yuck, yum, and nothing in between

[chanter1944]

Having the apartment you're actually going to be moving into turn out, on a trip over there for measurement-of-space purposes, to be not at all like the one you'd been shown and, in fact, to be an awkwardly-shaped space with tissue paper walls and slapdash shelves in the middle of the room=:( and WTF?

Having a current landlady who, after breaking the bad but not unexpected news to you that yes, your current place is already rented out for this coming year, says 'Call me in October or November when renewals start, I can probably get you your old place back'=:) :) :) and she is such a sweetheart, seriously

So yeah. Rotten situations are go, but it's for a year. I can deal with a year. ... I hope. Heh. And then I'm very well probably coming right back to Newbury Place of my own volition.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

…what

what the fuck that cannot be legal

(not your current landlady, the new one)

[mama_kestrel]

You beat me to it. No, it's not legal. Classic bait and switch.

I know you're in Wisconsin, but where? My best friend is an attorney there.

[chanter1944]

Wait wait what? The space itself is similar to what I was shown, it's just the configuration that's different. It's still livable, if a crap setup. You're serious that it's illegal rather than just a jerk move? And, I'm in Madison... and really not wanting to go stirring up trouble if there isn't any... :(

[chanter1944]

Yeeeeeah pretty sure it's legal but crappy. The space itself is similar to the apartment I was shown, it's just configured differently. Poorly.

[killing_rose]

...yeah. joining everyone else. That isn't legal.

[chanter1944]

I'm still a bit bemused and dismayed over here. The space itself is similar to the apartment I saw, but there's an internal wall that's in an awkward as frak place and makes it a different setup. I figured it was a jerk move, possibly unintentionally on the part of someone over there. Illegality never entered my mind.

Late to this, and what a frakking mess!

[jesse_the_k]

...and the people who know this law really well are the Tenant Resource Center.

Their Know Your Rights index is huge, and I saw nothing about your bait'n'switch in a quick skim.

Contacting them is totally OKAY!

Re: Late to this, and what a frakking mess!

[chanter1944]

Cheers. I'll have a look. I didn't even think of looking them up, despite knowing perfectly well that they exist.