What are some bad experiences you've had with landlords? Are laws more friendly to landlords or tenants in your country?
Just to name one; my landlord in college wanted to kick us out and we couldn't find out why. We paid the rent on time every month, never had a noise complaint and were overall pretty well-behaved.
Turned out, they got really annoyed that the lawn was overgrown and we cut it every three weeks instead of every two. It wasn't until the end of an hour phone call did I finally get the real reason they were upset!
I know people who have had many worse experiences.
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I'm working on a project that will improve the way landlords and tenants connect and communicate which is why I'm interested in this topic.
Just to name one; my landlord in college wanted to kick us out and we couldn't find out why. We paid the rent on time every month, never had a noise complaint and were overall pretty well-behaved.
Turned out, they got really annoyed that the lawn was overgrown and we cut it every three weeks instead of every two. It wasn't until the end of an hour phone call did I finally get the real reason they were upset!
I know people who have had many worse experiences.
....
I'm working on a project that will improve the way landlords and tenants connect and communicate which is why I'm interested in this topic.
I recently moved out of an apartment in Los Angeles that I lived in for 10 years.. the landlord actually had the audacity to charge me to paint.. "This wall is dirty.. and this wall has a spot".. so i asked him "are you just going to paint this wall then or the whole thing?". His response was "Sometimes if they are extra clean tenants we don't paint if they've lived there 3 years".. when I've been there 10.. Long story short is he charged me 575.00 to paint.. 410.00 to respray the tubs in the bathroom because the paint was chipping.. which lol.. how can I be responsible for the paint spray they put on before I moved in.. we're still going back and forth and the idea of litigation is still going through my head constantly.. I also have a rental unit and wouldn't DARE charge the tenant to paint after several years of living there unless there was holes/damage or if they used a really dark paint that I would have to primer coat or used oil based paint that would be hard to paint on without chipping. I find this ridiculous and am bothered daily even 2 months later at how aggovated this makes me.