50 Times Landlords Made A Fool Of Themselves For The Entire Internet To See (New Pics)

It’s not even cut properly, and the corners are already coming off…

I noticed that someone was in my apartment last weekend while I wasn’t home. I went into my basement and saw something’s slightly moved and it freaked me out. Later that day I was at my dad’s for dinner and mentioned it to him. He knows my landlord. On Tuesday he called my dad and said he needed to access my apartment again and my dad told him to call me as I’m the tenant. He yelled at my dad and hung up on him. He then called me and yelled at me while I was at work and hung up on me. He had never spoken to me about entering the apartment so I was caught off guard. These are all the texts between us. He came by to collect rent today for the other tenants. I saw his car and went out to greet him. He saw me, I said good morning, and he immediately said goodbye to the other tenant, got in his car, and drove away without a word to me. I tried to smooth things over the best I could but I had to resort to saying what he’s doing is illegal. Now he wants to evict me immediately. What can I do?

So two days ago, I was working upstairs in my apartment and noticed a rancid smell. Thinking it was the garbage, I came downstairs and saw my sink overflowing with what is obviously blackwater, all over my counter, the floor, into my cabinets, etc. I call my landlord in a hurry, and in about 30 minutes, our regular repair guy comes, walks in, and goes "holy s**t". The odor was so strong that my two neighbors, who were affected, had to stand outside to breathe. They eventually fixed the pipes, the water drained, and the repairmen waved goodbye and left us. I had to reach out to my landlord several times, awaiting a response to do something about this, only for him to say that he'll give me $150 to pay for a cleaning lady. I feel like this is going to require a much bigger corrective action. There is literally water all over my kitchen, my dishes, and my appliances. Am I overreacting? Should I continue to press him?

Landlords… Even the good ones are bad. I texted the # provided and was told their prices would be “out of reach”.

This kind of stuff has to stop. My landlords are lawyers, I've put in 3 separate maintenance requests for minor fixes that have gone ignored, open my front door to homeless people sleeping in my stairwell, and somehow my 1-bedroom apartment is now $1145 a month. This is so dumb.

If you live in Philly, check on the L&I property history search to see if your landlord has a rental license. If not, keep that in your back pocket and use it as leverage for when you need it.

More context: we JUST signed our lease for a 3rd year with our landlord when we found a house to buy! When I emailed to break the lease, I mentioned the unsafe conditions like the electrical wiring (ungrounded, likely knob and tube), the previous termite issues, and the gas leaks we had for months when we first moved in until I called PGW.

He suggested that I call another tenant of his to tour the place, and she told me she’s not planning on moving until February. I was shocked that he would hold the property for that long, as we will be out by the end of September. Well, he wasn’t. He told her that I would continue to pay the rent until February! Hilarious.

I tried to help out and find a new tenant, but when he asked us to pay rent for our last month, we decided it was better to break it off and offer the deposit as a peace offering.

Honestly, I expected the conversation to go way worse. This worked so well.

In other news, SO glad to never have a landlord again!

I learned a lot about Philly rental laws along the way, so if you have any questions, ask away!