Renter's question concerning heat

update, i talked to my landlord and he said he will be by tommorow night as it is unsafe for the emergency switch not to work. yea no kidding :( like i said i am going to be late and do not want to push any buttons here.. i just am still unsettled by this and am very concerned about my dog.

well my landlord fixed my heat. but it's like, i do not know.. he called me four times but i missed his calls because i was in a very important meeting. i came home and there he was complaining about my messy apartment (i would have cleaned if i had known he was coming in!) can he even do this? he just let himself in with no notice, it made me very uncomfortable..

did you two agree on a time for him to come and deal with the switch?maybe that's what he was calling on first.when it comes to a safety issue like that he if not able to contact will go in himself.about the messy apartment.unless your moving soon he shouldn't be concerned.

he did not fix anything and will have to come back! he always "stops by" to fix stuff, but i am normally home and he lets himself in the basement without going through my apartment so i do not mind. this time the outside basement lock was frozen shut. again this is something that was broken since i moved in last april and he still did not fix it today. he is so nosey, i remember when i had a close friend coming over everyday because he was going through family troubles. my nosey landlord kept calling and asking why he isn't on the lease, yet the people upstairs can have parties and never take out the trash.
sorry i guess i need to vent.. i do know NJ has a 24 hour notice law unless it's an emergency, which it really wasn't. but i am kinda over it now.. i was more startled than anything!

I use to manage apartments when I lived in KS. I had to give my tenants 24 hours notice when either myself or my maint. person was coming by. If they were not home, with giving notice, I had the right to enter their apartment. The only time I made mention to a tenants apartment was when it was a safety/health risk or there was something that was majorily damaged. As long as your apartment was not a safety or health risk, it is none of his business and he should not have said anything to you.

I do agree with paul, the phone calls you missed might had been your landloard trying to reach you in regards to coming into your apartment. Hopefully he left you a message. If he had told you that he would be by the next evening, it could be said that you knew he was coming by. Usually things had to be in writing, well that is what I did to protect myself.

Personally, it would seem like it was about time to move if you have a landlord like this. Did he say why he didn't fix anything? Just because you apartment was not cleaned the way he "thought" it should be, he still should have fixed the problem.

thanks my lease is almost up anyway! i was just really annoyed, ya know? but thanks for your insight (by the way it made my side even better that i got the rent paid before it was due!)

Like I said, just because your apartment was messy did not give him an excuse not to fix the problem. Paying the rent ahead of time is always good. With your lease being almost up, if I were you, I would start looking for a new place. JMO though. Good luck.

thanks again :)

more landlord drama.. i told him i would rent another unit for him, it was nicer had a fenced in yard, nicer part of town and i know he never heads out that way.. problem is i no longer have the money because of events that came up over the past week or so.
mind you he has been showing my apartment for the past few days (no lease was signed and i am still here until april!) i am kinda scared to tell him i wish to stay. the truth is i cannot afford it at this point, its $50 more a month and $200 extra up front. i cannot afford to move with a different landlord as i will not get this security deposit back in time to move somewhere else. i am scared he will get so mad at me than he will not renew my lease but he is pretty hard up for money so maybe not.
i just hate conflict and really wish i did not tell him i would move! i know there are some landlords here, any opinions? he is showing the place again at 5:30 today and im trying to catch him before than..

I would just be honest with him, and tell him you changed your mind and would like to stay another year. What's the worst he can say.. No?

your right, i dont know why i was worried, i just had a rough week :)

NP.. we've all been there. :)

i left him a mesage and will keep you posted :)

well he's cool about that, he said never to worry about him lol. i guess he's alright but he's so annoying! lol. i recently got a puppy, she was kinda thrown at me and i have to tell him today :( he doesnt mind dogs though, won't be upset. but i haven't had heat again for over 24 hours and like i said i have a puppy and a dog and it's so cold at night. he said it will "hopefully" be fixed today. hopefully?!?! i am going to talk to him.. i cannot afford to move in april and it's not right! the heater needs to be REPLACED, ya know?

Hopefully??? He needs to get that fixed and keep it fixed. That is his responsibility. He should at least offer you some heaters or something to use until he can get it fixed.