But you were just providing a valuable public service to potential tenants, right? Nothing passive-aggressive about that!
(Thanks to Nina in Raleigh, North Carolina and Greta in Alexandria, Virginia for their submissions!)
related: You lied to me, Mr. Lundegaard.
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#1
Brewer1056
The second one might just be bragging…
Feb 21, 2011 at 6:41 pm rating: 19
#2
George
I wish I had thought of that.
Feb 21, 2011 at 6:45 pm rating: 3
#3
owlie
Having been the victim of a slumlord, team PAN.
Feb 21, 2011 at 6:46 pm rating: 51
#4
Jane
Not sure I would admit to the roaches as it might be a possible reflection on housekeeping…
Feb 21, 2011 at 6:47 pm rating: 5
#5
fuzzbutt
I think I rented there before
Feb 21, 2011 at 6:48 pm rating: 2
#6
lagne
The part of me who has had good landlords and mean neighbors who lied about them is like, “Wow, not cool.”
But the part of me who has been the tenant at the mercy of an awful landlord is like, “OH, FUCK YES!!!!!”
Feb 21, 2011 at 6:49 pm rating: 37
#7
JetJackson
What is more passive aggressive is the design of the bench to include an arm rest right in the middle in an attempt to stop the homeless from using it as a bed. Reminds me of the time I tried to sleep on an airport bench during a stopover at LAX.
Feb 21, 2011 at 7:09 pm rating: 45
#8
Disc
The cleanest home in the world can have roaches, Jane.
Feb 21, 2011 at 7:11 pm rating: 21
#9
Nahhh
Definitely on Team Tenant. Definitely in the same situtation with the mold. Never had roaches, but I know for sure that mold doesn’t require shoddy housekeeping…just a broken water pipe under the house and a little warm weather.
In California, at least, a landlord or seller must disclose such potential inconveniences as previous murders on the property, reported hauntings, etc. We need similar laws requiring the disclosure of mold and bugs. And noisy neighbors. And stinky dog-runs. And…and…oh, never mind. Nothing would EVER get rented or sold!
Feb 21, 2011 at 7:26 pm rating: 6
#10
jadefirefly
My work, all winter long, had their heat stuck on something like 75. It doesn’t turn off. Get a bunch of people in the store – big people, I might add – and it’s consistently around 80.
Which isn’t SO awful, at least it’s not cold, but… people tend to wear SWEATERS in the winter. In fact, I was practically TOLD to wear them. I’m in total support of the second one.
Feb 21, 2011 at 7:40 pm rating: 3
#11
Jen
Love the tennant one! Thinking about leaving a picture of my shit hole of an apartment complex here in Ohio……Good thing I have sign experience, and a vinyl plotter!
Feb 21, 2011 at 7:44 pm rating: 4
#12
Jessica
Anyone else think this should be classified “actually totally reasonable?”
Feb 21, 2011 at 8:07 pm rating: 33
#13
Madrias
I know the first: We don’t have mold, nor roaches, but we have insufficient insulation and ants, and the pipes leak a lot.
Feb 21, 2011 at 8:45 pm rating: 1
#14
Canthz_B
Dick Van Dyke is a slumlord? No wonder Mary Tyler Moore left him and moved to Minneapolis.
Feb 21, 2011 at 8:52 pm rating: 6
#15
havingfitz
This reminds me of the old joke where the woman goes into a pet store and asks for two dozen live roaches and all the mice they have. When the pet store owner inquires why, the woman explains that she is moving and her lease clearly states that she must leave the premises exactly as she found them.
Feb 21, 2011 at 9:23 pm rating: 50
#16
Harmy G
That mold was fucking delicious!
Feb 21, 2011 at 11:08 pm rating: 2
#17
Canthz_B
That’s not a roach infestation…that’s the free floor (and wall) show that comes with the place!
Feb 21, 2011 at 11:27 pm rating: 6
#18
Canthz_B
I dunno. You’d think that sometime within three years of renting they’d get fed up, go to Home Depot, pop in a new thermostat and take the cost off of their rent payment one month.
Beats facing not having your lease renewed due to assholery and having to relocate your (printing?) business.
Great printing job though…good advertisement!!
5…4…3…2…1…
Feb 21, 2011 at 11:35 pm rating: 3
#19
Canthz_B
That second sign is what the landlord gets for renting to a woman experiencing menopausal symptoms.
It’s not the rented space that has had inconsistent temperature control for the past three years, Lady.
As with everything else in your life, it’s all about you!
Feb 21, 2011 at 11:51 pm rating: 11
#20
VerityBrown
I would SO have liked to do something like this the last time we rented. As it was, I felt lucky to get any of my deposit back (in spite of cleaning radically when we moved out), since the Evil Landlord’s known SOP was to withhold deposits regardless, as a matter of course. Fortunately for everyone in our city (he owned a vast number of rental properties; it was hard to find a rental in town NOT owned by him), his karma finally caught up with him. He was discovered orchestrating insurance fraud, had his assets seized to cover his debts, and is going to be spending a while in federal prison.
Feb 22, 2011 at 12:19 am rating: 18
#21
DistraughtTenant
I cannot wait until my lease ends in October!
-The owner of my complex built a Biergarten on the main floor. The noise from the drunkards travels through my AC unit (along with the air from the outside) clear as day.
-The walls are as thin as paper. I can hear my neighbor running their dishwasher if I press my ear to the wall.
- My front door is hollow so I can hear everything that goes on in the hallway.
- Dogs are allowed. Enough said.
- The main hallway frequently smells like pot.
So much anxiety living here.
Feb 22, 2011 at 10:41 am rating: 3
#22
Chesire cat
Gotta say I am with the note writers on these ones if what they say are true. Slumlords deserve what is coming to them. I had a slumlord myself at one point and it sucked.
Feb 22, 2011 at 12:34 pm rating: 4
#23
mobiuschic42
I moved out of my last apartment mostly because I wanted to live with my boyfriend, but also because the heat never worked properly despite multiple calls to the management.
When real estate agents showed the apartment (often without letting me know they were coming first!) and I was home, people would ask me how it was. I replied “oh, it’s great, except the heat doesn’t work.”
One time when they showed the apartment, there was actually water streaming out of the (steam) heater, and I made sure to point that out to the prospective tenants.
I think they made sure I wasn’t going to be home when they showed the place after that!
Feb 22, 2011 at 12:34 pm rating: 14
#24
Managed Hosting
Well, that’s one way to get the Landlord’s attention, for sure. Although, I would say the first wasn’t for rent- as it’s clearly occupied by fungus and ancient bugs. I get grossed out thinking about it.
Feb 22, 2011 at 2:37 pm rating: 2
#25
Rachel
My landlord wouldn’t even fix the dead light in our stairwell until I told him I’d fallen down the stairs in the dark.
When the last guy moved out, they renovated the kitchen, and told me it would be done when I moved in. That was at the end of September, and I didn’t even get the stove into the kitchen until December (it sat in my living room, which wouldn’t have been awful if it had been electric, but it’s a gas stove). They never finished plastering and painting the walls. There’s pretty extensive water damage on my living room ceiling, and I didn’t get smoke detectors until January – and these are also great because they are RIGHT next to the stove, which doesn’t have a vent. Turn that baby above 400 and those alarms are going off.
Feb 24, 2011 at 4:27 pm rating: 1
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