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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 264766" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Actually, Jen, you're looking at it backwards. IF the apt is illegal and since she never disclosed to you that you would covering the costs of their heating and hot water, and it is very likely that the apt is not properly coded to that property...you have all the power. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">You have no lease and therefore, can leave any time you like. Or, you can refuse to pay your rent until she rectifies the heat/hot water situation to your satisfaction and she can't even kick you out. It costs A LOT of money for a homeowner to have their tenants evicted and it takes a very long time. The law, believe it or not, very often sides with the tenant over the landlord in cases like these. I know all towns have illegal apts, but there are pockets of LI where this is just a rampant problem. Is your landlady's name Lovelace by any chance? hahaha, can you tell I have experience with a LI landlady from he//?? </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Get something in writing that says you're paying for the other tenants heat/hot water. Then make a call to your town's/county's building inspector's office and find out if that apt is legal. Again, document everything. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">In the meantime, start looking for a new place. Better to uproot difficult child now than after a harrowing few months with you and the landlord in a mess and you all stressed out. Nip it in the bud, as they say. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Hugs - this is just not something you need right now. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 264766, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Actually, Jen, you're looking at it backwards. IF the apt is illegal and since she never disclosed to you that you would covering the costs of their heating and hot water, and it is very likely that the apt is not properly coded to that property...you have all the power. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]You have no lease and therefore, can leave any time you like. Or, you can refuse to pay your rent until she rectifies the heat/hot water situation to your satisfaction and she can't even kick you out. It costs A LOT of money for a homeowner to have their tenants evicted and it takes a very long time. The law, believe it or not, very often sides with the tenant over the landlord in cases like these. I know all towns have illegal apts, but there are pockets of LI where this is just a rampant problem. Is your landlady's name Lovelace by any chance? hahaha, can you tell I have experience with a LI landlady from he//?? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Get something in writing that says you're paying for the other tenants heat/hot water. Then make a call to your town's/county's building inspector's office and find out if that apt is legal. Again, document everything. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]In the meantime, start looking for a new place. Better to uproot difficult child now than after a harrowing few months with you and the landlord in a mess and you all stressed out. Nip it in the bud, as they say. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Hugs - this is just not something you need right now. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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