Re: Letter to Landlord alonewith2: My mother is a landlord and rents out 7 houses/apartments. One thing she has done in the past is she worked with the tenants on "projects" that they wanted, but she could not find the time to do them. She would allow them to do the work on their own, save receipts and what not, and then she would "refund" them by knocking the rent down for that month etc.....maybe your landlord is having time issues with doing the work and it might be worked out if you did this work yourself under the type of arrangement I just stated. In any case, I think your letter was great. You were not putting the landlord down or being confrontational you were just stating your opinion based on what has happened.
Re: Letter to Landlord AloneandCold: LoL yes, sorry its slang I guess. Stickers as in prickly yard thorns. Rams heads, things like that. There is not only no grass but its a huge yard completly full of cheat grass and thorns.
Letter to Landlord AloneandCold: SO having issues with my new landlord going back on what she said when we rented the house. I brought it up, nicely, to her last month and again on the first and she sent me a huge letter on how it wasn't on the lease, ect.. Here is my response letter I need help to make sure it doesn't sound too confrontational.
Sarah,
I didn’t realize there was tension between us. I was simply trying to clarify about the yard as I have young children who cannot play in stickers. It wasn’t anything personal and I am sorry you felt like there was tension. I understand that for you this is about making money, but for me it has to do with where I live. When you did not get back to me within the week at the beginning of this month I had already filed the issue as something I could do nothing about. I have to say I am slightly bewildered. Every time I talk to you this whole yard thing gets pushed back. When we looked at the house you did indeed say we would try to have the yard in by the end of summer. I am sorry you do not think you said that but it is what you said. I talked to you about it two more times before you told me because your boyfriend was going out of town for school it might be September. The next time I talked to you, you were telling me you said spring, and now I get this letter that says there would perhaps be a yard later? I cannot vouch for what you said to other possible tenants as I was not there, apparently in our case we miscommunicated. Now you are telling me that even if you did say that it is not a guarantee or a stipulation on the lease and you are faulting me for not making you put it down on paper? I had no other questions because you had very clearly told us when there would be at least an attempt to put a yard in. I guess I am slightly shocked that you are faulting me for just taking you at your word. I realize I did indeed rent your house. I am not sure where this whole statement came from as I have been paying my rent and have not said anything to you about moving. I don’t know where you would get the idea I do not plan on following through with my lease. Yes we were excited to move in but we also believe in good faith that there would be a yard in the sort of near future. How this got spun up into this letter I have no idea. The last time I talked to you was way back on the 1st and as far as I knew I simply told you my point of view about the situation and what I thought was going on. You said you would figure out what you were going to do and get back to me within the week. I have heard nothing from you until today when I got this letter. I realized when I talked to you on the first that you did not plan to put the yard in any time soon and I also knew I would just have to live with stickers. This whole letter just seems seriously unnecessary and I am slightly put out as it seems you are implying I am making things up hoping you will just be a pushover. As you made sure to tell me a couple times what you said to us does not count because it was not in the lease it makes me feel like any time you tell me something I have to make you write it down and sign it. I know now not to expect a yard which is fine. I would like you to know that we will probably move out sometime soon after our lease is up as the whole reason for renting a house in the first place was so my children could have a yard to play in. It is nothing personal so please do not take it as such, I simply need to look out for my interests just as you are. We seem to have began with a huge misunderstand and for that I am sorry. Thank you for letting me know about you being out of town and I will leave a money order in your mailbox.
me
Re: Letter to Landlord AfterMath: Hi Bug,
To me, your letter does not come across as confrontation at all. Just honest & straightforward. What's up with yard? You mentioned stickers - are these lthe same as briars (super sharp horn stuuded vines)?
Re: Letter to Landlord Shanna: My mother also has rental properties and she allows tennants to handle problems like these on their own and she pays them or knocks money off the next months rent....maybe there is a solution????
The letter is good....
