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SynthOrange posted:When's the inspection due? I dunno. My manager called the Landlord's office. They didn't tell me anything else.
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Oh well, forward on all the photos. And his earlier comment about black marks just made me realize he'll never be able to rent a place again.
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Jun 13, 2016 05:34
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Drop a Molotov inside the new room to prove to the fire marshal that it's unsafe.
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Jun 13, 2016 06:00
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SynthOrange posted:Looks perfect to me if he's inside the room when he completes it. Op can I come by and say "yes for the love of God"
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Jun 13, 2016 06:26
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Forceholy posted:So since a lot of people wanted a schematic of the place, I whipped something up in 5 minutes on MS Paint. Sorry about the lack of drafting experience. The living room is not supposed to be that wide.
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Jun 13, 2016 08:03
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My Lovely Horse posted:Fantastic job blocking the escape/emergency services access route. Is it really blocked though if a stretcher could just be pushed right through it with the slightest effort?
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Jun 13, 2016 08:10
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SynthOrange posted:his earlier comment about black marks just made me realize he'll never be able to rent a place again. What do you mean?
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Jun 13, 2016 08:20
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Actually I'm just judging by Australian context where there's renters records that rental agencies look up. Not sure if theres such a thing in the US
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Jun 13, 2016 08:25
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SynthOrange posted:Actually I'm just judging by Australian context where there's renters records that rental agencies look up. Not sure if theres such a thing in the US We go by references and credit. It's much more expensive for someone to rent an apartment if they have no renting experience, usually. I actually don't know how that works in areas like college campus neighborhoods, which the OP's situation reminds me of, because everyone in them would nee semi-affordable housing. Aside from that, though, you can find cool things like a really young couple (like two 19 year olds) paying almost twice as much as the person on the other side of their duplex, even though they're identical, because the other person has good references.
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Can't edit: and credit predicts how likely you are to pay rent. IDK if things like "Not getting your deposit back because you're a slob" messes with your credit because I'm a fan of getting my deposit back Most people can rent, even without references, or a bad history, and crap credit, it just costs a lot. Most people renting out don't give a poo poo if the place is somewhat destroyed, they have insurance. They'll risk it for the extra $500-$1000 a month, cost of crap apartments varies by region.
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College campuses and apartments around them usually want a co-signer on the lease for first time renters
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Holy Jesus poo poo. I have a crazy friend who did the exact same thing, but my crazy friend isnt a douchelord, and is actually aware of how the world works, so it all worked out: - Friend rents out his rented apartment on Airbnb, keeps it on the low so landlord doesn't find out. Does this for years and everything's alright - Friend builds a wall in living room to make more rooms to rent. Friend does this in such a seamless way that the landlord has been in the apartment many times but never noticed. - Friend gets caught by landlord for airbnb rentals. Friend schedules meeting with landlord, friend walks away from meeting with A NEW SIX MONTH LEASE because friend is nice about the whole thing and offered to pay more rent. We also live in Los Angeles. So it's fun to see OP's roommate try this poo poo, which actually is possible, but gently caress it up so colossally due to being a partially formed adult.
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Jun 13, 2016 15:22
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I'm still appreciating the logic of "Hey, I'm going to do this thing that will consequently gently caress you over AND I'm doing to be a huge dick about it, but please, please PLEEAAASE don't tell the landlord on me!"
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Jun 13, 2016 18:50
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Buy a bunch of weed plants and put them in the room
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Buschmaki posted:Buy a bunch of weed plants and put them in the room My roommate in college did this with our rented floor of this college house. He built a secret room in his bedroom that housed sodium lamps and he grew weed. It always worried me because I was a good student and didn't do drugs. But he failed to realize the implications of a small window he left as part of his walled off weed growing room (he would leave it open for ventilation and we were on a ground floor) and one day a raccoon or something got in there and ate all of his plants. So after a few days of despair on his part, I came home one day and there was literally giant rodent sized mousetraps all around our house and he had bought new plants.
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Jun 13, 2016 19:57
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Man, that raccoon must have had a crazy couple of days.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHQ7bt5LBj8
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Jun 13, 2016 23:43
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Whoever said write gently caress the management on the wall towards the front door had the right course of action
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I'm eagerly awaiting the next developments. I just hope the non idiots get out of this unscathed.
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I live in LA and would like to purchase a guided tour and a t-shirt to commemorate my experience thanks OP.
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Teeter posted:I live in LA and would like to purchase a guided tour and a t-shirt to commemorate my experience thanks OP. You know, you really could give tours and call them "potential renters".
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Drunk Nerds posted:- Friend builds a wall in living room to make more rooms to rent. Friend does this in such a seamless way that the landlord has been in the apartment many times but never noticed. I'm trying to wrap my mind around this. How did he pull this off?
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Jun 14, 2016 02:52
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He painted a tunnel on the wall.
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Iucounu posted:I'm trying to wrap my mind around this. How did he pull this off? I know, right? The living room is extra long, like oddly so. So he walled off the back 1/4 with a door. Matched the paint and door perfectly. It not only looks way less weird than before he built it, it's the only spot of the apartment on the left of the entry door, so your eye is drawn entirely away from it when you enter. Dude is pretty clever.
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Jun 14, 2016 03:22
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SynthOrange posted:He painted a tunnel on the wall. Apparently it works. 
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Godholio posted:Apparently it works. Lol that's a dick move
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Meep Meep
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Bookmarked, voted 5. Really looking forward to seeing what happens to OP's roommate.
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Jun 14, 2016 18:29
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Godholio posted:Apparently it works. Piece of poo poo Acme SUV.
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If I saw the road to toon town I'd be pretty tempted too
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Op you're great but how have you fought the urge to Kool Aide man right through that hypothetical concept of a wall? I hope the apartment manager does it for him, bonus points if she's dressed in red. "OOH YEAAHHHH, YOU'RE EVICTED"
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Its just...really hard for me to wrap my head around this. I mean I was young and a dumb college student once, and never would I have ever considered it OK to take on a moderate construction project in a place I didn't own. In what universe is it alright to just build a room in an apartment with no other necessities built in. I mean...if he was high and thought it'd be easy to pull a fast one on the landlord, ok I guess I get it. Idiot, but ok. But this is him thinking he's doing it RIGHT and everyone else can go to hell. That is a whole other level of..crazy.
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Jastiger posted:Its just...really hard for me to wrap my head around this. That's odd considering the breadth of your head.
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Jastiger posted:But this is him thinking he's doing it RIGHT and everyone else can go to hell. That is a whole other level of..crazy. Odds are he knew he was in the wrong and was trying to bullshit his roomates with promises of Lawyers.
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Kurieg posted:Odds are he knew he was in the wrong and was trying to bullshit his roomates with promises of Lawyers. See, I don't think so. This is a pretty large amount of work to do to know you're wrong and then back it up with "lawyer talk". It seems he genuinely thought he was right and cool until called out on it.
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EXAKT Science posted:Really looking forward to seeing what happens to OP's roommate. I don't know what happens to him now but in 2040 he's going to be running for President.
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My Lovely Horse posted:What, by building more rooms? OP's roommate was inspired by tales of the Kowloon Walled City. You shouldn't have snitched him out, OP. You could have been a bigshot in the future Apartment Walled City.
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Teeter posted:I live in LA and would like to purchase a guided tour and a t-shirt to commemorate my experience thanks OP. Yeah I'm in Van Nuys and would like a tour please.
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Wedemeyer posted:OP's roommate was inspired by tales of the Kowloon Walled City. You shouldn't have snitched him out, OP. You could have been a bigshot in the future Apartment Walled City. OP should have just rented the new room, built another wall, then sub-sublet the newer, smaller, rooms
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