Ups and downs

[luzula]

The upside:
I was at the annual meeting of my forest environmental organization this weekend, and it was GREAT. Lots of good discussions, lots of good friends there, no conflicts. We have a great board for the coming year. I am all full of new energy!

The downside:
And then I get home and find that the landlord FROM HELL has had people go into my room without asking or telling me and painted the windowsills. They moved all my plants and some other stuff around. I had a sex toy by the bed and various other private stuff lying around. He may own the house, but this is MY FUCKING PRIVATE ROOM and I will FUCKING END HIM. This is not the first time recently that he sends people in to do various renovation stuff without telling us first, which is not okay either, but this is an order of magnitude worse. What makes it even worse is that it's obvious he's only doing this because he's going to sell the house. Before that, he never renovated anything or fixed anything that was broken if he could help it.

We're having a meeting with him tomorrow and I'm calling the tenants' organization before that.

Comments

[alltoseek]

Sounds like what you want from the landlord side of things is for him to be respectful in the future - and to any future tenants he might ever have.

I wonder if there is an organisation for tenants' rights in your area you could go to? I wish there was a way to file a police report telling them, "I understand if you don't want to prosecute now, but I want this on record if he does it in the future, so the courts will come down on his ass for being abusive over a long period (as opposed to one instance)."

Unfortunately, once you file a police report it's usually out of your hands (at least it is in the US). That's why if there's a tenants' rights group they might have an idea if something could be done? To make sure he doesn't keep on pulling this shit, even on other people.

In the US laws vary, but typically landlords have to give at least 1 or 2 days' notice before entering their tenants' homes.

In my area we also have a mediation center, where you could explain to him about privacy being violated, and he could explain about damage that needs repairing [damage is inevitable, no one has to get personal about it] all in a calm manner, resolving the issues without threats and revenge motivations and expending more energy than you want. If both the parties want to participate. But mediation is typically completely optional, and I don't know if it's even available where you live.

Good luck to you!

[luzula]

Oh, we do have a tenants' organization, and I've been in touch with them. They were very helpful.

And thanks, for the good wishes and the advice!