seems like my neighbors above us are always stomping and rolling around or something. i’d rather avoid confrontation at all costs, so i’m trying to figure out ways we can block the noise a little better without having to say something to them. i’ve seen online about adding dry wall layers to ceilings and walls but we can’t do that in this apartment community. what do you guys do?
my boyfriend, my daughter, and I had just started renting a really nice house that we were super excited about and saved up to get into. When we finally got into the house everything was wrong with it (things we wouldn’t have known until actually living there and using appliances) which eventually led to the ceiling leaking water and flooding the first floor of the home.. the landlord also tried to blame it on us stating that a faucet left running is what caused it, even though it was clear that it was caused by a pipe or plumbing issue.. we never did such a thing. anyways.. we broke the lease, as the house is now condemned by code enforcement, and we found an apartment where the first two months are free and are now moving in, but it just doesn’t feel like a home. how do you guys make your space feel more homey and block out some of the noise from neighbors? the parking situation also sucks really bad and i’m just getting like bummed out about the whole thing.
just need to vent real quick… going to make this as short as possible. my boyfriend, my daughter, and myself moved into a seemingly nice home (renting) on july 1st. however, when we went there on the 1st, the home was not ready. they told us “it’s not safe,come back later”…. we kept trying to get ahold with the woman we had been in contact from the “rental company”, but apparently she didn’t know what was going on either.
there were a few workers there, and the landlords wife who wouldn’t even look at us in the face and held her phone to us while someone translated (she speaks spanish). we were pretty shocked that the home wasn’t ready. they told us to come back around 9. when we came back around 9, a young lady (landlords daughter) informed us the water was off and we could just turn it on tomorrow. seemed to be a red flag because a landlord can’t hand over keys if there is no running water.
when i tried to get water service on the next day the water service informed me the water was completely off, couldn’t simply be transferred into our name, and would take until tuesday of the following week.
so for the first 6 days of our lease, the home lacked running water, which the landlord refused to prorate. as we began moving in, i must have made a dozen maintenance requests, called, texted, emailed about all the things that were not working with the house. things that we wouldn’t have noticed untill moving in (in case anyone who wants to say we should have known. but trust me if we could have gotten out after the first day situation we would have. but we had no money left and no other place to go to save up and buy out of the lease). so anyways no maintenance issue ever got resolved the entire time we were there and the woman we were in contact gave us tremendous push back about our maintenance requests saying things like “the owner has proof the appliance was working properly”… huge red flag. at one point, a “qualified technician” was supposed to come fix our dish washer and it was instead an 18 year old girl who showed up at our door with a flat head screw driver.. i asked if she could fix the dish washer and she said no but she needs to take photos as proof that it’s not working.. an instagram search later confirmed it was the landlords daughter. we never felt safe at this house and it was all very unsettling. i never got myself to unpack much as we just felt the situation was very odd. last saturday, we came home to water leaking from the ceiling and our entire first floor flooded. interestingly enough, it was in the exact same spot that the ceiling appeared to have been patched up previously. the landlord sent his friends over and plumber. i had also called the fire dept before their arrival, who reported it was a busted pipe (i have a copy of this written report). the plumber could not detect exactly where the leak came from, and the landlords friends instructed him to not use a camera to look into the pipes. later on, I get a text from the property management, saying that they determined that the leak was caused by a running faucet that overflowed and the water on the lower level was runoff from the overflow. this is completely false. they then said they will let me know when they’ll start on repairs…… the house was literally left flooded, and with a huge hole in the ceiling with wires sticking out.. my family and i have been displaced since that day… the landlord never made repairs.. no one ever came. after a few days of them not saying anything to us and ignoring the situation, i wrote a letter requesting to be released from the lease and for our security deposit and unused rent for august. they literally messaged back saying they saw our letter (ignored it) and for us to mow the lawn to stay compliant with hoa…. i looked into tenant rights and decided to terminate the lease immediately under florida statute 83.63. the same day i sent the letter terminating the lease, i also got code enforcement to come while we finished packing everything up (took our stuff to a storage unit, as we are now homeless) and he said the house had so many code violations it was one of the worst cases he’d ever seen. he immediately condemned the house which also legally breaks our lease. i also notified the hoa of the situation to avoid them trying out any fees on us. this has been one of the most stressful, worst weeks of our lives. i’m without a doubt going to have to take this landlord to court to get any of our money back. i’m just still in such shock of how horrid this person was that we rented this house from.
let me preface by saying we have had so many unresolved issues at this home we are renting, but have had no money to get out of this lease. after a couple people took showers in the morning on saturday, we left to go to a family party. we were gone for a few hours and come home to the ceiling about to cave in, and leaking tons of water, and the downstairs flooded. let me also say this area of the ceiling had clearly previously been patched up in the exact same area from water damage. we took pictures of that the day we moved in. we called the fire dept to shut off the water and a couple hours later the landlords two friends showed up along with a plumber and another technician. the plumber could not indicate where the water was coming from. he said he checked all the lines and couldn’t fine the issue. he did not confirm any source of water leakage. however, the landlords two friends told the plumber to hold off on using a camera to look into the pipes. i later receive a text message from the property manager blatantly saying they have confirmed from the inspection that water leak was caused by “run off due to a faucet being left on upstairs”. clearly they are trying to blame this on us. we never left a faucet on, and if we did, the bathrooms would be flooded and overflowing upstairs, and they were dry. except for the closet in the master bedroom which is close by to a toilet, and was pooled up with water, contained only in the closet. the landlord has not even started repairs or drying out the house. our belongings are still sitting in water (the ones too heavy to move), and the landlords property manager is ignoring all messages and inquiries as to where we are supposed to go/what we are supposed to do/how to compensate for this, as the house is now uninhabitable and of course now has a huge risk for mold. this is a pattern with them that they ignore us and resolve nothing, but this time it is dyer as we have nowhere to go, and see that they are trying to blame this on us. if anyone has any advice to offer, it would be so appreciated. my daughter starts school tomorrow and we are staying in a hotel, but will quickly be out of money.
let me preface by saying we have had so many unresolved issues at this home we are renting, but have had no money to get out of this lease. after a couple people took showers in the morning on saturday, we left to go to a family party. we were gone for a few hours and come home to the ceiling about to cave in, and leaking tons of water, and the downstairs flooded. let me also say this area of the ceiling had clearly previously been patched up in the exact same area from water damage. we took pictures of that the day we moved in. we called the fire dept to shut off the water and a couple hours later the landlords two friends showed up along with a plumber and another technician. the plumber could not indicate where the water was coming from. he said he checked all the lines and couldn’t fine the issue. he did not confirm any source of water leakage. however, the landlords two friends told the plumber to hold off on using a camera to look into the pipes. i later receive a text message from the property manager blatantly saying they have confirmed from the inspection that water leak was caused by “run off due to a faucet being left on upstairs”. clearly they are trying to blame this on us. we never left a faucet on, and if we did, the bathrooms would be flooded and overflowing upstairs, and they were dry. except for the closet in the master bedroom which is close by to a toilet, and was pooled up with water, contained only in the closet. the landlord has not even started repairs or drying out the house. our belongings are still sitting in water (the ones too heavy to move), and the landlords property manager is ignoring all messages and inquiries as to where we are supposed to go/what we are supposed to do/how to compensate for this, as the house is now uninhabitable and of course now has a huge risk for mold. this is a pattern with them that they ignore us and resolve nothing, but this time it is dyer as we have nowhere to go, and see that they are trying to blame this on us. if anyone has any advice to offer, it would be so appreciated. my daughter starts school tomorrow and we are staying in a hotel, but will quickly be out of money.
he’s male im female, both in our 30s. we were leaving from going out to dinner and he was handling directions. he said it’s going to be a left at “the street name”, but i couldn’t see what the next street name was so i said “this one”? and he repeated the street name and was annoyed. i said “yes i heard the street name, but i can’t see that far, so is it this left turn”? and he again repeated the street name and did not say whether it what the next turn. and he said “u have ur glasses on, u should be able to see” even though we were a good distance from
the street sign. i got really annoyed and asked why the hell he couldn’t have just said yes or no, like why be extra about it. he kept insisting i should have been able to see it and that i always needs gps for everything. bottom line is that i couldn’t fucking see it. I just feel like it was a dick move for him to just not be able to say yes or no that it was the next turn.… So I pretty much lost my shit.. i asked him why he can never just give me a straight answer and why he always has to be mean and sarcastic… especially when he’s got the gps in his hand and i’m trying to drive us home. i just left the house. and now im sitting somewhere alone in my car. am i overreacting? yeah probably. but i’m just sick of the uncalled for sarcastic answers and not just ever receiving a direct fucking answer.
my credit score was a 730 because I owe on my CareCredit account, two credit cards, and then also have a derogatory mark on my credit. I was able to pay the derogatory mark in full and have it completely removed off of my credit score report, and I also paid off a good chunk of my credit cards that I owed… Can someone please explain why after this, my credit score has now decreased to 690??? i’m so confused. it was projected that after removing the derogatory mark my credit should have gone up 23 points… None of this makes any sense. I hate credit.
doesn’t have to be like completely girly or anything, just thought I’d add that. Some of my favorite similar to this would be the charmed reboot, insatiable, in the dark, hunting wives. Any suggestions? thank you in advance
one of my least favorites was “girls”.. as it was basically unwatchable
i’m 33f he’s 31m. i had a long day yesterday and came home in the evening. we were watching tv and he made himself a drink (which will come into context later). i decided to go to bed early because i had to be up for work in the morning and it’s been a very long nonstop weekend, so i really needed to catch up on sleep. around 2am my boyfriend comes to our bedroom very loudly trying to tell to me about something he saw on tv and then yells “it’s 7am time to get up!!” i immediately look at my clock and see that it’s only 2am and then say “why are you talking to me right now??” in a kind of annoyed way. he goes “oh now your gonna act like that?? i’m sleeping on the couch!” i went back to sleep. then at 4am he comes back to our room and again begins talking loudly saying it’s too hot in the living room and then goes to the bathroom in our room making all types of weird noises and then gets into bed with me. i don’t know if he was drunk or what was going on, but i feel like the whole thing was very odd and inconsiderate. this morning he was trying to act like nothing happened but i was pretty out of it from lack of sleep, and left without giving him a kiss or really saying much to him. it has been on my mind all morning and it really bothers me. whenever he is trying to sleep i am as quiet as possible. am i overreacting?
my bad guys i didn’t realize i put husband in the title. to clarify, he’s my boyfriend.
I have somewhat of a sunburn so I just wanna use a self tanner to even things out while I go to the waterpark tomorrow, but one that won’t immediately rinse right off.
he’s so fucking miserable to be around. that’s all.
please save the overly sarcastic smart-ass responses. i’m just fucking venting.
literally on every post i see, the comments and responses are full of know-it-all rude people who clearly try very hard to scrape together some clever and smart ass thing to say. they act as though the answer to anyone’s problem is simple and that if it were them in that position, they’d know just what to do and have everything figured out. and the not-funny inside jokes that flood the comment sections are so annoying. sorry just venting but yeah.
loved peaky blinders, it’s one of my favorites, but i can’t get into the house of Guinness. gave the first and second episode a try.. does it get better?
hi, I am in need of a drugstore/cheap eyebrow product that is actually waterproof, as I am going to a waterpark this weekend and don’t plan on being able to reapply makeup lol. my daily go-to is the elf eye brow pencil but the waterproof version doesn’t work well for me.
some of my faves are the charmed reboot, breaking bad, peaky blinders, weeds, insatiable (because it’s girly and funny), lost, vikings, stranger things, and game of thrones. something whimsical, dark, and kind of funny? lol idk. open to suggestions pretty please.