I have been in this apartment for six months out of a nine month lease, and September can't come quickly enough! I am damned tired of my crappy landlord.

When I moved into the apartment, it was less than spotless. I don't think that if I were in the business of renting apartments that I would have shown it in that condition. I figured the person before me had just moved out and had stiffed the guy on the rent. I was under the impression that he hadn't had adequate time to prepare the apartment. So fine.

That was my first mistake. I should have never NEVER rented the apartment if it wasn't in satisfactory condition upon taking possession of it. I did however extensively document the problems with apartment. I've taken loads of pictures and such.

At any rate, I understand that people get busy, but I've asked him to fix the cracked window in the front of the apartment FIVE different times. Nothing. He keeps talking like he'll do it, but then does nothing. In addition the ceiling fan quit during the peak of summer and he had the nerve to tell me... "It's kinda like a used car. That's your problem.

I offered to make MATERIAL improvements to his property, and he declined. I know this is quite stereotypical, but who better than a gay man to redecorate and such. I've got good taste, and by the time I was done with the place he could increase the rent at least 50% for the next tenant. Not so much. Not only did he tell me that I would receive ZERO compensation for making repairs and improvements to HIS property, he also said that if I changed fixtures and such that it would STAY WITH THE APARTMENT. Over my dead body buddy. If you think that I'm going to make your place LIVABLE and then just let it all go for free you're out of your rabbit ass mind!

The deadbolt hasn't worked since the day I got the apartment. The smoke detector doesn't work. The interior doors have holes the circumfrence of fingers in them. The bathroom is HORRIBLE. Not only is it small, but it's just nasty. The toilet must have been installed in 1884 or something. The tub is cracked and he sealed it with laminate board and caulking. And not even white or a close color. RED. RED Caulking! Whose ever seen red caulking?

The wall in the living room is covered in this same laminate particle board ****. I've covered it with panels of fabric because he won't allow me to paint.

Honest to God, I've never had such a terrible experience. I want to vomit.

What can/should I do other than move (which is going to happen regardless).

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Crap on the carpet for the last week of shelter...

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Nah, Karma deals with these things. Fight the battles you can't wait on Karma for. The landlord will have an unfortunate accident sometime. And he won't know why. But we do.

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Sounds like your landlord is a jerk. I would welcome any improvements made by my tenants as long as they're not too wacky! When my tenants make a complaint I'm on it the same day..I've even shown up at 3:00 AM to fix a leaky sink. I take pride in the service I offer. That said...I've also had tenants from hell,one group of college graduate students trashed one of my places and it cost me $4,000 in repairs and they left me with two months rent still owed.

Thank God for depreciation...

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Honestly Spencer, I want to scream! I live in the desert, and for the most part I love it. That being said our summers are often unbearable. We are talking that adequate cooling is vital to survival. I offered to REPLACE his ceiling fan with one that worked, and install three more (hence improvements) if he could come off the rent a bit that month. He told me to open a window. What a douche!

The apartment is old, and has an old swamp cooler. I'd love to replace that with a refrigerated air unit. But I'm not going to make any improvements to his property if he isn't willing to work with me on it. The way I look at it is this. I would be actively increasing the value of his property, but he has no interest in that. He just drove up in his BMW, collected his check, and drove off.

Slumlord. I wanted to key the **** out of that car. Maybe that's why he doesn't have a physical address to drop off rent. He generally stops by on the third or so and tries to collect. If you're not home he leaves you a tacky note and expects you to call him immediately. Really, this place needs about $5k worth of work done and if he'd let me make improvements a little at a time and give him an expense report with detailed receipts, you'd figure he'd be down with it.

I'm talking about updating, not making it something it will never be. I'm not asking him to pay for shutters if I decided to get them, but replace the carpet and the windows and the fixtures, stuff that is basic and should already been well maintained.

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Looks like we have a deal. Spencer meet Debateman

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Hey DB ever been to Michigan?

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Nope, never. I hear ya'll need heaters up there. Kinda scared of that... lol

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Landlords are better

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Well honestly, I plan to be my own landlord asap. Housing is cheap cheap cheap in Lubbock, where I want to be. So...

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