Yeti Cave

[eredien]

I am hereby naming my new apartment the Yeti Cave. It is really cold, and the only time I am warm is when I have something fuzzy in my lap.

It is currently 55 degrees inside. It has been been 55 degrees since the first of this month. We paid an exorbitant oil bill this month, and when going over it I kind of held my roommate's feet to the fire (ha) a little bit about the heat. I found out last night from that conversation that my landlord doesn't keep our security deposits in escrow, and won't fix the front porch, and begged with my roommate to give me the landlord's contact info so I could fucking get this fixed, and told him that we should really, really dock the landlord rent for the three days last month and the four days this month that we didn't have heat. :( He knows the part on the oil heater is broken, he's just too much of a lazy ass to fix it. This is pretty miserable.

I will fucking sue if this isn't fixed. I'm tired of paying all my money to live in places that flood weekly every spring, electrocute my roommates, or have no heat during a freak snowstorm, and it's still my job to spend my time and money fixing all that crap. I would rather be in a house where I could just fix it all myself, if I'm going to spend the time and money and energy anyway; I want to be able to paint the walls and fix the flaking ceiling here, but I can't.

Comments

[gallian.livejournal.com]

ummm.... look into the archives of my journal.... winter 2004 or 2005 (can't remember which, I'll dig it up if I have the time.)

I was having issues with my heat/landlord claiming it worked fine, and shrewkate and khava gave very sound advice on the subject.

[khava.livejournal.com]

This one. http://gallian.livejournal.com/51759.html

[eredien]

Thanks!

[khava.livejournal.com]

I am not sure what your situation is, but my first thought upon hearing how reluctant your roommate is to give you the landlord's contact info, is that maybe he wasn't supposed to sublet and you could get kicked out if the landlord finds out you're there.

[eredien]

That was at first my thought, too, but he also says that the other guy who was subletting still has his name on the lease--and it's definitely a two-bedroom apartment, in terms of what's normal around here. It's not like he turned the living room into a bedroom.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

If you want to move to the New Orleans area I got this house in Gretna I'm about to start renting. With functioning AC.

[eredien]

Are you serious? If I had the money I'd move.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I was mostly joking given that it's gonna be going on the market at around $1200 or so. Also trust me you probably really don't want to live in Gretna, it's the tedious burbs on the other side of the river from Nawlins...

[eredien]

Well, thanks for the offer, I guess? Rent here is about that much, split 2 ways, so. But I still can't afford to move anywhere else anytime soon, no matter how much I want to, tedious burbs or anywhere else.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, moving is not cheap unless you're willing to give up all your possessions along the way. o.O