Should I be worried?
I’m in a bit of a pickle. I just moved in with my fiance a week ago into a condo. His landlord has known about me moving here since June and she knew the day I moved in. She told my fiance that my name did not have to be on the lease so we have not been too worried about getting that done. Anyway, so yesterday I had a bit of a drama fiasco and ended up going to the office because I needed security. Basically I brought my 19 year old babysitter to my place and her dad showed up trying to force her to go back home. When I go to the office they told me they couldn’t help me since I wasn’t on the lease… anyway, so after crazy dad leaves I went in there to apologize and make sure they knew that was not going to be an issue ever again. I was talking to the lady in the office and she was upset that I was living there without being on the lease. I told her our landlord knew and said it was fine, but it wouldn’t be a problem for me to put myself on the lease. Then she was like “ok so I’m going to talk to your land lord and tell her that there are two other women living in your unit.” I told her no, it was just me the other girl was just my babysitter and just living there. The lady seemed to get it after that and said it was fine, I just needed to go back in the next few days to get on the lease. She smiled, I smiled, we shook hands and made friends… I thought everything was cool. Apparently I was wrong. I get off work and my fiance is freaking out because our landlord, who is usually very friendly, was really upset about all this. She told him it was brought to her attention that there were two other people living with him and she was going to talk to the owner. She also threw in that the owner was an attorney. He told her the other girl is just our babysitter and not living with us but she didn’t get any happier or even try to understand…
So I got my name put on the lease this morning and called our landlord… she wouldn’t talk to me. She just told me I needed to call her back at 10:30 and was not very polite either.
I’m sorry for such a long explanation, but there was no other way. I am really worried right now and don’t know if I should be worried or if I should take any kind of action right now? I’m thinking I may have just gotten our landlord in trouble since I said she knew about it and that is why she is mad…But I could be wrong. What is the worst case scenario of what could happen? Help!!
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correction Not just living there, I meant just staying there for today…
What state do you live in?
Just to clarify, the parties involved are:
1. The office
2. The landlord
3. The owner
Which of these is responsible for enforcing your lease?
I just looked at your profile and realized that you live in eitehr Texas or Florida. I would always be worried if I was renting in Texas. They have the most Landlord friendly laws in the nation. Tenants have very few rights. (as compared to say… California. )
I live in Guam… Ha.
@ niki- That’s a good question. I am not sure how things work. I know we pay our rent to our landlord and she is the only one he or I has ever had to deal with. I think the owner just oversees things
The owner probably hired a management company who hired your Landlord. I don’t know landlord tenant law in Guam, but if they agreed to put you on the lease I would think that they would not kick you out for being an unauthorized resident. Just make sure you use the police for any other security issues in the future unless your issue is with a neighbor who is also under the Landlords authority. As a Landlord I would be pretty ticked too if you brought someone to my property who then attracted someone who posed a security risk. They shouldn’t have to deal with your personal problems. That’s what police are for (from a landlords perspective.)
Have you considered the possibility that perhaps you made some sort of Guam cultural faux pas by hiring a 19 year old to come to your apartment to babysit your son? It sounds like the Dad and the office might be upset about the same thing…
No, the legal age here is 18. You can drink at age 18 here. The girl and her family are from the states, her parents are just crazy mormons. (I shiver at that word now.) Plus I’ve gotten to know the culture here a little bit better and I really don’t think that is the issue… No, I know that’s not the issue. Plus our land lord AND the owner are both from the states.
@judi- I called the cops earlier and they wouldn’t do anything. I was with her at her parents house and it is a civil matter. I knew it would be after working in a police department for 2 years. They don’t care, she is 18 and as far as they are concerned she can take care of herself… That’s why I stepped in and got her out of that house for the day.
I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I bet the office called the landlord and said you caused some type of drama that they didn’t like, and that’s why she is upset. but you are on the lease now, so you have the same rights as any other tenant.
As far a the babysitter goes she has probably had problems with her Dad like this before, and will again. There’s really not much you can do as long as she is allowing him to rule her.
I think the best thing to do is to let things die down on their own, and by all means, find another sitter. You don’t need that kind of drama around your kids.
BTW, condos and condo laws suck big time! The homeowners association can be like gestapo when the so-called power goes to their heads. There usually isn’t anyone in authority who controls them, so they think they can do whatever they like, as long as they have enough people voting them into their positions. You’d be well advised to stay out of their radar as much as possible while you live there. Good luck!!
Does your boyfriend OWN the condo or are ou renting? When you said lease I assumed he was renting but @scamp said things to make me wonder.
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