Heat

[rachelmanija]

It just went out again, after being on for all of four days. It's pouring rain right now, and this is colder than I can ever remember it getting in LA.

Also, my rent was raised the day the heater was fixed.

ETA: The heat's back on. The heat guys (who I swear are related to the landlord) informed me that when I open the front door, it blows out the pilot light. I informed them that I couldn't not open my front door, and that if I had to call them every day to turn my heat back on, I would. We seem to be at an impasse.

ETA: Hey, the sun just started shining!

Comments

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

Please collect a bit of your landlord's hair and FedEx it to me. I want to make a doll and stick it full of long sharp pins. Grrr.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, he doesn't have any.

[faithhopetricks.livejournal.com]

A little tiny piece of fabric (like a shirt sleeve) might do as well....

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Well, duh. Now you're paying for an apartment with heat. ;)

[rilina.livejournal.com]

I don't know what the rental laws are like in LA, but here in Boston there's a law that 1) emergency repairs need to be made within 24 hours and 2) a landlord can't raise your rent in retaliation if you've just reported him to the housing authority. It might be worth looking into what rights you have as a tenant.

I got out of a bad rental situation this spring, where my landlord took well over a month to repair a leaky roof during a rainy spring. Now I look at my ceiling every time it rains and am very thankful for being dry.

*spork spork spork make the heat come on*

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

*stands there with an umbrella over the house?*

D'oh. Virtual actions are not helpful here. :-( I hope you light a fire under your landlord's rear. Um, figuratively. Probably.

[branna.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't have to put up with this anymore---I agree about finding
a lawyer and checking your rights as a renter. I think they've violated them about six ways from Sunday by now, and my guess is that they owe you. As far as finding a new place that wouldn't be a huge hassle to move to, the # for the manager's/rental office at my complex is (310)479-2120. You can tell them I recommended you if you like :) I seem to remember they had places available a few weeks ago when I was in to talk to them about my malfunctioning dishwasher, and might still. The place is gated, and the management is sane and does repairs promptly.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Do you get sunlight during the day, and do they allow cats?

[branna.livejournal.com]

http://www.rent.com/apartments/california/los-angeles-and-vicinity/los-angeles/westwood/472567/

They do say they allow cats. No dogs, but cats are fine.

My apartment gets a lot of morning light, not as much late afternoon light. Judging by what I've seen of the complex, it will depend a little bit on where the place is in the complex how much light you get, so you'd have to view the places you were considering.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

I think moving into branna's complex is a grand idea. Maybe she can even introduce you to eligible physicists (with hot bods who like anime) (OK, stop laughing).

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Hey, branna is a physicist with a hot bod who likes anime, so a male counterpart is perfectly plausible.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Good point. I suspect physicists are more likely to be in decent shape than programmers, who I see most often. My father, who is a physicist, told me once when I was a girl that I should avoid dating physicists, however, since they tend to be weird. These days I would consider that a good thing.

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

... no, you can't not open the front door. Move out, and then tell the landlord that you found a new tenant for the place: the repair guy, who will be standing in the living room from now on.

[gwyneira.livejournal.com]

Landlords suck (I think I've only ever had one decent one), but yours sounds a lot worse than most.

I wish I magically could send you our nice, competent repairman, who promptly came and fixed our dead furnace yesterday (which apparently couldn't deal with our first below-freezing night). In lieu of that, I'll cross my fingers that both the heat and the sun stick around!