May I ask for some purrs?

I think I've posted about my apartment situation. To summarize, the
landlord sold the building to a real estate agent who set off my alarm
bells immediately when I met him. He sent me a lease he wanted me to
sign, with the most ridiculous restrictions and punitive fees I have
ever seen in my life. The worst was the pet part: $250 pet fee
(refundable, but I doubt anyone will ever see their money again); $10
added to the rent each month for each pet (yeah, like I can afford both
a rent increase AND $90 to cover my cats); have to pay to get the
apartment defleaed and de-ticked when moving out. There was a whole lot
of other crap in there, but I'm most upset about the pet policy (oh,
yeah -- no pets over 35 lbs., and no pet under two years old!).

I've asked people I know who are landlords or are likely to know
landlords. Gary, my most recent landlord, told me he'd be happy to act
as a referral, and told me he had a friend who owns apartments in the area.

I called him, and he showed me two apartments in the area. Really funny
sidebar: The first apartment was my ex-husband's and my second choice
when we were looking and found this apartment. And the guy that got the
other apartment ended up working the same place ex-DH did AND had lived
in the apartment we took!. I'm still laughing and shaking my head over
that one.

Anyway, the owner is going to take out the washer/dryer hookup from the
first one, and we need that, so it's out. But the other one is fairly
decent, a lot like this one actually, but a bit smaller. More unpainted
wood, though. We're a little concerned about the area it's in; even
though it is pretty much one block over from here if you drew a straight
line, the block is all commercial except for two houses, including this
one. But it is set back aways, and covered with ivy, and it's almost
like it is hidden. So even though it's between a carryout and a bar, DH
and I think we can feel okay there. The neighbor we met had a wind
chime collection (as I do), one being a cat! She says she watches
things carefully, and stays up late, so that made us feel even better.

The apartment is $70 more than we are paying here, but we have not had a
rent raise for years, and there is no way we could find a two-bedroom,
large apartment for what we're paying now. The guy was charging $50
more for this apartment, but Gary talked to him, and he is willing to
come down $50 on the rent (it will be very tight, but I think we can do
it), and only charge us $150 for a deposit, as long as we take it
"as-is" (and there's not much wrong with it).

Problem is, Gary told him we have cats, but not how many. I filled out
the application on-line, and it asked what kind and how many, so I had
to be honest. Plus the app said he charges a refundable one-time pet
fee, too. :-( So I have no idea if he's going to freak out and say "NO
way" or sigh and say "Okay!" Hell, I'm not sure how we are going to
come up with what we need financially to make a move, even. I'm just
praying that we can somehow. And that he's not freaked out about 9 cats!

Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow find
the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move and we are
safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Ginger-lyn
NOT looking forward to sorting through 21 years of accumulation and
having to be absolutely ruthless in throwing things out . . ..

"Ginger-lyn" wrote in message
ink.net...
I think I've posted about my apartment situation. To summarize, the
landlord sold the building to a real estate agent who set off my alarm
bells immediately when I met him. He sent me a lease he wanted me to sign,
with the most ridiculous restrictions and punitive fees I have ever seen in
my life. The worst was the pet part: $250 pet fee (refundable, but I
doubt anyone will ever see their money again); $10 added to the rent each
month for each pet (yeah, like I can afford both a rent increase AND $90 to
cover my cats); have to pay to get the apartment defleaed and de-ticked
when moving out. There was a whole lot of other crap in there, but I'm
most upset about the pet policy (oh, yeah -- no pets over 35 lbs., and no
pet under two years old!).

I've asked people I know who are landlords or are likely to know
landlords. Gary, my most recent landlord, told me he'd be happy to act as
a referral, and told me he had a friend who owns apartments in the area.

I called him, and he showed me two apartments in the area. Really funny
sidebar: The first apartment was my ex-husband's and my second choice
when we were looking and found this apartment. And the guy that got the
other apartment ended up working the same place ex-DH did AND had lived in
the apartment we took!. I'm still laughing and shaking my head over that
one.

Anyway, the owner is going to take out the washer/dryer hookup from the
first one, and we need that, so it's out. But the other one is fairly
decent, a lot like this one actually, but a bit smaller. More unpainted
wood, though. We're a little concerned about the area it's in; even
though it is pretty much one block over from here if you drew a straight
line, the block is all commercial except for two houses, including this
one. But it is set back aways, and covered with ivy, and it's almost like
it is hidden. So even though it's between a carryout and a bar, DH and I
think we can feel okay there. The neighbor we met had a wind chime
collection (as I do), one being a cat! She says she watches things
carefully, and stays up late, so that made us feel even better.

The apartment is $70 more than we are paying here, but we have not had a
rent raise for years, and there is no way we could find a two-bedroom,
large apartment for what we're paying now. The guy was charging $50 more
for this apartment, but Gary talked to him, and he is willing to come down
$50 on the rent (it will be very tight, but I think we can do it), and
only charge us $150 for a deposit, as long as we take it "as-is" (and
there's not much wrong with it).

Problem is, Gary told him we have cats, but not how many. I filled out
the application on-line, and it asked what kind and how many, so I had to
be honest. Plus the app said he charges a refundable one-time pet fee,
too. :-( So I have no idea if he's going to freak out and say "NO way"
or sigh and say "Okay!" Hell, I'm not sure how we are going to come up
with what we need financially to make a move, even. I'm just praying that
we can somehow. And that he's not freaked out about 9 cats!

Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow find
the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move and we are
safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

If he balks at the number or cats, but seems willing to consider, what about
inviting him to see where you are now and that the cats are not causing
damage.

Jo

Ginger-lyn wrote:
Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow
find the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move
and we are safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Ginger-lyn
NOT looking forward to sorting through 21 years of accumulation and
having to be absolutely ruthless in throwing things out . . ..

Purrs on the way that this will work out for you. The new landlord at your
current home is obviously a jerk. He'll probably see a mass exodus of
tenants due to his nit-picking.

Jill

Purrs are on the way.

--
Joy

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary,
how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how
to combine them.
--Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Ginger-lyn" wrote in message
ink.net...
I think I've posted about my apartment situation. To summarize, the
landlord sold the building to a real estate agent who set off my alarm
bells immediately when I met him. He sent me a lease he wanted me to sign,
with the most ridiculous restrictions and punitive fees I have ever seen in
my life. The worst was the pet part: $250 pet fee (refundable, but I
doubt anyone will ever see their money again); $10 added to the rent each
month for each pet (yeah, like I can afford both a rent increase AND $90 to
cover my cats); have to pay to get the apartment defleaed and de-ticked
when moving out. There was a whole lot of other crap in there, but I'm
most upset about the pet policy (oh, yeah -- no pets over 35 lbs., and no
pet under two years old!).

I've asked people I know who are landlords or are likely to know
landlords. Gary, my most recent landlord, told me he'd be happy to act as
a referral, and told me he had a friend who owns apartments in the area.

I called him, and he showed me two apartments in the area. Really funny
sidebar: The first apartment was my ex-husband's and my second choice
when we were looking and found this apartment. And the guy that got the
other apartment ended up working the same place ex-DH did AND had lived in
the apartment we took!. I'm still laughing and shaking my head over that
one.

Anyway, the owner is going to take out the washer/dryer hookup from the
first one, and we need that, so it's out. But the other one is fairly
decent, a lot like this one actually, but a bit smaller. More unpainted
wood, though. We're a little concerned about the area it's in; even
though it is pretty much one block over from here if you drew a straight
line, the block is all commercial except for two houses, including this
one. But it is set back aways, and covered with ivy, and it's almost like
it is hidden. So even though it's between a carryout and a bar, DH and I
think we can feel okay there. The neighbor we met had a wind chime
collection (as I do), one being a cat! She says she watches things
carefully, and stays up late, so that made us feel even better.

The apartment is $70 more than we are paying here, but we have not had a
rent raise for years, and there is no way we could find a two-bedroom,
large apartment for what we're paying now. The guy was charging $50 more
for this apartment, but Gary talked to him, and he is willing to come down
$50 on the rent (it will be very tight, but I think we can do it), and
only charge us $150 for a deposit, as long as we take it "as-is" (and
there's not much wrong with it).

Problem is, Gary told him we have cats, but not how many. I filled out
the application on-line, and it asked what kind and how many, so I had to
be honest. Plus the app said he charges a refundable one-time pet fee,
too. :-( So I have no idea if he's going to freak out and say "NO way"
or sigh and say "Okay!" Hell, I'm not sure how we are going to come up
with what we need financially to make a move, even. I'm just praying that
we can somehow. And that he's not freaked out about 9 cats!

Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow find
the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move and we are
safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Ginger-lyn
NOT looking forward to sorting through 21 years of accumulation and having
to be absolutely ruthless in throwing things out . . ..

On 2007-06-16 18:25:58 -0500, Ginger-lyn said:

I think I've posted about my apartment situation. To summarize, the
landlord sold the building to a real estate agent who set off my alarm
bells immediately when I met him. He sent me a lease he wanted me to
sign, with the most ridiculous restrictions and punitive fees I have
ever seen in my life. The worst was the pet part: $250 pet fee
(refundable, but I doubt anyone will ever see their money again); $10
added to the rent each month for each pet (yeah, like I can afford both
a rent increase AND $90 to cover my cats); have to pay to get the
apartment defleaed and de-ticked when moving out. There was a whole
lot of other crap in there, but I'm most upset about the pet policy
(oh, yeah -- no pets over 35 lbs., and no pet under two years old!).

I've asked people I know who are landlords or are likely to know
landlords. Gary, my most recent landlord, told me he'd be happy to act
as a referral, and told me he had a friend who owns apartments in the
area.

I called him, and he showed me two apartments in the area. Really
funny sidebar: The first apartment was my ex-husband's and my second
choice when we were looking and found this apartment. And the guy that
got the other apartment ended up working the same place ex-DH did AND
had lived in the apartment we took!. I'm still laughing and shaking my
head over that one.

Anyway, the owner is going to take out the washer/dryer hookup from the
first one, and we need that, so it's out. But the other one is fairly
decent, a lot like this one actually, but a bit smaller. More
unpainted wood, though. We're a little concerned about the area it's
in; even though it is pretty much one block over from here if you drew
a straight line, the block is all commercial except for two houses,
including this one. But it is set back aways, and covered with ivy,
and it's almost like it is hidden. So even though it's between a
carryout and a bar, DH and I think we can feel okay there. The
neighbor we met had a wind chime collection (as I do), one being a cat!
She says she watches things carefully, and stays up late, so that made
us feel even better.

The apartment is $70 more than we are paying here, but we have not had
a rent raise for years, and there is no way we could find a
two-bedroom, large apartment for what we're paying now. The guy was
charging $50 more for this apartment, but Gary talked to him, and he is
willing to come down $50 on the rent (it will be very tight, but I
think we can do it), and only charge us $150 for a deposit, as long as
we take it "as-is" (and there's not much wrong with it).

Problem is, Gary told him we have cats, but not how many. I filled out
the application on-line, and it asked what kind and how many, so I had
to be honest. Plus the app said he charges a refundable one-time pet
fee, too. :-( So I have no idea if he's going to freak out and say
"NO way" or sigh and say "Okay!" Hell, I'm not sure how we are going
to come up with what we need financially to make a move, even. I'm
just praying that we can somehow. And that he's not freaked out about
9 cats!

Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow
find the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move and
we are safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Ginger-lyn
NOT looking forward to sorting through 21 years of accumulation and
having to be absolutely ruthless in throwing things out . . ..

Purrs that this works out for you. Just the fact that you stayed in one
place so long *should* make you a desirable renter I would think. (I
know it's a b*tch, but man, getting rid of your clutter through a move
is, in the end, really wonderful).

"jmcquown" wrote in message
...
Ginger-lyn wrote:
Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow
find the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move
and we are safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Ginger-lyn
NOT looking forward to sorting through 21 years of accumulation and
having to be absolutely ruthless in throwing things out . . ..

Purrs on the way that this will work out for you. The new landlord at
your
current home is obviously a jerk. He'll probably see a mass exodus of
tenants due to his nit-picking.

Jill


Sometimes that's the whole idea.

He may have reasons he wants to empty the place out and its cheaper for him
if most everyone leaves on their own.

Jo

Lots of purrs on the way for you Ginger-lyn. Hopefully this will work
out for you and the move will be easy for you. I'm beginning to think
we need to look for a new house and just thinking of sorting through
10 years of junk is tiring, I can't imagine sorting through 21 years
of collections.

Hugs and best luck purrs,
Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus

Ginger-lyn wrote:
Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow find
the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move and we are
safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Oh oh! I have purrs now! I'll rev up Dot. It must be stressful
not knowing what the decision is going to be, and if things go well,
the unknowns of a new place, and all the work of moving all your
things and nine cats. Maybe it'll be fun, like an adventure. Puurrrs
and good luck.

Karen wrote:

On 2007-06-16 18:25:58 -0500, Ginger-lyn said:

Ginger-lyn
NOT looking forward to sorting through 21 years of accumulation and
having to be absolutely ruthless in throwing things out . . ..

Purrs that this works out for you. Just the fact that you stayed in one
place so long *should* make you a desirable renter I would think. (I
know it's a b*tch, but man, getting rid of your clutter through a move
is, in the end, really wonderful).

Throwing things out is a great pasttime. Whenever I find some little
thing I can put in the trash, I feel like I've won a free extra two
square inches of living space.

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:25:58 GMT, Ginger-lyn
yodeled:

I think I've posted about my apartment situation. To summarize, the
landlord sold the building to a real estate agent who set off my alarm
bells immediately when I met him. He sent me a lease he wanted me to
sign, with the most ridiculous restrictions and punitive fees I have
ever seen in my life. The worst was the pet part: $250 pet fee
(refundable, but I doubt anyone will ever see their money again); $10
added to the rent each month for each pet (yeah, like I can afford both
a rent increase AND $90 to cover my cats); have to pay to get the
apartment defleaed and de-ticked when moving out. There was a whole lot
of other crap in there, but I'm most upset about the pet policy (oh,
yeah -- no pets over 35 lbs., and no pet under two years old!).

I've asked people I know who are landlords or are likely to know
landlords. Gary, my most recent landlord, told me he'd be happy to act
as a referral, and told me he had a friend who owns apartments in the area.

I called him, and he showed me two apartments in the area. Really funny
sidebar: The first apartment was my ex-husband's and my second choice
when we were looking and found this apartment. And the guy that got the
other apartment ended up working the same place ex-DH did AND had lived
in the apartment we took!. I'm still laughing and shaking my head over
that one.

Anyway, the owner is going to take out the washer/dryer hookup from the
first one, and we need that, so it's out. But the other one is fairly
decent, a lot like this one actually, but a bit smaller. More unpainted
wood, though. We're a little concerned about the area it's in; even
though it is pretty much one block over from here if you drew a straight
line, the block is all commercial except for two houses, including this
one. But it is set back aways, and covered with ivy, and it's almost
like it is hidden. So even though it's between a carryout and a bar, DH
and I think we can feel okay there. The neighbor we met had a wind
chime collection (as I do), one being a cat! She says she watches
things carefully, and stays up late, so that made us feel even better.

The apartment is $70 more than we are paying here, but we have not had a
rent raise for years, and there is no way we could find a two-bedroom,
large apartment for what we're paying now. The guy was charging $50
more for this apartment, but Gary talked to him, and he is willing to
come down $50 on the rent (it will be very tight, but I think we can do
it), and only charge us $150 for a deposit, as long as we take it
"as-is" (and there's not much wrong with it).

Problem is, Gary told him we have cats, but not how many. I filled out
the application on-line, and it asked what kind and how many, so I had
to be honest. Plus the app said he charges a refundable one-time pet
fee, too. :-( So I have no idea if he's going to freak out and say "NO
way" or sigh and say "Okay!" Hell, I'm not sure how we are going to
come up with what we need financially to make a move, even. I'm just
praying that we can somehow. And that he's not freaked out about 9 cats!

Any purrs to help him be amenable to our needs, and that we somehow find
the wherewithal to make this move, and that it is a good move and we are
safe there (whew!) are appreciated!

Thanks so much!

Ginger-lyn
NOT looking forward to sorting through 21 years of accumulation and
having to be absolutely ruthless in throwing things out . . ..

You got 'em.

Theresa
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