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Crazy Landlord?

Does your landlord do things that make you think she or he is just crazy? Are you a landlord with bad habits? We’ve heard many stories over the years that remind us that the renter/landlord relationship is not just on paper. Here are just three classic behaviors that make renters go crazy and might keep them from re-signing a lease:


Is your landlord dropping by un-announced?
The un-announced visitor. When your landlord just shows up unannounced on a Saturday morning when you’re trying to sleep, or as you and your housemates are sitting down for dinner, it just feels like an invasion of privacy. Landlords who are renting homes they own personally, or their parent’s place, exhibit this behavior more often. It’s why you should advocate for a 24 hour notice for any entry. Landlord have the right to inspect their property, but not while you’re just getting out of the shower.

I thought the postal service delivered my mail... It can be a bit of a shock after you move in and find that your landlord delivers your mail to you. This can be an issue when you’re renting a duplex, a guest house, a basement apartment… and sometimes is because the landlord hasn’t worked through the proper city process to get a designated address for your unit. But there are solutions – a set of two mailboxes with your name specifically on one, for example. Regardless, knowing that your landlord looks over all your mail – and that you may not be getting your Victoria’s Secret catalogue, can be annoying at best.

What is all that stuff in my closet? Even more so after the real estate crash, we’re hearing many stories of landlords who are renting out a home they used to live in, and continuing to use it as a storage shed. Boxes of books in your closet, piles of furniture in the basement, even their old car parked in your driveway. The key here is the lease: even if you don’t see a lot of crap lying around when you look at the place (and especially if you do), ask that the lease specify if and where the landlord can have property stored on premises – you’ll both feel better knowing that there is just one designated space, than living among someone else’s junk.
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