I have been in this apartment for five years. Never once have I had an issue with my landlord until now. He came for a pre-inspection – it went downhill quick. I will NOT accept the condescending tone he took with me from the moment he walked in the door until he left. I was left speechless. I accept my responsibility but he needs to accept his part too.

I need to take a moment to calm down…..

Never have I had an issue with my landlord since I move in March 2020. I have always paid my rent on time (except a few occasions with valid excuses). Inspections in previous years have had issues but those were always on the landlord side and just minor violations. We have always had a cordial rapport with each other. When something needed to get some, I would call and he would fix it.

As you can imagine the last six months have extremely difficult for me. I have not had the ability to do things like I use to. I admit my responsibilities of cleanliness of my apartment was dipped to a new low. However, for the past two weeks I have taken 4-6 hours almost every day to do room to room and clean this place as if I just moved in. As I have always done when inspections come around.

I have been waiting for my landlord to come remove an old stove that’s been sitting in my kitchen for almost a year. My landlord had recent troubles on his side, some forgetfulness and finally came today to do a pre-inspection. The first words out of his mouth as he came in was, “..this place is going to be condemed and you’ll be evicted..” I don’t know how many times he said it. When I protested, his response was, “…I am not talking down to you, I am just giving you the reality of it.” Five times he said it.

Despite his tone, I continued to keep my cool. Meanwhile, he told me things about his own life which made my blood boil. First, he’s months (2-3) late on his mortgages. Second, there are things that need to be fixed for inspection, so he just walks away with, “…I’ll just get cited, have to pay for a reinspection but they’ll come back later..” Third, during our conversation, I reminded him, “I always pay rent on time and aren’t I the only one of your tenants that pay full rent.” His response, “Yes, but if you get evicted, I just need to clean this place up and I can get a lot more.” Seriously? This man is so delusional, it’s not funny. So be it.

In the end, I am going to do what I need to do on my part to ensure my responsibilities of the inspection are passed. I know I have four days before the inspection. As I tried to ensure my landlord – I am committed to having this done. If I lose sleep over this, it’s not an issue because right now I have nothing else on my calendar but this inspection. While I highly doubt his thoughts of eviction will come true, that is another issue I will deal with later down the road.

In the future, I will not take a condescending tone from a person who won’t take responsibility for his own faults. I am fully aware of my responsibilities and will fulfill them, despite what my landlord my thinks. In the meantime, he can just piss off.

I can only handle one mole hill at a time.