Surprise!
Posted by Ace on March 8th, 2010 filed in letters from AceGot back from my vacation to discover a hand-lettered envelope with my name on it taped to the door with blue painter’s tape. Inside was…
[drum roll]
… a legal notice! I’ve been served! The landlord is kicking me out on April 30th!
Kinda sucks. But thank the Goddess, I’ll finally finally FINALLY get to leave Sealand.
I hope…
March 8th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Actually the landlord called me this morning, somewhat embarrassed, to apologize for leaving a really cold legal notice on my door while I was away. And also to tell me that the lady who lives two doors down has a similar apartment for rent, a little bit bigger than this one, and is looking for a tenant…
March 8th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Eh, moving sucks. Especially when it’s involuntary.
Last time that happened to me was about 10 years ago, owner decided to sell. I decided I wouldn’t rent a place I wouldn’t be interested in making an offer on, if that happened again, and sure enough, it did – so I did, and bought the place.
There’s an interesting “karma” story about that, too. I ended up “interviewing” with a lot of realtors that were showing places for rent. (I guess that’s not uncommon for houses & condos.) One in particular was friendly and helpful, gave me some good advice and took my application. A day or two later, she let me know that they decided to rent to a woman (even though I was “first”) because she was single and worked nearby, and “well, you know how that can be more important to a woman.”
“Hmm,” I thought. “I guess so, but jeez! That’s gotta fall on the far side of some kind of discrimination line.” Some friends of mine thought I ought to sue and/or make a stink. But I decided I’d rather put the energy into actually finding a place to live.
Then, a few days later, I got a call from the same realtor. She had run across a listing for exactly the kind of place I wanted, and was taking the trouble to let me know because “you seemed very nice and I was sorry to tell you the other place was renting to someone else.” Well, it turned out to be everything I was looking for in a home and it’s been mine ever since! I am glad I followed my instincts (and not my friends’ advice), and just rolled with the original rejection.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Eep! Sending you good thoughts on finding a new home to live in.