Landlord from Hell

March 6th, 2007 at 10:44 am by Mark Steel
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     What if …

     You move into a house with the intention of buying the place.  The landlord still has stuff there, and promises to come back and get it all out.  Eight months pass, it’s all still there, and the landlord has never bothered to do anything as far as your purchase of the house, either.
     All of a sudden, the landlord gives you ten days to vacate.  Nine days later, the landlord, who lives two states away, shows up and tells you the house will be sold.  You ask, “How much?  I wanna buy it.”
     The landlord replies, “No, you can’t have it.  No, I don’t want your money.  You’ve never paid me a dime!”
     The landlord is clearly insane.

     While you’re gone, the landlord moves into a bedroom.  The landlord throws away a bunch of your things while you’re gone, moves a bunch of things, breaks some things.
     Dumbfounded, you wonder what’s going on.  The landlord gloats, “I broke things?  Well, I’d hate to have to move your television, your computers.  They’re very expensive!”

     You’ve paid your rent.  You’ve kept the place up.  You’ve mowed the yard.  You’ve paid the utility bills, and kept everything up to date.  You’ve made friends with the neighbors, even helped them with some home repairs in a crunch.

     So what do ya do?

     And does it change things if said landlord is the person who gave birth to you?
     Some people you trust, and don’t think you need to get receipts from.  This just goes to show you that trust like that is extremely stupid.

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8 Responses to “Landlord from Hell”

  1. fracas Says:

    Sigh. Family. Can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill them.

    I have family like that too. Good thing there are enough of us that I can hang on to a few of the good ones and let go of the others.

  2. Pirate Princess Niki Says:

    Seems like that’s going around. I say we all pitch in & buy Susan’s house. LOL

  3. Monty Says:

    Oh, it’s on. Payback is hell. Don’t you own fucktards.com?

  4. Mark Says:

    I can’t remember which variation is was … plural, singular, .com or .net. But no, I sold it a while back. Well, considering Dotster gave me a free fucktard.info when I bought it (stupid company) … I guess it was fucktard.com. Created 29-May-2002 — gotta be my old one. The others are all too new.

    But as for that and her … There is no point. The majority of people who know us both know exactly where the problem is. Why should I lower myself to her level? That just makes me look like an asshole, too.

  5. Vix Says:

    You said a mouthfull. The one time I met met her at your place in east Knox I hated her. I never told you that when you went to the bathroom she told me that I was too good for you and you were useless but as soon as you got back she was all smiles. That woman should never have had children. I ran into more people who know you up here. You should come hang out one weekend.

  6. Mark Says:

    I only have one thing to say to that:

    Typical.

    If anyone else has a nice story they’d like to share, feel free.

  7. WhoreChurch Says:

    This sucks. Good writing, though. You had me until the “does it change things…”

    You might enjoy this movie, then again, maybe it will bring flashbacks.

    I feel your pain.

  8. Mark Says:

    Wouldn’t give me any flashbacks — hell of a different situation. this one might, tho…

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