The downside to being a Rocking Thing

[mousme]

Okay, so I went to the SAAQ, and dealt with everything in less time than it took me to wait in line, ie two minute (I waited for ten, and drove for about ten to get there). Yay for not living in illegality anymore!

So I rock like a rocking thing. No surprise there.

It occurred to me while I was making the myriad phone calls that allowed me to open the can of whoopass on the Idiot!Landlord, that I might be opening a huge-ass can of worms that I may well be unable to close.

For one, it means that I'll have to get this place clean in double-quick time, as mine is the only name and phone number the municipal inspector will have when he comes by to do his inspection.

This means that he'll want to see the inside of my place, and as a tenant it's my responsibility to keep the place in good shape. Now, I haven't damaged the place, but it's not exactly tidy either. Also, the cats don't help.

It occurs to me also that the fact that my Idiot!Landlord doesn't have a spare key to the apartment may not play in my favour in all of this. Granted, I can play the "Yeah well I can never get in touch with him anyway" card, but that's unlikely to fly for very long.

In other words, please please please keep your fingers crossed that my well-intentioned actions don't blow up in my face, folks. >_

Comments

[chasingthenuns.livejournal.com]

when you call your landlord and ask him to fix something he should at the very least call you back and then set up a time to come fix it or ask for a spare key. i don't think him not having a spare key should be an excuse.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

It's more a question of his needing to have a spare key in case of emergency (flood, fire, what have you). I don't know if it's his responsibility to make sure he gets one or what have you, but since I'm the one who changed the locks on him, the issue is a bit murky.

See, when I was burgled a bit over two years ago, the burglars broke the lock. He never got around to fixing it, and since I couldn't live with a front door that was wide open to the entire world, I eventually changed the locks myself, but never bothered to give him a spare key.

So I don't know where I stand on this issue.

[chasingthenuns.livejournal.com]

he should have changed the locks right away. that right there shows what a shit ass landlord he is.

[miseri.livejournal.com]

More to the point, it ought to show the building inspector what sort of a landlord this is. The rest of us already know he's ... a little ineffectual.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

*choke*

A little?

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

I think you're in the right on this one. If he never replaced the locks and didn't bother to get the key from you when you did, then that's his damn fault.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

That's my feeling on the matter. The man is a jackass, and I wasn't about to pay to get him a copy of a very expensive key.

Legally, I wonder if it isn't a bit iffy, due to the whole emergency factor (flood, fire, whatever). Is it his responsibility to get a copy from me, or vice versa? I don't know.

[The lock and keys, incidentally, are coming with me when I leave, and he's getting a cheap-ass replacement. I don't care if the new place doesn't want me to use mine, mine will serve in future when I own my own place or something. It's an expensive lock, guaranteed for life.]

[ai731.livejournal.com]

You're completely welcome to use your expensive, guaranteed-for-life lock on the new place if you want to :-)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Oh, keen. :)

You won't regret it. It's a very, very good lock. I also have a spare key for you. Just because my current landlord doesn't have it doesn't mean I don't have one. ;)

[striped.livejournal.com]

Are you actually responsible for keeping the place tidy? Sure, a pigsty won't make you SEEM your best, but isn't the mess you make, legally, your own business? That's what it is in Finland, at least, the land of personal messes.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

No, in Canada, I'm legally responsible for keeping the place reasonably clean. I mean, if there are papers on the floor or whatever, it's not a problem, I don't think, but it has to be sanitary. I don't know what the exact requirements are, mind you. I think my standards of cleanliness are fine, but you never know. :)