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Mar. 6th, 2009 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
loracsI work in an office that deals with the rent control law for the city of Oakland. One of my duties is answering the phone. I get many strange questions. Here's one I received yesterday.
Property Owner: Can I remove the stove from one of my rental units? It doesn’t work right.
Me: Of course you have the right to repair and replace items in your units.
Property Owner: No I don’t want to replace it; I just want to know if it’s okay if I remove it.
Me: And you don’t plan to replace it?
Property Owner: Right
Me: Ever?
Property Owner: That’s right, can I do this?
Me: And the unit is currently rented, people are living there?
Property Owner: Yes
What universe is this woman living in? I have to hold my tongue as I sweetly inform her she needs legal advice. This is the type of action that gives landlords a bad name - a very bad name. FYI: my parents were landlords and I've been a tenant, so I see both side of the issues.
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Date: 2009-03-07 01:55 am (UTC)Trying my best to construct a universe in which this person is not a complete dumbass...it is possible that the current tenants would actually rather just have the extra space. I have heard of people who are really not culinarily inclined storing clothes, or books, in their ovens -- maybe the problem with this one is that it turned on unbidden and fried someone's Playboy collection?
But, um, I doubt it.