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48. Jesus, just cash for keys if you want them out

Reply to CrackityJones75 (Reply #47)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:42 AM

Sep 2021

But, if they were too cheap to drill another well...

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A young family with three children just moved out of an apartment they couldn't afford. [View all] no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 OP

Doesn't sound like garbage to me. If you put that stuff on the street Croney Sep 2021 #1

Put it on the street and post something on a Facebook community group. Renew Deal Sep 2021 #17

Former tenants NJCher Sep 2021 #2

Since the rental was illegal, the landlord wouldn't get far in court. Croney Sep 2021 #4

They are a slumlord renting an illegal dwelling obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #25

Should? Or will? FBaggins Sep 2021 #3

Should no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #5

New issue FBaggins Sep 2021 #10

No water was the precipitation for the tenants to move. no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #11

How old was the pump? mtngirl47 Sep 2021 #20

I hope the tenants take the landlord to court obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #26

This. MrsCoffee Sep 2021 #49

Might depend on the state, but for an illegal apartment with no lease... JHB Sep 2021 #6

"the rents too damn high!" markie Sep 2021 #7

I would think Sherman A1 Sep 2021 #8

It isn't even a landlord obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #29

What ever you choose to call them Sherman A1 Sep 2021 #32

Yup! obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #34

The "Landlord" Captain Stern Sep 2021 #9

if it's not a formal lease NJCher Sep 2021 #39

It is literally an illegal apartment obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #40

there are just so many things wrong with your post NJCher Sep 2021 #63

The OP specifically mentions the lack of a Certificate of Occupancy and says it was illegal. kcr Sep 2021 #65

in some states NJCher Sep 2021 #66

The OP clearly stated the apartment was illegal. kcr Oct 2021 #81

I am so very hurt you dismissed me obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #68

good, I hope you NJCher Sep 2021 #70

Tenants leaving a bunch of junky possessions behind, and Hortensis Sep 2021 #12

The landlord can write some of the expenses off...but not sure Tikki Sep 2021 #56

NO WATER??? Does that mean what it sounds like? Like NO WATER? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #13

IKR? dingosatemyusername Sep 2021 #15

Seriously, the "landlord" should go to jail. FSogol Sep 2021 #21

Agreed. ShazzieB Sep 2021 #23

you have to have clean hands when you come to court dsc Sep 2021 #14

OK, the consensus seems to be no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #16

Ethically the landlord should not charge rent on an apartment that has no water. End of story Tom Rinaldo Sep 2021 #18

Technically, the tenants did blow up the water pump. no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #19

Then the landlord was trying to enforce China's old "one child only" policy. Tom Rinaldo Sep 2021 #22

But technically, it never should have been rented without a Certificate of Occupancy TexasBushwhacker Sep 2021 #27

The landlord knew it was a problem for 8 years, and refused to act. Lancero Sep 2021 #28

You keep not understanding there were no tenants obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #33

It's incredible that the OP refuses to grasp this greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #36

Yeah, I agree obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #37

If two children "killed the well" that STILL means the apartment was unlivable. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #38

LOL. Illegal rental and the failed water pump is the renters fault, LOL. sarcasmo Sep 2021 #51

Nonsense. The Landlord was to cheap to fix his water situation. cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #58

Sounds to me like the pump was defective in the first place. kcr Sep 2021 #60

So, in that 8 years, it was never even in the plans to Bettie Sep 2021 #75

If you saw my post, I've lived with a touchy well. moriah Oct 2021 #80

The tenants were bound by no laws or ethics obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #30

There was no water...the place was illegal...the landlord is at fault period...and there Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #62

It's an illegal apartment, so the landlord obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #24

this is unbelievably sad karynnj Sep 2021 #31

absolutely right, karenVT, about the tenant's resources, and the state of their likely homelessness bigtree Sep 2021 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Totally Tunsie Sep 2021 #55

. MissB Sep 2021 #57

In my signature I noted, without changing my user id, that I more accurately am in VT karynnj Sep 2021 #61

Oops, totally missed your sig line. I'll delete. Totally Tunsie Sep 2021 #64

The owner illegally rented a space and wants to collect money from the people who lived there? greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #35

I don't think the landlord/sublandlord who took rent for this place will be happy. moriah Sep 2021 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author mahina Sep 2021 #43

Illegal rental the slumlord is on the hook. sarcasmo Sep 2021 #44

I am confused. CrackityJones75 Sep 2021 #45

If I knew the family, I would instruct them to sue obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #46

Agreed. CrackityJones75 Sep 2021 #47

Jesus, just cash for keys if you want them out obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #48

Cheap and lacking all morals and ethics CrackityJones75 Sep 2021 #50

Also.... CrackityJones75 Sep 2021 #52

I agree with you obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #53

to add obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #54

The slumlord should pay n/t kcr Sep 2021 #59

Security Deposit RobinA Sep 2021 #67

Wow. When I saw the header, I thought it was going to be about ways to help Withywindle Sep 2021 #69

The tenant was renting out a place that did not meet code or legal requirements, eh? LanternWaste Sep 2021 #71

Not exactly. The rental lease started out without a problem. no_hypocrisy Sep 2021 #72

You said yourself in OP that Lars39 Sep 2021 #74

If they moved out because they couldn't afford the Bettie Sep 2021 #73

+100 Withywindle Sep 2021 #76

Everything we had when I was a kid was "junky" Bettie Sep 2021 #77

Landlord ismnotwasm Sep 2021 #78

Landlord Arazi Sep 2021 #79