I am so frustrated right now I could just scream. I have been renting my house for almost 2 months and I have been able to stay in it maybe a total of 5 days. First I had no heat. Then the tub leaked. We got the heat taken care of. Today, we went to fix the tub so I could finally finish moving in on Monday. And we can't fix it.
When we mentioned the problem to my landlord last month about 2 weeks before Christmas, she said she called the plumber. Every day we heard that the plumber was coming "today". So this week, we decide to fix it ourselves so that we didn't have to wait on the plumber. Only we can't. So we moved my futon to Danny's.
I haven't slept a good nights sleep since I haven't been able to sleep in my bed. I want my own place. I want to live in my own house. I haven't been paying rent since I haven't been able to stay there, but I have already invested so much into the house. I am not doing anymore until the plumbing gets fixed. But that's not even the kicker!
My landlord went through this big serious process to check me out before she would rent to me. She called Jim and interviewed him and my references and all other sorts of stuff. I am now thinking I should have been doing the background check on her! Seriously. The house hasn't been worked on since it was built. The proof for that was when we went to work on the tub, it was the original cast iron shew (rotted out) and we had to cut a hole in the wall through the kitchen to get access to it. Plus the furnace guy said the same thing when he came out to look at the furnace.
I am so frustrated. Just when I think I am getting out on my own, all this happens. And it was okay (for a while). But this is crazy. And I mean, she hasnt rented to any real renters before I don't think. She's had college kids in this house. But seriously, I'm starting to think about renting a new place. I'm frustrated also because I want to show grace, and I think I have been....but at what point do you say "enough"? She has been really great about working with us on the rent. The place is cheap enough and it would be a good little house once all this stuff got fixed. I'm just tired of waiting I guess. I never was a patient person.
When we mentioned the problem to my landlord last month about 2 weeks before Christmas, she said she called the plumber. Every day we heard that the plumber was coming "today". So this week, we decide to fix it ourselves so that we didn't have to wait on the plumber. Only we can't. So we moved my futon to Danny's.
I haven't slept a good nights sleep since I haven't been able to sleep in my bed. I want my own place. I want to live in my own house. I haven't been paying rent since I haven't been able to stay there, but I have already invested so much into the house. I am not doing anymore until the plumbing gets fixed. But that's not even the kicker!
My landlord went through this big serious process to check me out before she would rent to me. She called Jim and interviewed him and my references and all other sorts of stuff. I am now thinking I should have been doing the background check on her! Seriously. The house hasn't been worked on since it was built. The proof for that was when we went to work on the tub, it was the original cast iron shew (rotted out) and we had to cut a hole in the wall through the kitchen to get access to it. Plus the furnace guy said the same thing when he came out to look at the furnace.
I am so frustrated. Just when I think I am getting out on my own, all this happens. And it was okay (for a while). But this is crazy. And I mean, she hasnt rented to any real renters before I don't think. She's had college kids in this house. But seriously, I'm starting to think about renting a new place. I'm frustrated also because I want to show grace, and I think I have been....but at what point do you say "enough"? She has been really great about working with us on the rent. The place is cheap enough and it would be a good little house once all this stuff got fixed. I'm just tired of waiting I guess. I never was a patient person.
