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Because that would be an escalation they would without a doubt retaliate against, and it would be immediate rather than on my terms. I really do mean my landlord is a psycho. We have security cameras in the kitchen and written instructions on pieces of paper taped everywhere. When I first moved in they banged on my bedroom door to rant at me about other people having kitchen appliances they didn't approve and leaving a pan out. "You know what happens when I find something like this left out? It goes in the trash!"
You should definitely get a lawyer well versed in tenant rights. California has some of the most protective tenants rights in the US. From what you are describing I would not be surprised if a judge issues a temporary restraining order against the landlord to stay away from the property until things have been resolved.
Idk where you live but if you are renting the entire unit it should be illegal to put a camera in the kitchen.
It's a house with multiple bedrooms, each of which have a letter taped to it as if the residential house were an apartment complex.
I highly encourage you to get a new place.
it's a fucking wasteland if you need to keep rent under 900 dollars and don't want to put your cats in a pound
If you find some good comrades you can find a house to rent between 3-4 people and get under that for your share. At least I'm my area cause I've been looking
Yeah that's the rub isn't it? I'm extremely atomized.
Kinda funny because some of the people in his house were planning something like that, but bad person.
Judging by your other comments, it's not that you're atomized, it's that you're an anti-social, sanctimonious asshole.
an entire breed of low lifes have this whole vocabulary to describe their hatred of people being moral
Why don't you troll my history and find where I virtue signal? Your time doesn't seem worth much.
So you're renting a room in a house? Who pays for the electricity? Regardless of if you're splitting the electricity amongst the tenants or the landlord is covering the electricity, I'd argue you're the one being inconsiderate as you're increasing the energy use and making others pay for it.
Not sure about the legality of the external shutting of the window though. You should have gotten a copy of the lease you signed and many places require that documentation to include a description of your and your landlords rights. You could start there.
But honestly that sounds like a terrible arrangement and I'd look for a different housing situation if you can.
I'm pretty sure a landlord can not do that legally most places
Just went out after they wrapped up their visit and the fucking psycho threw out all the mail that was sitting in the common area. Including a letter to someone here from the DMV.
If you’re in the us that could be mail tampering or the like. You’re absolutely not supposed to mess with other people’s mail. That’s a federal no no
You need to not live there anymore
I learned to put up with too much. But any kind of retaliation for any of this would probably just get me a 30 day notice to vacate so I'm envisioning it as more of a grenade I drop before I close the door behind me.