Condo Roof Top Hazard- question/ wwyd

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG, I have to share that I'm addicted to this post. I just can't stop myself from checking it repeatedly during the day. It is like watching one of those really horrible reality tv shows. Keep up the good work, OP!

+1 My condo tenants have similar profiles to OP and are in similar buildings with swimming pools, but in Virginia. I am not their "friend" but I have good relations with them because they know how to control their children and not get involved in petty pissing contests with the on site manager or the management company. As my English friend would say: "OP is a bit too common."

[Anonymous]

DC law permits 3 people in a one bedroom. DC protects renters. It's very hard to evict.

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I haven't read anything that justifies an eviction.

[Anonymous]

Bike lock is gone.

[Anonymous]

OP, my suggestion is to ALWAYS be petty; the high road is for suckers. Call code enforcement and let them decide whether the gate is an issue. They started this mess--you finish it.

The management company can't evict you, so just say "eff you, take it up with the owner" and walk away when the manager complains to you about dumb sh!t. Remind her that, as a renter, you have no rights and therefore value of the property is none of your concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, my suggestion is to ALWAYS be petty; the high road is for suckers. Call code enforcement and let them decide whether the gate is an issue. They started this mess--you finish it.

The management company can't evict you, so just say "eff you, take it up with the owner" and walk away when the manager complains to you about dumb sh!t. Remind her that, as a renter, you have no rights and therefore value of the property is none of your concern.

Xoxoxo

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you think my child is loud and runs? He doesn't. We are respectful of our neighbors.

You posted he touches the walls, windows and all kids of other stuff. What you think may be respectful, may not be to someone else.

Of course a 2-year old touches the walls and windows. It's normal. The manager should be told to hire cleaners. It's her job.

No its not normal to allow a child to touch walls and windows, especially in a public place where she had been asked not to. I hope she does not want her kid to respect her requests given the example she sets. If her kid leaves unwanted marks, she should clean it up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What kind of legal action could they possible take against our landlord since we haven't violated any laws. Bike lock at the pool is hardly grounds for eviction. I'll take the lock down right now and call a good friend at DCRA to come inspect the roof. Not a problem at all. Also when I asked for the condo rules or whatever they said I'm not entitled to them.

Actually a bike lock could be grounds for eviction.

And she publicly admitted it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think my child is loud and runs? He doesn't. We are respectful of our neighbors.

You posted he touches the walls, windows and all kids of other stuff. What you think may be respectful, may not be to someone else.

Of course a 2-year old touches the walls and windows. It's normal. The manager should be told to hire cleaners. It's her job.

No its not normal to allow a child to touch walls and windows, especially in a public place where she had been asked not to. I hope she does not want her kid to respect her requests given the example she sets. If her kid leaves unwanted marks, she should clean it up.

Walls and windows get touched. That's the nature of walls and windows. As long as the kid leaves just fingerprint marks, not paint or playdoh, the manager should clean it up. Her job is to keep the place clean, so she should hop to it. I should hope they windex the glass every now and again, don't they.

[Anonymous]

Honestly OP, and all these moms who think their specious children should be able to willfully vandalize properties and not comply with noise restrictions, sound like tenants from hell. I can't get over the entitlement in this thread. Control your children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of legal action could they possible take against our landlord since we haven't violated any laws. Bike lock at the pool is hardly grounds for eviction. I'll take the lock down right now and call a good friend at DCRA to come inspect the roof. Not a problem at all. Also when I asked for the condo rules or whatever they said I'm not entitled to them.

Actually a bike lock could be grounds for eviction.

And she publicly admitted it.

So what? It's down now. OP hasn't made her child out to be anything but a typical kid. Nothing screams unruly kid to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What kind of legal action could they possible take against our landlord since we haven't violated any laws. Bike lock at the pool is hardly grounds for eviction. I'll take the lock down right now and call a good friend at DCRA to come inspect the roof. Not a problem at all. Also when I asked for the condo rules or whatever they said I'm not entitled to them.

Actually a bike lock could be grounds for eviction.

And she publicly admitted it.

So what? It's down now. OP hasn't made her child out to be anything but a typical kid. Nothing screams unruly kid to me.

Her kid is "spirited" because she allows and encourages it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC law permits 3 people in a one bedroom. DC protects renters. It's very hard to evict.

This is a condo. If you break the rules that is grounds for the condo board and management rescinding your right to rent to that particular tenant. It's not as cut and dried here. The OP has tenant rights in that if the owner wanted to evict her to sell or renovate or something, that's harder to do. But this case seems like she's been a creating a disturbance in the building.

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What defines a disturbance? She can't even get the rules to follow

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Anonymous wrote:What defines a disturbance? She can't even get the rules to follow

I don't believe that. When a tenant rents a condo, there is ALWAYS something the tenant has to sign saying they received and will abide by a copy of the rules and regulations. That needs to come from her landlord. If the landlord didn't give it, that's one thing, but the building would then want to know why that wasn't signed. I just have a hard time believing most of what OP is saying, and this post and the other which was deleted make me think that she's telling less than half the real story. Without that type of document, the rental wouldn't be approved and they would be going after her landlord. Something just isn't adding up.