Is my landlord being unreasonable?

[waggy]

1. It is in my lease that the landlord is to maintain the lawn and landscaping.
2. I am renting the entire house, including the garage. I'm not renting a room.
3. Him keeping the wheelbarrow and all these other tools in the garage makes it impossible for me to work on my car; not enough space.
4. There is a list of items on the lease for which I've agreed to be responsible for (appliances, mainly). None of the lawn care stuff or anything else he has in the garage is listed.
5. He keeps other crap in the garage, too. A massive toolbox that's taller than me being one of them.

What to do?

talk to him. ask how long the stuff is going to be in the garage. mention you rented the place including full use of the garage. him having his stuff in it is reducing that.

be polite and stick to only what the lease says.

 

[JEDI]

1. It is in my lease that the landlord is to maintain the lawn and landscaping.
2. I am renting the entire house, including the garage. I'm not renting a room.
3. Him keeping the wheelbarrow and all these other tools in the garage makes it impossible for me to work on my car; not enough space.
4. There is a list of items on the lease for which I've agreed to be responsible for (appliances, mainly). None of the lawn care stuff or anything else he has in the garage is listed.
5. He keeps other crap in the garage, too. A massive toolbox that's taller than me being one of them.

What to do?

talk to him about it?

 

[sixone]

Does the lease state that you'll allow him regular access to the garage, and that he'll store maintenance items there?

If it doesn't say one or both of those things, then he's violating the terms of the lease.

It's really that easy.

But if you're going to push this, be prepared to move when the lease is up. Your choice.

 

[slugg]

Does the lease state that you'll allow him regular access to the garage, and that he'll store maintenance items there?

If it doesn't say one or both of those things, then he's violating the terms of the lease.

It's really that easy.

But if you're going to push this, be prepared to move when the lease is up. Your choice.

Yea, that's a huge concern, kind of. I'm quite certain I'm within my legal right to tell him to remove his belongings, but obviously that would make him hate me and he'd end up making my life miserable.

I'm thinking I may call him and offer to help him take a day to organize the shed and see what we can fit in there. I don't have access to the shed (locked), so I'd have to be with him anyway. Maybe he'll budge...

 

[sixone]

Yea, that's a huge concern, kind of. I'm quite certain I'm within my legal right to tell him to remove his belongings, but obviously that would make him hate me and he'd end up making my life miserable.

I'm thinking I may call him and offer to help him take a day to organize the shed and see what we can fit in there. I don't have access to the shed (locked), so I'd have to be with him anyway. Maybe he'll budge...

Remind him that he promised you that ALL the lawn stuff would be removed from the garage. Don't offer to help him organize it - that just implies that he's too stupid to figure it out for himself. It may be true, but he probably doesn't want to hear it, so it won't help him help you.

 

[slugg]

Remind him that he promised you that ALL the lawn stuff would be removed from the garage. Don't offer to help him organize it - that just implies that he's too stupid to figure it out for himself. It may be true, but he probably doesn't want to hear it, so it won't help him help you.

Well then how do I avoid pissing him off?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Well then how do I avoid pissing him off?

Tell him that his items in the garage ate preventing you from utilizing the garage for your needs when working on vehicles and for extra storage.

Would he please remove all items that he is storing on the garage into the shed.

Two simple sentences that are not confrontational and convey the issue.

 

[sixone]

Well then how do I avoid pissing him off?

Let him keep doing what he's doing. Seriously.

He promised you that he'd move all the stuff out, and now he's decided that promise means nothing. If you challenge that, there's no way he's going to stay happy.

 

[Markbnj]

Interesting that you edited my smiley face out of your quote. I edited out all of your drivel :sneaky:

Damn, you discovered my scheme. How will I secretly manipulate forum opinion trends now that my main weapon is denied me? Drats!

 

[amdhunter]

Go to his home and break into his garage.

 

[NickelTitanium]

Change the lease to state that the landscaping and other yard work is your responsibility and deduct the market rate for gardening from your lease. You hire a gardener and landlord removes tools and shed.

 

[edro]

Get some hooks and hang the wheel barrow and tools from the rafters.
WIN-WIN

 

[Slew Foot]

Pour cement down the toilet when you move out

 

[edro]

Pour cement down the toilet when you move out

Meat in the vents.

 

[Ventanni]

/wave fellow Tampa member

Unless it's specifically written in the contract actually, Florida renter laws allow for landlords to enter the premises at any time if it is for the "protection or preservation of the premises." Since he's entering your garage in order to do the lawn work, he has the right to do so.

As for moving all of his tools into the shed, unless you have this in writing (ie, on the contract), the conversation never happened.