Landlord rant
- feel free to skip.
So when we applied for this house in October we were told (verbally
he seemed like such a sweet man) we could have chickens, dogs, cats, goats, sheep and bees.
When we wanted to order chickens in February and asked about using some building materials that have been sitting in the barn for (obviously) quite some time our landlord said "will talk chickens when up to fix ceiling" which was leaking in December and still has not been fixed. He never came.
Last month I let him know I would like a gate or chain across the driveway and he said he would come that weekend and put a chain and sign up. We were gone for only an hour that entire weekend and during that time I guess he came, because there was a huge pit dug in the garden, but that's it. Nothing else and no communication.
A list of other things he has told us he would take care of that have not been dealt with: New windows, filter for the water, fences, fix ceiling, water heater, lawn planted... he also took over a week to answer me when I asked for a copy of the lease.
I just sent him a message (his preferred form of communication) letting him know we had gotten an estimate for the bee removal, wanted to have the well water tested because one of our chickens had a possible ecoli infection, and the hot water heater was still not working well (SIX MONTHS LATER) and his response was "Chickens? Wait on the other issues. I will be there sat"
Yeah, chickens! You know, the animals we talked to you about months ago and you never replied to us about? The animals you told us we could have before we applied? The animals that are living in the coop you obviously would have seen when you came and dug a giant pit in the garden? What. the. heck.
