Our landlord is a real piece of work LOL

**starsapphire** · 05-17-2007, 12:08 AM

He really is a very nice guy. But there are times he gets a bee in his bonnet and there is just no telling him 'no'.

We get a phone call from him last night. DH talked to him. He wants to replace our stainless steel kitchen sink with a porcelain sink. I don't like porcelain sinks. I'm thinking 'umm, there's nothing wrong with the one we have, WTH?'

Turns out he's remodeling his kitchen and he just can't see getting rid of his old one. Oh goody, we get his old sink

So he comes over to measure and I'm praying in my head 'please God don't let it fit'. He measured and of course it will. The 'new' sink even has the extra hole for our water filter spout.

We get to talking after the measuring's done and he mentions that he isn't going to raise our rent anymore because we're good tenants. We've lived here for going on 5 years and he's only raised it $50 one time.

Oh, and he's planning on replacing our 50 year old gas heater with a new one. One that has a blower and thermostat. Now that I don't mind. Now we're trying to talk him into insulating the place.

I think I can deal with a porcelain sink knowing that he'll not be raising our rent again

This is the same guy who cut down the only two trees in the back yard for completely silly reasons. Like I said, he gets an idea and there's no talking him out of it.

**emortis13** · 05-17-2007, 12:42 AM

He sounds slightly insane. If he starts to talk to the walls I would get a little worried.

**TheRootedNomad** · 05-17-2007, 07:43 AM

The porcelin sink would make me sad too.

I really want a stainless steel one myself. Guess the other stuff makes it worth it tough.

**Darlene** · 05-17-2007, 08:48 AM

No raise in rent, new heater & an extra hole for filter in the sink. Woohoo, your ship has come in.

**Jayne** · 05-17-2007, 08:56 AM

so hes alittle flakey, the no raise and new heater make up for it!!

**tigo** · 05-17-2007, 10:34 AM

Sounds eccentric but with a good heart! Would take him over some of the other landlords we've had- you know the ones that only show up on rent day and can't be found when crap falls apart......

**Dancing Lotus** · 05-17-2007, 10:37 AM

Why dont you like procelin sinks?

**PurpleButterfly** · 05-17-2007, 01:01 PM

I have double porcelain sinks and i love them. I would take your landlord over mine anyday. I've lived here almost 13 years and i only get things fixed as necessary, which is fine but there is alot around here i would love him to do for me. Him not raising the rent anymore sounds great to me. Mine raises it every chance he gets.

**starsapphire** · 05-17-2007, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by AnnK

Why dont you like procelin sinks?

They stain, they chip my dishes and if you drop a pan or something in the sink the wrong way by accident you chip the sink. I guess I'm just hard on sinks and dishes.

Never have liked them. Years ago when I owned a house, the first thing we did was replace the porcelain sink.

The one we're getting is a double sink with one side being rather large and the other being rather small. The small side will be useless to me. We have no garbage disposal either.

Believe me, we're totally happy about the other stuff that he's also doing. We get the sense from him that he thinks he's doing us a nice favor with the sink swap. He really is a nice man and a good landlord. Just eccentric about certain things

**Sari** · 05-17-2007, 03:57 PM

I wonder if you could offer for the porcelain sink to be stored at your house and keep the stainless for now. Just explain that you love the stainless. That way, he's not getting rid of a still-good sink and it's not sitting around his house either.

**OzFreeBird** · 05-17-2007, 04:11 PM

No matter what landlord you have, there will always be one or two little things that interfere with your "quiet enjoyment" of the property. Sounds like you have a great landlord. So many others don't have that.

I'm a landlady too and I go out of my way for my tenants. If they are good to me, I am good to them. Last year I posted them a $60 grocery voucher just before Xmas to say thank you. The year before it was a book of movie tickets. They are only little things but in return they have cared for my house as if it was their own. Every time I go there, sometimes with almost no notice, its immaculate. They generally pay the rent on time. I can't ask for much more than that and I try to be as unobtrusive as possible, only contacting them or accessing the house if it requires essential repairs.

**claimsgirl66** · 05-17-2007, 08:58 PM

Maybe he likes to putter or have a project to keep himself busy...and this latest project is the sink??? I grew up with a porcelain sink and I think you can put a rubber mat or something like that in the bottom of the sink to help avoid broken dishes.

**miss_thrifty** · 05-18-2007, 08:41 AM

I think your landlord is great. I wish i had one like that. we asked for a clothesline and it states in the contract that all the tenants of the townhouses(7 of the them) have to agree. We got them to all sign and guess what the owners(3 of them) said NO. what ding bats. we all want clothes lines 2 clothes lines can hook up to one large pole. these places are 2 years old this November. I dont get it. I cant see the problem, theres room.

**Libby** · 05-18-2007, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by miss_thrifty

I think your landlord is great. I wish i had one like that. we asked for a clothesline and it states in the contract that all the tenants of the townhouses(7 of the them) have to agree. We got them to all sign and guess what the owners(3 of them) said NO. what ding bats. we all want clothes lines 2 clothes lines can hook up to one large pole. these places are 2 years old this November. I dont get it. I cant see the problem, theres room.

Those of you who wanted the clothes lines should adorn your backyards with them wooden rack clothes dryers instead....when the naysayers see how much worse that looks then the clothesline maybe they'll understand?

As for the procelain sinks? They scratch over use....I used to work in a house that had one but they get marked sooo easily....the lady used to scold her kids for just tossing a dirty plastic cup into the sink to be washed. HELLO? She should be happy they not only brought back the used cup to the kitchen but also put it in the sink to be washed! My preference is stainless steel one.

**starsapphire** · 07-04-2007, 12:09 PM

The landlord's handyman came by last Friday to install it. It won't fit without cutting out the only countertop and cupboard supports and reworking all the plumbing. The kitchen cabinets are the absolute cheapest you can possibly buy and if you mess with them much they will start falling apart.

LL came by last night and picked up the sink. Says he's going to sell it on Ebay