p
And(8) A landlord or tenant who continues to violate the rights of the tenant or landlord with respect to the duties imposed on the other as set forth in this section after being served with one written notification alleging in good faith violations of this section listing the date and time of the violation shall be liable for up to one hundred dollars for each violation after receipt of the notice.
(The whole law is at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/def… )
I doubt she does have to live there until summer, actually. He’s violating Washington state law – at least one and probably more of Chapter 59.18 RCW.
There are lots of nice places to live in Seattle. A lot of them are even quite reasonably priced (and I say this as someone who lived there as a grad student, so I really do mean reasonably priced). Try to resolve it amicably by bringing up your concerns, but if the landlord doesn’t resolve what he can, you can leave. Now. You will find a much better place.As for spiders, I lived there 7 years and never saw a Hobo spider (they can’t live indoors, so any you find have just wandered in from outside). I lived at various points on floors 1-3, so you’ll be fine if you can get out of the basement.
You’re a Seattlite now, time to learn some passive-aggression:Don’t talk to HIM about the entering thing, talk to his WIFE. Frame it as “There’s something I’ve been meaning to talk to Joe about…”, and say all the same things you would to him.
Your landlord is in violation of WA state law by entering your apartment without verbal or written notice given 48 hours in advance or reason to believe there is a problem in the apartment (smoke coming out from under the door, for example.)You do have legal recourse in this, or at least a powerful negotiating position to raise the subject from.
My parents have a toilet seat like that. It’s a good way to end up with a very messy bathroom as it falls down mid-stream >.>
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Seattle has a Tennant’s Union, you can contact them for help. Your landlord cannot enter your unit without 24 hours notice unless it is an emergency. Good luck!
I’m gonna recommend that when you finally do move out you should avoid ever living around 19th Ave in the U district. I had a pretty decent basement apartment there last year but all the frat boys on greek row were absolutely infuriating. Not only were their parties loud and obnoxious but they would leave trash everywhere and do things like play baseball in the street right next to your car. I once woke up to a frat party that had turned into a giant fight in the middle of the street.I moved to First Hill… It’s closer to all the gay bars and populated by adults. Plus, its close to the 70’s bus line which has a 10 minute express bus to UW.
You’re stuck with your chunk of the utilities anyway, right? Buy a couple of more cheap space heaters. (Oh, and a couple of fans come summer.) He won’t adjust your heat? Do it yourself.Since he’s been walking in on you, when the router goes out, walk in on them. Smile, holler “Hey, router needs to be reset,” do it and leave. And if he wants to complain, say “Oh, well, since you have no problem coming into my apartment, I figured that was just the way things worked in Seattle.”On that subject, go to the hardware store, and buy a simple latch – or even just a hook-and-eye. A couple of screws, and he will have to literally break in when you’re inside. (If he asks why, say that you’re uncomfortable with people walking in on you naked.)Do you have a cat in your apartment? If not, they do make bug traps and poisons. Go talk with the hardware store again. (Hey, find a hardware store guy who knows what he’s talking about, and cultivate that relationship – if he doesn’t know the answer, he usually knows who does.)Talk with the landlord. You’d be amazed how often people don’t realize why they’re self-centered behavior is bothering other people. Don’t be confrontational. Just say, “Hey, could you ask your child(g/child) to keep the music down? It was cranked until (time) on Thursday.” (You could even laugh and say “I mean, doesn’t that No Parties clause work both ways?”)Talk with them about their 3 months in CA now. Offer to bring in their mail/water their plants/etc (which gives you access to the router, btw), and ASK THEM who to call if something breaks. Like, say, the child(g/child) mentioned earlier.
If he’s religious and grandfatherly enough that you think he would be shocked by porn, maybe you can harness that as a deterrent. Leave a video playing on the TV, or leave some magazines in plain sight, and maybe you can embarrass him into staying out of your den of sin.Heck, the right porn might even keep the spiders away… got any crush videos?
Suh-weet! I’d like to donate the prize money that comes with that honor to a new space heater for Jen, without whose post my comment would have looked like some random fetish post with nowhere to go.
You are being a bit childish.
ugh. well, i would be trying to find some way out of that lease.because sometimes, even the security deposits just aren’t worth it.
you mention that he is “nice and grandfatherly” try to remember that what he is doing to you is neither…it is difficult, but practice remembering…i look at myself in the mirror to remind myself of things that are difficult for me, and it sounds like you are helping him be unkind to you, get your power back, we all know you have it!
I assume what he’s getting at with the “you don’t need porn” part is that Jen is an attractive and appealing young woman and he’s bought into the societal prejudice that porn is solely the refuge of those who can’t get laid For Real.
Although, I must say…Jen, I’m surprised to see someone as broad-minded as yourself posting these kinds of hobophobic comments :P
Him popping in on you without a) an emergency and b) not giving you 24 hrs notice is ILLEGAL. He also has to notify you within 24 hrs of when the water will be shut off. He also has to take care of any pest problems. AND he legally has to provide you with adequite heat. I’d also say that if you don’t have access to the router, you shouldn’t be paying for the internet.This is the Washington State landlord tennant act. It shuld have plenty of info for you, and could help you get out of your lease if need be. It won’t let me post the link here, but google Washington State Residental Landlord Tennant act. 59.18rwc
I honestly prefer private owners. I’ve had few problems with private owners – far less than with a property management company.
Wow….I saw this movie Jen, and it doesn’t look good for you in the end! One word….MOVE….BTW, I’m sure the router is the problem…..probably 3 years old and needs to be replaced…
Or, you could ask all your “fans” to each send you $2 a month, and then you could probably live in a much more upscale place…
did you already live in Seattle in September? I can’t recall…anyway, spiders get worst around that time, with the goddamn orbweavers infesting the entire city :-/
As for the porn issue, just do it anyway and see what happens. He might get embarassed and take the hint. Unless he’s a total perv himself. When I still lived at home, I’d always make sure my bf and I did the deed as loudly as possible so my brothers knew not to barge into my room. Also leaving ‘lady pleasure devices’ lying around the place stopped them snooping through my stuff. Hell, even tampons would do. Good luck and don’t let him barge in, you have a right to peace.
I bet anything he hasn’t changed any settings on the router. Probably has no password or some manufacturers’s default, which you should be able to find online.
For all the people writing in that ‘you can leave whenever you want because he broke section yadayada of the law’ – it isn’t that simple.I was a landlord for many years in Massachusetts, which has laws heavily skewed in favor of the tenant. Granted it ain’t seattle, but I doubt it’s _that_ much different.You can leave after he violates either your lease or the law, but you need to have a record of correspondence showing that you tried to resolve the situation. Saying you ‘talked to him’ about it won’t work unless you get to court and he admits it. Typically speaking the safest tack is to send him a registered letter with a list of your issues. You need check with local laws regarding how much time he has to respond, or you might be able to specify in your letter how quickly you need things fixed/changed. One last point – it’s highly likely that him leaving for three months without having a legally appointed property manager is illegal. If there was an emergency issue, it would be nearly impossible for his kids to authorize any work that needed to be done. At least in Mass, by law there _must_ be a legal representative of the landowner that can respond in person less than 24 hours. I’d be surprised if Seattle was much different. This would also be grounds for leaving the apartment, but again, you need to have a documentation trail.
Regarding the Hobo Spider:In a Crocodile Dundee voice:”That’s not a spider”http://verydemotivational.meme…“THAT’S A SPIDER!”Yeah, we grow ’em big down here.
I know nothing but what people have posted here about any US tenancy law, but I’d be careful with adding extra locks – I imagine it could fall foul of things like modification without permission, and if they can be locked when you’re out (using a key) you would have to give him a key, thus defeating the object.However, most laws I’ve ever heard of about this thing (and the legal systems in which they sit) generally require a good-faith attempt to address things directly before redress can be sought.
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If you want, you can come to my place and watch all the porn you want while I go to your place and have some sort of band practice which is definitely not a party.Of course it would have to be late at night because musicians are nocturnal and I don’t think I could find anyone to play music with before like 11pm anyway.Just let me know.
It can actually be for any range of emergencies, but something which would threaten health or property damage if not dealt with immediately. Document everything and contact the tenant’s union or student legal services at the UW. The No Parties issue may not be enforceable. The fact that you can’t control the heat suggests that he may be out of compliance with ordinance as well. I don’t know the specifics, but adequate heat is usually a provision of state law. Landlord-tenant act trumps contracts, so in many cases, it may simply be illegal. (For nice housing, try Wallingford or Fremont).
“nice and grandfatherly”The fact that the priest smiles when he preaches doesn’t make the contents of his sermon true or not-evil, and surely I hope you don’t really think your grandfathers were such creepy, inconsiderate assholes.
I feel your pain on the no porn angle, being walking in on is terrifiying.
Yeah, sadly, property management companies are more likely to have institutional policies to screw you with no legal recourse. “It’s in your lease!”Tho unlikely to have the creepy stalker thing.
Law clinics are your friend.
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