My landlord is way out of line and l need help

Everytime he approaches you, get your cell phone out and start recording. If he doesn't get the message, remedy the problem in small claims court as others have suggested. Well documented video presentations are usually very convincing.

But that's what this website promotes: Nonesense. Otherwise, the thread would've been deleted long before page two. If you want thoughtful discourse on meaningful topics, you won't find it here.

Maybe you could turn the TV volume down? Buy headphones. Your landlord asking you to quiet down late at night is not abnormal.

I know all the privileged cucks on LetsRun think this is a troll. And it very well may be. The reality is this DOES happen. Outside of the affluent, racist bubble of LRC some people don't have expendable income. Some people DO rent. There ARE sh!++y landlords.

As someone who was looking for temporary housing a few months ago, the OP's story is very realistic. There are people who own homes who try to operate them as a business, but have no business sense. Heck, they barely have ethics. Many of the landlords are running scams and rackets. Some of the requests were down right bizarre and very similar to OP. I spoke to one lady and some of her rules included: no coming in late, no guests. ever. She even specified even if you had a child visiting, they had to visit somewhere else. I checked out one unit. Looked fine enough in pictures. Upon close inspection, it was actually one of those corrugated metal sheds. No floor! "It's being installed."

There are bad people out there talking advantage of those trying to make it through rough patches. You guys can have fun in your castles, but there are serfs actually struggling.

You’re right. A dem wouldn’t be able to afford the house to rent out in the first place.

Sounds like you're kinda on the loud side and they may be sensitive sound. Bad combo. Can you watch TV at night with earbuds in? Maybe pretend your a ninja-in-training when closing doors late at night?

I'm really sensitive to sound so I can at least sympathize w/your landlord, but at the same time I wouldn't have the nerve to tell someone to stfu that is doing totally normal things like you are.

"Hi _______, lets meet to discuss issues you have with my tenancy and my rights as a tenant and reach mutually agreeable rules that work for everyone." At the meeting ask him what his major issues are. When he says something like "you have people over" say "why is this an issue?" get down to the core issues, likely he will eventually say "noise" and "potential to damage the property" or something like that. Then when he lists his things, address how this can be solved in a way that won't bother him. Then say something like my tenant rights allow me to have company over at any time, as long as they are not living on the premises, and not making excessive noise during quiet hours. You might agree to the following

Sound proofing the appartment. You can buy noise cancelling curtains, agree to not have any windows open at night while watching tv, etc. You could even go as far as buying head phones, or moving your bed closer to the TV so you can watch at a lower volume. You can agree to rules about guests as well, such as specifying how guests are supposed to use the entryway.

Then you can say, in exchange for the above, I need you to agree not to ever turn off my electricity, not bother my guests, etc.

As for the pool, if access to the pool is not in your lease, then you are out of luck there. It sounds like your place is rediculously cheap (eventhough you have to put up with a lot) so complaining about the pool is probably not wise.

Eventually you might be able to get appropriate agencies involved but that is a long drawn out process which may not be worth it. It might be best to compromise. At the end of the meeting write up a document on the spot and get them to sign it. Then whenever either of you break the rules you can point to the document and say we both agreed on this...

Your landlord is out of line for sure, but I think you need to try to resolve this more amecably. Have you asked your landlord if he'd be willing to better sound proof your flat. If the noise is causing issues, its best to just figure out a way for there not to be noise. If he can hear your TV from inside his house many yards away from your detached building, something is wrong. This just isn't normal for a person playing a TV at a reasonable volume if you don't share a wall and the windows to both houses are shut. Better sound proofing sounds like it is in everyone's best interest.

You mention how cheap your flat is compared to market rate. You get what you pay for. While he shouldn't be cutting off your electricity or harrassing your guests, you can't expect to have a dream lanlord with your own seperate building and pool access for the price of some terrible studio.

you can swallow the money and just move out. Or stay and swallow your pride. That's it

First of all is the property even sanctioned to have rentals

If not he can't do anything about enforcing the lease

Even if it is it's really hard to enforce Leases in small claims court it's just a civil thing and the chances of him actually collecting are small and time-consuming

Also you can just stop paying rent it'll take him 90 days to evict you and he can't really do anything about it

Just start looking for another place and stop paying rent and don't even worry about the lease

Basically you're just being a big baby and allowing him to do all this stuff while not realizing he has no power at all

If I was you I would stop paying any rent and just ride out however much money you gave him in security

If you gave him one month I would just ride that out and let him know you have no money and you will be out as soon as the money you paid him runs out

Find a new place... He can't do squat about enforcing the lease

All the posters saying that he has power or just sheep and have no understanding of the law. All the laws are much more renter friendly than landlord friendly

You could claim hardship and literally stay there when free for several months

It will take him 90 days to legally evict you... With covid they were even some extensions where landlords couldn't evict tenants at all.. not sure if those are still in place

Anyway you have all the power stop being a big loser and start living like a king

What state are you in?

Anyway it's disappointing because all the posters are basically sheep that don't understand the law

Find out if the property is zoned to have rentals if not he could face a big fine for renting... But regardless you have all the power and could sue him for damages...

I'd be documenting everytime he did something illegal, specifically, when he shut the electricity off. After I was ready to move out, I'd file a lawsuit that says you were forced to move because of him doing this

Listen Kato, you need to buck up. Do an internet search for a local free legal advice help. They can give you a much better plan of action to take. Follow their advice and build a case against your landlord. Then file a lawsuit if need be.

On the other hand, this could just be a three page troll.

Spot on. Whether the OP is a troll or not, there are indeed numerous landlords in the real world who make unreasonable, out-of-line, and illegal demands of their tenants.

After moving away from the family as a young adult, one of the first places my younger brother lived in was an apartment in a 2-family private home. His landlady, an old Serbian woman, lived in the unit below his and as soon as he moved in she began issuing an escalating series of rules as to what he couldn't do, most of them centered around the "noise" and "racket" he was allegedly making, even though he was doing no such thing. She forbade him to wear shoes in the house, both to avoid wear and tear on the floors and also to not make additional noise. She decreed that he couldn't walk around barefoot but had to wear socks (I am not making this up) as this would do a better job of "padding the noise." If he made the slightest sound whatsoever, such as using cutlery to eat a meal, she'd start banging on her ceiling -my brother's floor- with a broom handle, and she also forbade him from taking showers outside of certain hours, as the sound of water in the pipes would disturb her. As did his TV and radio, no matter how low he kept the volume. She was constantly knocking on his door to demand that he "keep it down," gave him a curfew outside of which he was supposedly not allowed to come home to his own apartment, told him what time she expected him to be in bed by, and there were numerous instances she used her key to enter his apartment while he was at work and snoop around. She also complained about the "noise" he made while washing dishes.

My brother found another place and left this hellhole after 3 months, and the landlady never went after him legally for breaking the lease.

Yep, if you find a deal on an apartment - there is a reason its below market rate. Very rarely is that reason because the landlord likes to help people out - if that were the case, it would be constantly rented and you would not find it. Get a studio apartment with a property management company/apartment complex over a room in someone's house. The room in someone's house is just asking for trouble.