Just wondering if normal/okay for land lord who are staying with you to just do something without informing you on the costs.
“A” ever got locked out of room because she forgot to bring out her keys. She suggested to her landlord that she will look for a lock smith and that she will make the payment for this instead.
However, her landlord didn’t care and just hammered her doorknob out and said he will settle it the next day.
“A” mentioned to her landlord not to worry and she can settle this by herself with him in the house when the locksmith is here so it’s more assuring for him since it’s his flat.
Her landlord said no to it as he claimed that he does this since he’s doing a reno company.
“A” asked for the cost and he said he will send her an “invoice” after that which turned out to be a message from his personal number on WhatsApp.
“A” waited till the evening for his employees(s) to head down to fix it since she doesn’t likes strangers in her room with her belongings unattended.
Her landlord then texted her unless than an hour immediately stating that he’s fixed and she has to pay him $150.
When “A” questioned on the price because he refused to tell her until the job is being done. She told him that it was out of the budget range she thought a locksmith would charge.
He just insisted that he’s a businessman so no choice. In the end, she just paid him the amount to avoid any conflict.
In addition, her landlord(a couple) were only nicer when it’s nearing the end of the 1 year contract so they could both agree to renew it. They typically don’t acknowledge her presence which I guess is quite normal since they all just mind their own business.
However, one month into the renewal of the contract, they became a complete asshole to “A” by picking on her unnecessarily and disrespecting despite doing everything the same way over the past 1 year.
They even played the race card, “my house, my rules” and “I’m a boss, I have 30+ people working under me and I earn millions of dollars. It takes a lot for people to reach this level” kinda stuff even though “A” didn’t even get to talk when they were harassing her when she’s otw out to do her stuff and asked if it’s possible to talk after she’s done settling her stuff.
Funny thing is, even a delivery person who was doing his job said that he didn’t like the attitude of the landlord when he was just trying to make sure her item was delivered safely.
He told the delivery person to just leave it outside his flat which eventually got left till late night unattended. The same delivery person who sent another parcel before this incident said that the landlord took into the house the parcel at first but when “A” got back, the item was left unattended outside.
Just knowing this left me thinking like why do such people exists? It’s okay for people to have some agreements on how certain things gotta be like so everyone can be at peace but is this fella just being an insecure and egoistic person who just likes to make the life of others difficult?
I didn’t know it can be such a hassle for people to be as a landlord/tenant despite following the rules and being polite. I guess the landlord is going to find trouble with “A” after she moves out according to the agreement in their contract when it’s time.
Would she need to pay for anything if he “claims” that she damaged or stained any thing like the wall/floor even if she didn’t do it? And her contract doesn’t has such a clause?