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The Kind of Tenant No One Wants
Well, I read Jeff's post. And unless the whole thing is a spoof, Jeff sounds like the kind of pain-in-the-ass tenant no one wants. He wrote of his landlord:
"...[Now] realizing who I was dealing with: a filthy capitalist bastard who has a grasp on only about half of the English Language."
Then, while continually ridiculing the landlord for his second-language English, Jeff explains to us how he underpaid the rent and thinks it's perfectly OK to have done so. Legal technicalities aside (and they are by no means as clear as Jeff thinks), it is morally wrong to take advantage of a misunderstanding. If it were the landlord doing so, Jeff would be outraged.
Shame, Jeff. You're wrong on this. And if my instinct is any guide, you were probably wrong about your past landlord, too. I'll bet he's glad to see the back of you.
I hope your current "filthy capitalist bastard" landlord eventually gets his money from you, one way or the other.
I am with the tenent on this one
(Assuming that the post is true) The landlord is required to provide a building which is up to code. The renter shouldn't have to fight for that.
I'm with the tenant, too
If the landlord can't take the time to properly write the lease, then he's got no reason to complain.
The landlord is required by law to have the building up to code. It's supposed to be up to code when the tenant moves in.
MAss Health Code: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cissfsn/sfsnidx.htm
Gimme a break
Sure, the landlord is required to keep a building up to code. But if you move into a building you know is not up to code, and get no written agreement from your landlord that they will bring it up, shouldn't you take some responsibility? Judge Millian says so...
And re: the lease, it can be read either way, but Jeff knew how much his monthly rent was, so it was obvious what was being requested in terms of the deposit. He tried to scam his landlord and his landlord got pissed off, and rightly so, I'd say.
I have no great love for landlords, but none for bitter, antagonistic tenants either.
Omm, no.
> if you move into a building you know is not up to code, and get no written agreement from your landlord that they will bring it up, shouldn't you take some responsibility?
That isn't how I understand the law. The landlord owns the property and is required to keep up to code.
And what if you don't discover the violation for a couple months?
"what if you don't discover
"what if you don't discover the violation for a couple months?"
Um, that would negate the "knowing about the violation before you moved in" clause.
Memo to Boston property owners: don't rent to Jeff
While Jeff's landlord sounds like someone with no business renting property, Jeff himself seems like an unbelievable prick, the kind of person who takes pleasure in allowing this sort of strife to consume his life and in telling the world how right and tough he is in every minute detail of it. A more smug post I have never read. I cannot imagine Jeff would make a pleasant tenant for anyone. He sounds like the kind of young person who calls you up to change a lightbulb because he thinks all apartments should be run like his college dorm was. And what satisfaction his little lefty soul gets in fighting capitalism in the form of an immigrant small property owner!!
Biggest misunderstanding EVER
I just talked to the landlord and straightened everything out. Apparently he had given me the wrong lease. Once we reviewed our repective copies, we discovered the error and now all is well. Two things we have learned: John - don't call me at 10:30 on a busy Saturday night at work, and me - don't post while angry.
Sorry again if I offended anyone.