Fucking landlords
There are creatures on this earth more evil than lawyers and politicians. Can you guess what they are? “rapists! murderers!” I hear from the chorus. True that may be, but they are not the focus of my ire tonight. For the moment, my wrath is focused on a different type of beast - one which preys on unfortunate students who lack the organization and the means to fight them. College landlords. Each and every one of them needs to go eat a box of shit. Plenty of folks seem to agree with me. The random entry to your home whenever they damn well please is one of my favorite atrocities. Nevermind what it says in the lease about notice being given prior to entry. Never you mind what the local laws say about tenant rights. Your landlord, as a COLLEGE slumlord, has a GOD GIVEN RIGHT to enter your apartment whenever the hell they want. It is required, of course, that the Maintenance Guy be a greasy, creepy incompetent schmuck who is incapable of actually performing any repairs. Any repairs which are actually required will be performed by contractors, and the cost will be taken directly out of your security deposit.
Anyone care to guess what brought on this small fury? I just found out that my most recent college landlord decided to deduct $1400 from the $2500 security deposit that my housemates and I put down on that damn house. It turns out they decided it was time to replace all of the ancient and busted storm windows on the house, and hey, somebody had to pay for it. It just wouldn’t be fair to expect the landlord to pay for any repairs or improvements now, would it? Isn’t that what rent money is for? No. The cost of the repairs must be scammed out of the tenants’ pockets, by claiming “damages” to every fucking storm window in the entire house. What’s a student to do when their landlord pulls this shit? Absolutely nothing, near as I can tell. You have absolutely no recourse.
So, to Hunsinger Enterprises and their jolly band of asshats, please eat a big fat box of shit.
I couldn’t agree more!! My sister is having a real hard time financially right now. She paid $300 or her $400 rent last week and tried to get an extension. They told her the first day would be a $35 late fee and then $5 a day starting on the sixth of the month. So…on the sixth, she still didn’t have the $100. Being the good bro I hope I am, I say…”no problem”. Gimme their number and I’ll call them and I’ll take care of the hundred bucks over the phone (cause I live 300 miles away). I call them and they’re like “Oh, I’m sorry. We’re just not in the 21st century yet. We don’t have a credit card machine.” WHAT??? Really??? And she said it while giggiling like it was comical that they don’t have to give any options. I mean fuck it, why not? They get late fees, right? So now my sister is going to end up paying about a hundred dollars in late fees.
So, to 443 LLC and their jolly band of asshats, please eat a big fat box of shit.