Re: What remedies are available to a tenant in FFX?
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Landlord
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Date: July 23, 2012 04:24PM
W0ndering Wrote:
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> "And when you're taking a shower, do you think to
> close your drapes or blinds?"
> Blinds were closed. How else would know that
> someone looked in? Because the blinds were pulled
> aside and the Windows were opened from outside.
> There was a plastic seal from the inside while
> construction was going on.
I read this several times and I still have no idea what you're saying. But clearly there was construction going on at the house. Probably from the aftermath of the derecho, or perhaps the landlord was just improving the place. Clearly, the landlord was taking care of business. I bet the landlord didn't even know that there was a ladder left propped against the house. It certainly doesn't seem like you brought it to his attention.
> "This is the reason I scrupulously check out my
> tenants, including calling former landlords"
>
> So It's the woman's fault.
I don't think it's anybodys fault - except the pervert who looked in the window. And I say this as a very security conscious woman. For example, on one tenant occupied property I have a metal security door, exterior security lights, a metal crossbar on the sliding glass door, internal noise sensors, etc. This is in Fairfax, not DC. When I had property in DC, there were bars on the windows - which, by the way, thieves somehow pryed off to rob the place.
I check out tenants to see if red flags go off. If I hear that a tenant has broken a lease, that's a red flag. Just because you may think you have a good reason, doesn't mean that you have any legal standing.
Why does everything in this country have to be somebody else's fault?