For the unaware
https://forum.obnoxiousbrutes.com/showt...4061283&page=1

Cliffs:
-Landlord forcing me to transfer to a different (newly renovated unit) so they can renovate my current apartment but my rent will increase by almost $1000/month from $1800>$2790/month

-The alternative is to be given a 60 day eviction notice. Even though my lease isn't up until May of '24.

AUG 30TH UPDATE:

I'm taking the apartment they're offering.

She didn't tell me how much of an upgrade it would be. I thought it would simply be a direct transfer to a similar apartment, but apartments like mine are all filled up already. This will be a:

-3rd story corner building apartment with a curved balcony.

-Indoor washer drier

-bathroom has the "rain shower head" instead of the crappy wall mounted shower head.

-personal car garage.

-because it took so long for me to respond she lowered the monthly rent from $2790 to $2395/month

-i can start moving in Sept 1st and I have until Oct 1st to be completly moved in, so I basically have the entire month of September to move.

-AND because it's a transfer of apartments, there is no checkout procedure so I'll get to keep my full initial deposit regardless of the damage I've done (since they're going to renovate my current unit).

3k to rent in new mexico

does your lease extend?

Sounds like a pretty fuking sweet deal to me OP.

Ouch, they are bilking you for an extra $600/month?

No thanks Jeffrey.

Lol no I live in San Diego. I've been in the LA Jolla area since 2018. Bodyspace is crappy and won't change my location when I put my new zipcode.

Yep it's a new unit so my lease starts on Oct 1st.

It's gonna set me back a bit with regards to saving up for a house, but from what I'm coming from, its a deal. I'm currently in a bottom floor apartment with a shared laundry room and just an open awning to park my car. The fact that I get my own personal locked garage is worth the price alone. I've got a 10th gen Honda and I've been nervous of someone stealing its cat since I bought it. A replacement (if stolen) is about $5k. So I'll gladly eat the $600 more per month

Get a cat guard! I've got an older Toyota pickup that is commonly targeted for cat theft so I put a CatClamp on it and have never had a problem

Yeah I was looking into those but thieves will still damage to car to lift it up...or they'll just steal the rims.

Also, I'm about 25minutes from the Mexico border so if a car is stolen its basically gone forever and taken apart for scraps. Granted I have a manual so that's a tiny bit of protection, I just don't want my car vandilized.

Sounds like a deal for a rentcel anyway. Major upgrade, and you (even if unknowingly) managed to get a lower price than asking. Couldnt image paying 3k to rent a place though. But times are tough i guess.

Im assuming that doesnt include utilities?

Ouch.

A washer and drier in the apartment? Fancy. How nice of them.

It includes water but not electricity. Same as my current place. And my SDGE bill is only about $30-40/month

Knocked off 15% because you took a while to respond?

Lol i know, not a big deal if you already have it, but if you don't it's a game changer.

my man played the race card like i told him to

mirin

frk i miss la jolla

You should have PM'd the Golden Bull. He would have told you how to deal with your landcuck.

lol just joking. Having your personal garage sounds pretty cool tbh.

Thats my assumption at least. It's a 1be/1ba and the tenant is not allowed to have roommates in those units since it's not meant to accommodate more than 1 person. So they haven't been able to fill it.

She initially told me $2790 because that is the market rate, but I think there was always a plan for some kind of discount, she just didn't know how much it would be.

Lol no she's Asian so I don't think it would work if i did.

Why did you cave?

Glad to hear things worked out for you brother. That's the power of not replying immediatly lmao.

I didn't. I was going to, but she came at me preemptively with the reduced price when we met.I thought it would be a transfer into a similar unit that I'm currently in, but this is a significant upgrade. the personal locked garage alone is worth the price.

Fuk, mirin the weather out there


Wouldn’t mind retiring out there but my wife hates libs and it’s full of em

any pics of new place?

Ive only seem the floor plan. I won't get my key until the 1st. The tradies are still finishing up the kitchen.

Makes sense.

Are you happy with the rent price? Sounds wild to me that a $3k a month apt would be in an area you had to worry about your car being stolen. It is California though and I know housing is high there

Is your current apt a 1bd/1bath as well?

For the area, oh yes. It's not just the area but the location as well. When I have to go to work I don't even get on the freeway.

I'm also in an opposing flow of traffic since not a lot of people live here. When I'm traveling north to go to work, traffic is heavy going south and when I'm going home south traffic is heavy going north.

Funny enough the upper income areas are EXACTLY where the theives go because there's less policing (less crime) and it's where all the valuable property is at.

The only sirens I hear in my area are ambulances and fire trucks because there's a lot of old people that live here that are croaking left and right.

Or she's under pressure to fill up the empty apartments. They'll do almost whatever they have to do to get you to accept. You're a tick on a box. Inb4 your old apartment is 10x better than your "new" one.