Well it's not uncommon to do that if the paint that's there looks good enough already either let the next tenant paint it the colour they want or repaint in white and don't allow them to change the colour...
You seem to be describing most capitalist countries (minus the ubi). The US is the only one without socialized Healthcare. One a the few ones without free college.
Yes, landlords do the things they do because of capitalism. Their existence is due to capitalism. But that doesn't mean they're not to blame. They choose to be landlords.
Your anecdotal experience of nice landlords doesn't cover the fact that landlords, traditionally, have been bastards to their tenants. There's a reason many countries have had to implement laws like third party deposit schemes and standards for things like smoke alarms, heating systems, etc in rented accommodation.
Landlords are bastards because of capitalism but that doesn't wash away the fact that landlords are bastards.
Okay, but "ACAB" makes sense because even the "good" cops enable the bad system. But how does ALAB make sense? The good landlords are just... good landlords. The landlord performs a useful service by buying and renting out the property which would be too expensive for renters to otherwise have access to. Obviously things would be better if there weren't a need for landlords, but that's hardly the fault of the landlord. What exactly is the (good) landlord doing that is enabling a bad system overall?
Hoarding living accommodation for the purpose of profit.
Landlording for an office or shop could perhaps be justified to be for-profit but housing is a human requirement and hoarding it for-profit is unethical. All landlords are bastards, unless by some unlikely chance they're running their business as a nonprofit.
There are other human requirements too, but it's only landlords that get the bad press.
Monkey paw, there are no landlords -- now almost nobody can afford to live anywhere. For this reason, shouldn't one blame the housing market (and all its participants) as a whole, not just the ones who rent out their properties?
Of course, if we can socialize housing, or at least require that if you own a house you must live in it, that would be the best. But in the meantime, I don't really see the objective problem that landlords specifically are causing, they seem to be doing a service to everyone as far as I can tell. I blame the high price of housing instead.
A landlord working? in what world?
They hire someone else and bill the last tenant
Eh, individual landlords that try to save money by doing it (badly) themselves still exist. I had one for a while.
Yeah, and they still charge a professional fee to the last tenant even though they did it horribly for half the cost
Mine told us if we wanted to paint the walls we could
With the obvious implication we'd pay for it or do it ourselves
Well it's not uncommon to do that if the paint that's there looks good enough already either let the next tenant paint it the colour they want or repaint in white and don't allow them to change the colour...
Hopefully the last tenant tells the landlord to pound sand as there wasn't a written agreement.
That’s why that take your deposit up front.
You seem to be describing most capitalist countries (minus the ubi). The US is the only one without socialized Healthcare. One a the few ones without free college.
Landlords are bad.
Found the landlord
Blue?! Your paint had color in it? Look at Mr Moneybags over here whose landlord springs for the high-end paint to cover the excess mold
The "excess mold" beyond the level of normal acceptable mold.
I see somebody read the fine print
If the mold was bad for you, they wouldn't make a cheese with it, dummy. Simple as
I must be tired, I thought this was "assigned Landlord at birth" which is objectively pretty funny.
Yes, hereditary aristocracy is a big joke.
Just happens us serfs are the butt of the joke.
Nepotism kills
It will be fine, they used mold killing paint. No need to look into the root cause of the issue.
My last one literally said we might find the paint still damp and tacky.
And after 2 years, it's no longer damp but still tacky
You’ve lived places 🥹
lol you’d be lucky if they did that much.
oh god, the fungus... 🤢
Also: I had to scrape a lot of our walls myself because the paint was getting bubbles.
It's a 50 yo apartment with lots of alkalinity.
Yep. Can confirm.
I personally think it's capitalism that's to blame, not landlords. I have generally been lucky with having nice landlords though, who aren't bastards.
Yes, landlords do the things they do because of capitalism. Their existence is due to capitalism. But that doesn't mean they're not to blame. They choose to be landlords.
Your anecdotal experience of nice landlords doesn't cover the fact that landlords, traditionally, have been bastards to their tenants. There's a reason many countries have had to implement laws like third party deposit schemes and standards for things like smoke alarms, heating systems, etc in rented accommodation.
Landlords are bastards because of capitalism but that doesn't wash away the fact that landlords are bastards.
Okay, but "ACAB" makes sense because even the "good" cops enable the bad system. But how does ALAB make sense? The good landlords are just... good landlords. The landlord performs a useful service by buying and renting out the property which would be too expensive for renters to otherwise have access to. Obviously things would be better if there weren't a need for landlords, but that's hardly the fault of the landlord. What exactly is the (good) landlord doing that is enabling a bad system overall?
Hoarding living accommodation for the purpose of profit.
Landlording for an office or shop could perhaps be justified to be for-profit but housing is a human requirement and hoarding it for-profit is unethical. All landlords are bastards, unless by some unlikely chance they're running their business as a nonprofit.
There are other human requirements too, but it's only landlords that get the bad press.
Monkey paw, there are no landlords -- now almost nobody can afford to live anywhere. For this reason, shouldn't one blame the housing market (and all its participants) as a whole, not just the ones who rent out their properties?
Of course, if we can socialize housing, or at least require that if you own a house you must live in it, that would be the best. But in the meantime, I don't really see the objective problem that landlords specifically are causing, they seem to be doing a service to everyone as far as I can tell. I blame the high price of housing instead.
Found the landlord
do you find it improbable that I have had good experiences with landlords?
I'm sure your fellow landlords treat you very well.
so you're just close-minded then. I wish I was a landlord.
The true start was moving from nomadic living to long term residences.