Tenants Annoyed by Access
Ok, our tenants are annoyed by the need for us to access the yard through their apartment. I understand that it’s inconvenient, but I have given a heads up and I have cleaned the apartment after each delivery of pebbles, cement, etc. it’s been two non consecutive days of about 3 hours each and now…
Ok, our tenants are annoyed by the need for us to access the yard through their apartment. I understand that it’s inconvenient, but I have given a heads up and I have cleaned the apartment after each delivery of pebbles, cement, etc. it’s been two non consecutive days of about 3 hours each and now today we need about 3 hours (probably the last) I have tried to be understanding and helpful, allowed them to hang out in our place, watched their kid during the time and bought them dinner. Now, today she doesn’t want to allow access and finally agreed to one hour. What is reasonable here? have I not been nice enough?
By the way, when we rented them the apartment they were not home during the day,and they have access to the garden so they will reap the benefits of the work being done.
Thanks for any advice or recommendations!
my sympathies ana.
Wait a darn second. How can you limit there access to the garden to 1 1/2 hour per day? Is that part of there lease- having limited garden access. If not, they have every right to fight you on that.
Further, I work from home and I know I wouldn’t want my landlord and workers disturbing me for 3 hours tramping through my apt. Especially when there is another way to access the garden-albeit an inconvenient one
I lived in a garden of a brownstone with a crazy ass landlord. I can’t stand dumbasses like this who think their old ass house is worth putting up with when they can’t afford to live alone. People have a choice where they spend their money honey…if your piece of crap was that hot it wouldn’t need fixin’.
And your Indian food reference was corny too. Stay upstairs and eat grits…that’s the only food I can think of that has no smell.
DIBS…I have wheat grass in my window:).
cillmylandlord is just pissed off that she lives in a condo and has no yard and these “renter” get access to a yard. 🙂
OP, if handled politely and given notice (which I’m sure is the case) you’re being reasonable. It’s a house. Has a garden. @#$% happens.
Alternative of having the delivery guys climb up and down stairs with 50 pound bags of stone not really an alternative.
Comments about financial viability of renting seem a little . . . presumptuous would be the polite word.
You sound like a great person. I’m sure they’ll be happy to go pay rent in new construction and let you struggle with your mortgage in your rickety old ass house.
B Chicken…it’s not through their apartment. it’s through the common area hallway on the garden level. it’s none of the tenants business what goes on in the hallway for something like this.
anabanana…tell them that the hallway is not part of the apartment and if they were under that impression they are wrong.
Ha! I actually thought of leaving it up on my screen if they came up here.
Thanks everyone, I limited it to 1 1/2 hours today, the rest of the sand and soil goes up the stoop. I am also buying them dinner. I should limit their garden use to 1 1/2 hours a day.
If anyone wants a nice garden apt and a pushover for a landlord, check back here in a year, I’ll be asking them to leave. 😉