Contacting Landlord
Do I have any rights to contact my landlord directly? I have never met him or spoken to him- ever since I moved in I have dealt with the Superintendent directly. The superintendent has not been responding to a lot of issues in my building and I was wondering if he is obligated to give…
Do I have any rights to contact my landlord directly? I have never met him or spoken to him- ever since I moved in I have dealt with the Superintendent directly. The superintendent has not been responding to a lot of issues in my building and I was wondering if he is obligated to give me the Landlord’s contact info if I ask for it.
Thanks in advance, and I would appreciate if any one has any info or tips on how to deal with a negligent superintendent and absent landlord.
By the way — I always find it funny when folks say, “Just pick up and move” or “Get a lawyer, and find yourself a new place! There’s plenty of places to live.” I by funny I mean infuriating.
Let’s say my budget is $1300/mo.
Umm… since I’ve just moved a year or two ago my savings are pretty much crap.. So, do you want to float me the $4000 is costs to move? I need first, last, security, a moving truck… oh, and probably a 10% commission check for the frat boy at the realtor that I had to use to find the place. So, that’s another $1600 or so. So, can you float me $5,600 for my move?
Remember the LL isn’t God, he isn’t your employer, he doesn’t sign your paychecks.
He is a nothing to you.
get his info and call him directly, tough shit on the super.
Of course you can communicate with the LL directly, rather than his agent. Looking at past behavior, though, shows you that he most likely does not want to get involved. You don’t say what the issues are, and whether they are annoyances or lease-breaking breeches.
So, in brief, you have have the “rights”, but it doesn’t mean you should.
You need to define your goals (problems fixed, move out early, other?), figure out if they are achievable (reach out for free help at your Housing Court), and pick the tactic that will most likely succeed. I don’t know the particulars, but I doubt chasing your absentee landlord will do the trick. Your super is probably very secure in his position, which is why he is unresponsive to you. For all you know, he might be the nephew or godson of the owner, or the son of his best friend in grade school.
Of course you can communicate with the LL directly, rather than his agent. Looking at past behavior, though, shows you that he most likely does not want to get involved. You don’t say what the issues are, and whether they are annoyances or lease-breaking breeches.
So, in brief, you have have the “rights”, but it doesn’t mean you should.
You need to define your goals (problems fixed, move out early, other?), figure out if they are achievable (reach out for free help at your Housing Court), and pick the tactic that will most likely succeed. I don’t know the particulars, but I doubt chasing your absentee landlord will do the trick. Your super is probably very secure in his position, which is why he is unresponsive to you. For all you know, he might be the nephew or godson of the owner, or the son of his best friend in grade school.
The landlord has is just the way he wants it, imagine being a LL and not having to deal with tenant complaints and just have to deposit checks every month? Doesn’t sound like much work to me. SIGN ME UP! It’s amazing how many landlords have this approach, they shoose to be a landlord, but don ‘t want to deal with the responsibilities. If there’s management invloved, that’s different, but if you’re dealing with the super directly probably has orders NOT to give you the number. The reality is you’re probably in a absentee landlord situation. Meaning your landlord doesn’t want to do shit. Track him down, acris and streeteasy were mentioned, propertyshark.com is another outlet to get his number. FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS AS A TENANT!! Track him DOWN!!
How did you rent the place? Through an agency? If so, contact them to find the LL.
If these are common area issues and not just your own unit, get the other tenants involved as well.
The super handed me the lease already signed by the landlord. The lease doesn’t have his contact info. The super is a guy who’s hard to deal with- he acts like it’s an annoyance to fix problems in the building and refuses to do so. I give my rent to the super and have complained to him multiple times and reported it to 311. I will have a look at those sites and see what I can find.
Thank you all.
Of course you do… If the contact info is not in the lease, just look up the building in acris or streeteasy to find the landlord’s contact info.
If they don’t know that the super is neglecting their duties, then fine. If they do, hire a lawyer and move out asap. There are a lot of great deals out there these days and no reason to suffer with a t-bag landlord.