shady landlord advice

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

oh and make them pay for the electrician

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I also think that since it would be really expensive for them to have an electrician come out and install a fourth meter and move all the lights, outlets, washer/dryer, and furnace to a separate account i will propose they just start paying the electric bill for the remainder of the lease.

Its been six months of me paying and there are six month left for them to pay. Seems fair to me. At the end of the 6 months we can renegotiate a new rental price which includes electricity and i can decide to stay or go at that point.

Otherwise i think i will move out. The place is managed through a property management company and they said they just started managing this place. Since the property management place knows i am a good tenant and pay on time, they would probably rent me another place with a different owner. At least i hope they would because it'd be a lot easier.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

do the electrician idea and what i said before

I have only lived here for 6 months and the other people in the building even less.. I tried asking the power company what the last tenants bills were and they wouldn't tell me..

 

[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

well then just go off the biggest difference from a warm month to a month you used the heat. call the ecectrical company and ask what a dryer and washer cost for a month...lol find out somehow. and id say ur paying for 15loads a week prolly.

 

[TNTR70 10+ year member]

i'd say $150 bucks a month off the rent for as long as you stay there for furnace use and slumlord being an *** and you get the keys to the washer and dryer keep all monies from all who use them.

 

[Vipervenom18 10+ year member]

lol I'm so glad I bought a house.

 

[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

i'd say $150 bucks a month off the rent for as long as you stay there for furnace use and slumlord being an *** and you get the keys to the washer and dryer keep all monies from all who use them.

good idea here

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

So i'm living in a big old house, which was converted into 3 apartments. The heat is included in the price of rent, but i pay my own electric bill. There is a coin operated washer and dryer in the basement which i was using today.
I noticed that the outlet for the dryer looked like it went into my electric meter. Since i pay my own electric bill i was like wtf?? So i decided to flip the switch and see if the washer and dryer cut out.

Not only did both the washer and dryer stop working but so did the dam furnace! The furnace is gas, but still takes some power to run and when i flipped the switch you could see the flame go out. I noticed when it got cold, and the furnace started running 24/7, my power bill doubled!!

I ran up to my apartment to find out if maybe the meter was mislabeled, but it isnt because with the switch off i have no power in my apartment.

So it looks like i'm paying for the power to the furnace when heat is supposed to be included in the rent (it's in the lease) and i am also paying for the power for the public washer and dryer.

I called the electric company to find out if there was any possible way that the meter could keep track of two accounts and bill the landlord for the washer, dryer and furnace and they said it was not possible.

They also told me that there are only 3 accounts for the building, which coincides with the three apartments. Therefore, if the landlord knows there is power being used in common areas and he isn't paying for it, he must be aware that he is screwing over his tenants.

Just wondering what you guys might do in this situation?? What sort of arrangement for compensation would you find acceptable? Do you think if i moved out because they were screwing me over they could still collect for the rest of the lease??

Weren't you the one that decided you were going to save for a house and pay in cash all at once? lol, if you took out a loan and bought a house you wouldn't have these problems

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Weren't you the one that decided you were going to save for a house and pay in cash all at once? lol, if you took out a loan and bought a house you wouldn't have these problems

uh no.

I just got back from living in Korea and needed to find a place like the day after i got back.

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

Insist they add a sub panel and put all the common utilities on it, including the washer dryer., common lights, and if the furnace has a single pump, then that as well. Otherwise you are paying to run the pump motor for all the heating. Alteratively, you should all have your own pump moter for your heat.

good luck with that.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

call you local housing authority they can tell you wat can be done.

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

I would keep the breaker off and wait till the other tenants complain. Then have a discussion with the landlord about getting some coin back.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I would keep the breaker off and wait till the other tenants complain. Then have a discussion with the landlord about getting some coin back.

if he turns the breaker off he won't have electricity

 

[sparkplug121988 10+ year member]

I would go stright to him and demand money and if he says no then I wouldent pay rent untill something was figured out.

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

call you local housing authority they can tell you wat can be done.

^this.

Find out what the laws in your state say on this subject. Chances are there are already rental laws that deal with this issue, you're not the first. You're not that special. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

Find out what your rights are, then talk to him. Be reasonable. Give him a chance to be reasonable. If he's not, document, sue in small claims and find out how to legally break your lease in your state to move somewhere else. It's a bit of pain to do it correctly, but it will save you money and your credit in the end while you find somewhere else to live.

Then hire some immigrants to kidnap him and play jailhouse biatch on his *** for a few days. Tell them his family is really rich and they will pay a big ransom for him.