About to move into junk filled rental

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Submitted by fredo4 on August 24, 2009 - 11:41am

Guido and I are in a bind. We gave notice on our current rental home and are set to move into a great new rental on Friday. The owner of the new house is a really nice guy, but a bit of a "whatever dude" type. He's done all sorts of extra things for us to get the house ready, putting in special safety windows for the kids and a cute little picket fence by the pool.

However, while he's done all of these extras, he's neglected to do the necessities to get the house ready for the move, like fixing and filling the empty pool and removing some of his personal junk. There's still a bunch of lumber and nails in the back yard and he hasn't done any of the landscaping that he promised would be done by this Friday.

I don't want to be harsh because he has done a lot of extra stuff that he didn't have to do (and he's given us a couple of pieces of really nice furniture), but we have to move in in four days. We've given him all sorts of hints that he needs to get the work done, but every time we go back some non-essential "extra" has been done instead of the real work.

I was thinking of telling him that we'll extend our stay in our current home to give him some extra time, but that's no guarantee that the work will be done either. Any suggestions?

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You can pickup and get rid of
Submitted by briansd1 on August 24, 2009 - 1:42pm.

You can pickup and get rid of the junk yourself.

That will endear you as a tenant and I'm sure that the landlord will be extra nice to you during your tenancy.

A little bit of work never killed anyone.

As for the landscaping, ask him for a deadline to complete.

Did you sign a rental
Submitted by Aecetia on August 24, 2009 - 3:07pm.

Did you sign a rental contract and did he agree to it in that or is it just a verbal?

Everything has been verbal.
Submitted by fredo4 on August 24, 2009 - 4:52pm.

Everything has been verbal. We've asked several times for a lease contract but haven't gotten it yet. But so far he hasn't asked for any kind of security deposit either. So there seem to be pluses and minuses to the situation.

This will set the tone for
Submitted by werewolf34 on August 24, 2009 - 5:13pm.

This will set the tone for the rest of your rental. You think he will actually repair stuff in a fast and efficient manner?

Decide what you're willing to put up with. The minute you move in; you have little power

fredo4 wrote:Everything has
Submitted by Oxford on August 24, 2009 - 9:29pm.

fredo4 wrote:
Everything has been verbal. We've asked several times for a lease contract but haven't gotten it yet. But so far he hasn't asked for any kind of security deposit either. So there seem to be pluses and minuses to the situation.

You need to apply some adult supervision to this relationship. Formalize it with contracts and agreements. He is too chill to make it happen. Are you? Renting is a business agreement.

ox
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