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synapticjava ([personal profile] synapticjava) wrote2007-11-12 07:58 pm

My lesson? Read things before you sign them.

Just found my lease again, hoping to find a loophole somewhere to take my sleazelord to court over. No such luck. I assumed (which typically only makes an ass out of me) that, since renting, the appliances would be covered. Not only are they not covered, I can't even get rid of them when they are irrepairable. My lease states:
Any appliances including but not limited to refrigerators, stoves, ranges....will not be guaranteed and the landlord does not warranty any of these items. However if these items are in the residence/apartment at time of move in they are free to use but are property of Giordano Management Group LLC.

In laymen's terms: bend over while i assrape you. So um...mini fridge, eh?

There is a plus to this, though. Sure, I'm out $70 getting the guy to try and fix it. But I don't have to haul it away, pay to have it hauled away, or try and manuever it down my tretcherous stairs. And, with a little artistic inspiration, I might be able to use it as a table. you know, lay it on it's side, throw a sheet of plywood and a table cloth over it, bam, I have a kitchen table. Not to mention, if I do get a wee little fridget, in my next place I'll already have half a bar. Which, really, any self-respecting bachelor *should* have.

See...look at me being mr. positive. And, until I can scrounge up the dough to bake myself that wee little fridget, Cari already said I could use hers from college. So I could, in theory, be cooling my shit by Thanksgiving.

[identity profile] doingsoso.livejournal.com 2007-11-13 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Mannnn, they just had refrigerators on sale at Big Lots a couple of weeks ago, for 299.99. I think it was refrigerators.

And make the landlord come get his freakin property if it belongs to him. At least if you buy your own you can take it with you when you leave. But make sure you keep your reciepts for anything like that you buy.

I'd also check your state laws on renting. Those leases are not always legal, the arses just try to bully you into thinking they are. You ought to be able to check the laws online.