The Best Laid Plans...
Actual series of emails over the last few minutes with the guy who showed me the condo today:
HI ROB,I'M SORRY BUT SOME THING HAS COME UP.MY GIRLFRIEND JUST INFORMED THAT HER SISTER FROM ARIZONA WANTS TO COME UP TO VISIT AND IS PLANING ON STAYING IN THE CONDO FOR THE FIRST 3 WEEKS IN MAY.IF THINGS GHANGE I'LL LET YOU KNOW.ONCE AGAIN I'M SORRY.NELS
HI ROB,LIKE I SAID I'M SORRYII'M NOT GOING TO GET IN A BIG THING WITH FAMILY OVER THIS.ONCE AGAIN I'M SORRY BUT IT JUST ISNT WORTH THE PROBLEMS.NELS
ROB LOOK I CANT EVEN SAY IF IT WILL EVEN BE AVAILABLE HER SISTERS HUSBAND LOST HIS JOB AND THEY MAY EVEN STAY.I DONT WANT TO LEAVE CYOU HANGING SO I THINK YOU BETTER LOOK ELSE WARE LIKE I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A BIG THING ITS HER CONDO ..NELS
I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. I knew it couldn't be this easy. What would he have done if I'd given him the money and gotten the keys today?
This is how quickly a human life can disintegrate. Now what the fuck am I gonna do? Deals like this just don't drop in your lap every day. I can't live in a fucking rooming house. I just can't.
posted by jurassicpork @ Saturday, March 14, 2009
5 comments
5 Comments:
Difficult to understand....did you sign a lease or contract? Sounds like maybe the condo was owned by Nels' girlfriend and he was unauthorized to rent it.
Where do you live or should I say
want to live? Boston? Do you
know the eviction rights? Check
Google. Remember it's tough times.
Don't let someone take your money and then pull this kind of shit on
you. Know your rights!!! Get as much in writing as possible! Check the tax records and see who actually owns the property. Check the court records to see who your dealing with...background in court.
I believe anonymous I may be right
about the authority to rent.
Fuck, that must suck, JP. From my own experience,house hunting is depressing as it is, but to then find something suitable only to have ones hopes shattered sure feels demoralising. But hey, maybe it is haunted or the landlord is a total prick, you never know.
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." A.Frank
Anyone who spells that bad is not someone you want to get into a transaction with. Trust me, with my new black eye I'm not doin' so well either.
You remember George Thorogood's song about "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"? When he skips out on his boarding house, goes to his buddy's house and asks if he could stay there for a while? The friend goes inside to ask his wife, and when he comes out, Thorogood's character sings "I could see in his eyes; I knowed it was no..." Your life in song, JP.
You could crash in our spare room until we emigrate to Canada, and the tram system means you don't necessarily need a car. However, the airline fare would require a bit more than your IRS refund, and you'd be waiting a month for your belongings to clear quarantine. But when we got tired of you and gave you the boot, you could tramp the Outback as a jolly swagman like in "Waltzing Matilda." Your life in song again!
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