Dear So and So

[Blueberry]

Dear Landlord:

We're buying a house. We gave you the appropriate notice. We're doing our darnedest to be good tenants and help you rent the place. I even sent an email out to the neighborhood list on your behalf. Could you please be a little considerate?

Monday we stopped packing, cleaned up the packing mess and cleaned the house for you to not show it with 2 hours' notice. We did the same on Wednesday. Today, you showed up 10 minutes past the scheduled showing (which you apparently cancelled by telling an elderly person the house wasn't suitable for her - google Fair Housing Act, please) to take photos. I had spent over an hour cleaning, locked up my cats, and been cooling my heels (missing a glorious riding day). We (politely) asked that you not post photos (including some with our bikes) to Craigs. Apparently you are anyway. Before we move.

We will no longer be cleaning up the house for you or accommodating your showings any more than absolutely required. We will also not be leaving on the power "for your convenience until you re-rent it so you can work on it."

[Catrin]

Blueberry, ugh. Hopefully the process will ease for you and the landlord stops trying to take advantage of your good intentions.

[Pax]

Wow! Here that landlord would be in court so fast their head would spin. University town with huge renter protections, just to keep stuff like that from happening, what a jerk!

[Blueberry]

Thanks Catrin and Pax. She posted it last night - but at least not the bikes and the map is about a block away (not that someone couldn't easily find it - but it's not a straight line to the house). Our housing laws are a mess here - so no help there. It would all be over before I could even get it in front of a magistrate. We would be out today except that our closing got delayed until Monday because either the plumber failed to call the city for an inspection or the city dragged its heels (had to remove a bunch of defective plumbing joints in the new house). So - they have yet to sheetrock and paint. Crossing our fingers all goes smoothly from here out.

Sorry to be so negative here lately - I need to make more of an effort to post the good stuff too!

[emily_in_nc]

Ugh, Blueberry...sorry that your delayed closing has resulted in even more bad juju! I know you can't get out of that place fast enough.

Hopefully this will all soon be a distant memory, and you'll be enjoying rides in "the OC" very soon. SUCH a great place to ride!

[OakLeaf]

Oh man Blueberry. Hoping you can close on Monday and get moved ASAP!

[OakLeaf]

Dear seed companies,

I KNOW what the mature plant is supposed to look like, that's why I planted your seeds! How about decorating your seed packets with pictures of the cotyledons and first leaves so I know which ones aren't weeds???