Last House on the Left, The
Posted by leroyboyd1974 on 21st March 2010
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Unreasonable landlord *warning long post*?
Cutting along story short, i lost my job last late October. All in all, it was on the cards anyway as things weren’t working out. I couldn’t look for another job at the time as i was forced to work 14-16 hour shifts.
I was out of work for two and a half months because of this and fell behined on the rent by those two and 1/2 months as a consequence. My landlord (who also happens to be my cousin) was very understanding about it and told me not to worry and pay back when i’ve got myself sorted.
Thanks to the recession the only jobs i could find back in November were two very small part-time jobs (two days a week, only about 3 hour shifts and crap pay…Basically this pays for my petrol, mobile credit, afew esstiental bills like car insurance and abit of food). However, I’m in major trouble with my credit card company as i can’t keep up with there payments.
Thankfully after major hunting about, i now have a yet another part-time job which has better hours and better pay (29 hrs and six days a week). This new job only kicked off mid last month and as a result my pay this month was only two weeks worth. I’ve had so many things to catch up with and pay for/back that i now have little left to spare :-S. The rent didn’t cross my mind as i knew my cousin understood the circumstances with me working 3 jobs to work things out with.
I’ve kept my landlord informed the entire way and haven’t covered up a thing, again i get told not to worry and theres no rush.
However, two days after my main job pay came in, i got this instant demand out of the blue for the two months rent i owe!!!! After i replied there was no possible way this could happen just yet, HE PUT UP THE RENT BY ?100 (my rent is now nearly ?500 for a tiny one bedroom bunaglow)!!!!
He is now on my back everyday demanding some rent WHICH HE KNOWS I CAN’T AFFORD!!! He is also saying that he needs to pay the mortage on the house i’m living in and at the moment he can’t afford it.
My question and main gripe is my cousins dad comes from a VERY wealthy farming background and could EASIERLY lend him money if he asked for it, wheres i come from a poor background where everyone is struggling to survive, so am i right in thinking my landlord is being completely unreasonable here and how should i deal with this granted that we’re a very close knit family and i don’t want to rock many boats?
Sorry not made myself very clear at the top, i was out of work for two weeks in Novemeber before i landed the small part-time jobs :-P.
You are in the wrong. Just because this person is your cousin and he comes from wealth doesn’t mean he has to give you hand out. The first thing you pay for is your rent! Even more so when you are renting from family. This is generally why there is a "rule" so to say, never rent to your family or friends if you want to keep things strong.
You should have been evicted already and thrown out on your rear. Your cousin was MORE than reasonable. If you were just renting from a person you didn’t know, they would not give a crap about how many hours you work or how many bills you have. Their bill is the bill they want paid and if it isn’t you are SOL.
You are taking advantage (or were) of your cousin and now he is fed up with it. He is not in the wrong at all. Pay your rent. They have bus lines if you lose your car, bikes, and even shoes!
Rent/Food your 2 most important bills to take care of.
Bumblebee | Feb 07, 2010
You are wrong
You are taking advantage of the situation because he is a family member
Any other landlord would have kicked you out in December for non payment of rent
The cousin has bills to pay too. He has waited 2.5 mos for you to get your act together
If you do not have a lease, he can raise the rent on you, and is probably doing this to force you out
I would find a cheaper place to live
It makes no difference if he comes from a *wealthy family* and could ask his father for a loan
Why should he have to do that?
You are wrong.
My Take on It | Feb 07, 2010
As much as i feel for you, you are wrong. At the end of the day your cousin is in the property market to make money, whether you are family or not. Thats how he survives.
Any other landlord would have turfed you out before the new year for non payment, so consider yourself that youve managed to stay there for this long extended period.
Spike | Feb 07, 2010
sorry, you’re in the wrong, you’re totally unreasonable, not LL
you have been living in this bungalow and owe the rent you agreed to pay
you broke your word, your legal promise to pay
had you been paying anything toward rent one could be more sympathetic
BUT the LL has bills and mortgage and NO obligation to carry you, nor to get a loan from some one else because you’re not paying rent
your credit card debts are his problem, not the LLs
Keeping him informed is NOT enough, and that you were laid off and later working part-time,does not excuse your total failure to pay any rent for months
chatsplas | Feb 07, 2010
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