Battling the Land Lord over the thermostat in the Summer ?

[MAJOR METAL]

Please feel free to share your experiences of conflict between you and your Land Lord over the thermostat in the Summer. My Land Lord does not speak much English so I am having a hard time getting my point across about the need to keep the air on at night. It is almost 30 degrees Fahrenheit warmer up on the floor I am living on compared to the first floor where he stays at night. I havent been able to get a solid nights sleep in days and I think I am getting close to raising my voice over the issue not that it would help since he cant speak English.

[Lesfunk]

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[jmattbassplaya]

I'm just curious how the hell you land a gig as a landlord when you can't even speak English

[i_got_a_mohawk]

I don't have a live in landlord. Just have the place to myself. So full control over heating (we really dont need cooling over here . . .)

[kesslari]

Find someone who speaks his language, and English, fluently.
Or try Babelfish to get your point across.
Good luck.

I'm just curious how the hell you land a gig as a landlord when you can't even speak English

You buy property and rent some of it out. Not very difficult, really.

[hover]

I take it there is central air? The landlord could multi-zone the system and charge for the expense, long term, over a renegotiation of your lease. It's not your right though, unless it's a provision of your rental agreement. If it IS, then use it as leverage to break your lease and move if he / she doesn't comply.

Or, close the door to your bedroom and get a 100 dollar 2000 btu window a.c. unit for nights. Run it on med-low, be happy.

[MAJOR METAL]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

I'm just curious how the hell you land a gig as a landlord when you can't even speak English

He owns the house.

[hover]

In fact, it would be in his best interest to multi-zone and multi meter the system and pass that bill onto the tenants. My Sister is a landlord, and I cannot tell you the constant hell she faced year round with idiot tenants leaving windows open with the (then) single zone oil heater CRANKING (to the tune of 10 grand in oil 3 winters ago, for a 4 unit dwelling, with new insulation and windows). Same with the central air

"Oh, but we left the windows open because we were smoking (even though smoking was prohibited on the lease)" or the ever popular "we were hot".

Idiots.

[hbarcat]

This is sorta on topic.

My band rented a practice place which was really a diner which had gone out of business and was emptied of all furniture and appliances. Perfect for a band. We paid rent and all utilities. Since it was winter we had the thermostat set on 64 F and we practiced/played there about 3 times a week.

After the first month we noticed that sometimes when we arrived, the thermostat would be turned down to 50 F.

We asked the landlord about it and he told us that since we weren't in there every day he was turning it down to save money on fuel. We told him

- our lease allowed us to be in there at any time, any day.
- our instruments don't stay in tune when they are changing temperature while we play them.
- it's bad for musical instruments to be alternately chilled and heated multiple times per week.
- we're paying for the heat!

He seemed to reluctantly agree to leave the thermostat alone but after another month he started turning it down again. So again we spoke to him about it and again he reluctantly agreed to leave it alone. Over the next month he went in and turned our heat down at least twice a week.

We just moved our stuff out and stiffed him on the last month's rent (it was the same amount as our security deposit) and told him if he tried to enforce the lease for the rest of the year he would see us in small claims court.

[hover]

Not to mention he had no right to enter the dwelling in the first place.

[duff beer]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

I'm just curious how the hell you land a gig as a landlord when you can't even speak English

Are you serious??

[MatticusMania]

My inlaws our my landlord, and my wife does everything in her power to keep them from coming over. I try not to use the a/c much, as it racks up our power bill, but this last week since coming home from Maui its been unbearable, so we've been using it sparingly. Mostly at night, to keep the house cool enough to be able to sleep.

[MJ5150]

Set it to what you want, then break the knobs off.

-Mike

[jmattbassplaya]

Originally Posted by duff beer

Are you serious??

No. Not at all.