Landlords

[Melalvai]

I was just wondering how many landlords on TE have now been called evil, stupid, and hated.

I did say only "typical" landlords are evil or stupid. I am always open to the possibility that there exists, in theory, a landlord who is not typical. Or that the earth is actually flat.
Seriously...I know people whom I believe to be basically decent people, who are landlords. However, I personally have never had a landlord who fell into that category.

Thanks for the thoughts & feedback. I guess we'll probably cooperate and do what we can to help her, I just really hate this situation. I've heard horror stories about terrible tenants and I just want to scream, "We're good tenants!" We pay on time, we don't destroy the place with unruly pets, parties, drug habits, or negligence. Why can't anyone appreciate that?

[Starfish]

I did say only "typical" landlords are evil or stupid. I am always open to the possibility that there exists, in theory, a landlord who is not typical. Or that the earth is actually flat.

<snip> Why can't anyone appreciate that?

Many people can appreciate it. Just not the ones you are dealing with, apparently. It is too bad that, somehow, over the years you have been associated with so many bad landlords.

And, having been a renter for years upon years, as well as also being involved with property management, I can say that as a residential tenant, I have never had a landlord I would call evil or stupid. Not saying there aren't plenty out there or that I don't know of any, I just haven't personally had one. I'm sorry that you have. So, in my experience, the typical landlord is neither evil nor stupid.

I bristle at huge generalities and stereotypes of "typical" anything being tossed around on TE.

[kat_h]

I bristle at huge generalities and stereotypes of "typical" anything being tossed around on TE.

I don't think anyone on TE is ever the typical anything.

I had the greatest landlord ever when I lived in England. I miss him.

Now I rent from a large company that is terrible. Last year our rent went up by 48% yet when I put in a repair order to get the leaky taps fixed the repair guy argued with me and said they're supposed to leak. When I put in a repair order because our toilet wouldn't flush I got a letter in the mailbox a month later informing me that it was fixed. No one had come to fix it. I guess they hoped I would just believe the letter. At least we had heat this winter. The first winter we lived here I submitted a repair order in October about the heating and it didn't get fixed until the following April. We spent most of that winter huddled under blankets with one electric heater cranked up. Most of our neighbours have moved to Saskatchewan. I don't know how much longer we can stay here either.

[tulip]

I don't think anyone on TE is ever the typical anything.

I had the greatest landlord ever when I lived in England. I miss him.

Now I rent from a large company that is terrible. Last year our rent went up by 48% yet when I put in a repair order to get the leaky taps fixed the repair guy argued with me and said they're supposed to leak. When I put in a repair order because our toilet wouldn't flush I got a letter in the mailbox a month later informing me that it was fixed. No one had come to fix it. I guess they hoped I would just believe the letter. At least we had heat this winter. The first winter we lived here I submitted a repair order in October about the heating and it didn't get fixed until the following April. We spent most of that winter huddled under blankets with one electric heater cranked up. Most of our neighbours have moved to Saskatchewan. I don't know how much longer we can stay here either.

Sounds like it's time to move. Aren't there other places to live in Calgary without having to move to Saskatchewan?

[kat_h]

Sounds like it's time to move. Aren't there other places to live in Calgary without having to move to Saskatchewan?

Housing prices tripled and quadrupled in the last couple of years. It's at the point where over 50% of the homeless people in the city have full time jobs. We need to get significantly better paying jobs, pray for a bust, or leave. I've applied to go back to university so right now we're waiting to hear about that before doing anything.

[Zen]

I'm wearing two pair of oven mitts right now

[Trek420]

I'm wearing two pair of oven mitts right now

Like these ?

It's not only cost effective to renovate when the unit is vacant it's more humane. I'm living in a remodel right now. I would not ask anyone to do this. Not even for free/waved rent.

With the market what it is now many are giving up on selling and renting out instead.