I just got off the phone with our landlady, who is in town from Dallas to deal with the downstairs tenants. It was my belief that her “dealing-with” would involve handing them their eviction notice. But she talked to the mother (who claimed to be in the hospital with a broken leg and that was her reason for not being around) this morning, and is now talking about reconciliation and how they have (again) promised to abide by house rules and keep the music down. The mother even claimed that her son’s stereo *broke* and can’t be played loud any more. This is odd because it was loud LAST NIGHT and if she’s in the hospital I’m not sure how she’d know that it broke this morning.
Ok, fuck odd, I don’t believe it for a second. The mother doesn’t even live downstairs any more and I only know she’s around when her welfare cheque arrives.
They’re constantly screaming at each other, playing music ridiculously loud, smoking in the house (which filters up through the vents and stinks up my place), and whenever any kind of money arrives they’re having their friends over for a party.
The landlady is on her way over now to give me a printed 30 day notice for them if they don’t “keep up their end of the bargain” which they already haven’t, for FIVE MONTHS. She’s basically been convinced by the mother downstairs that it’s all a misunderstanding and that from now on things will be better. I haven’t even been keeping track of all the bullshit I’ve put up with in the past month because I was told these assholes were moving out December first.
Did I mention there’s a goddamned shopping cart outside their door? Yes, that’s right, they steal shopping carts to get their groceries home.
Anybody got a house for rent? Looks like I’m scouring Craigslist over the next while. To hell with this house and to hell with the downstairs tenants.
Obtain a copy of the Residential Tenancy Agreement (you’d have to search the provincial gov’t website). You have rights! It helped us one time when our old landlord was attempting to screw around with us (we won). Also, make sure to document all events (time date description etc.) for occasions such as this. Good luck!