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Awkward situation (kinda NBR)
When I unexpectedly got pregnant with my third kid, we were living in our own two bedroom house. It was very, very small and there was no way on God's green earth we would fit a baby and all the things that go with it in there with us. So we knew we were going to have to find a bigger place. All that worked out by us finding a rental house that was huge. A friend of my parents told us about this place and she set us up here. Its an old farm house and the owner was 92 years old. She had to go in a home and the care taker (mom's friend who is 85 and goes to Florida for the winter) didn't want the house to sit empty all winter since she would have to pay the utilities. So she offered to rent us the house and we would do the shoveling and stuff that needed to be done and the upkeep. All was fine and dandy until the 92 year old lady died and left the house to her care taker.... my land lady now. She came back from Florida and stopped by a couple weeks ago. She told me that there would be people out looking at the property because she needed an appraisal to put the house in her name now since the lady died. All was well and I never saw anyone out here on the property.....
Until this passed Friday, that is. I had my family over and there was a knock on the door. It was a guy wanting to know if this was the right house that was for sale since there wasn't a "for sale" sign in the yard. NEWS TO ME!!! I told him that I was just the renter and didn't know anything about it. He showed me the listing and said that it went on the market 3 weeks ago. The care taker/now land lady called me later that night to inform me that I needed to have the house ready to show the next day.... 12 hours later.
I showed the house twice on Saturday. Her agent called me yesterday and was telling me that she has showings scheduled for everyday for the next 10 days. One in the morning and a couple in the evening. I went crazy on her! She had no idea that I didn't know it was on the market. Didn't know I have 3 kids or what my situation was. I flat out told her that she could show one day during the week and one weekend day. Thats it. It completly freaked my 7 year old out (he has mild autism and some other things) to have strangers going through the house and opening his closet and being in his room. He cries when we show the house. I have had to show it 3 times today... had to be here from 4pm-8pm and now I have to show it tomorrow too.
I am so upset. Had I known that we were going to be here a matter of months, I would not have moved here. We had to pack up all of the old lady's things and move that upstairs and then pack and move our stuff. Its a lot of work to move 5 people!!! The kids love it here and they have their own rooms. Now I have to find somewhere to move to (market in MI sucks even for renting) and I don't know exactly long we will be able to stay here. I just have a lot to worry about, keeping the house up in tip top shape to show, being here to show it (its annoying to show it and have strangers in your home, feeling violated when they open the cubbords and stuff) and finding a place for my family to move that is affordable and big enough... I feel so unsettled...like everything is up in the air. It isn't a good feeling, at all.
Sorry this is long and if you made it this far, you are a champ.
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Re: Awkward situation (kinda NBR)
That is a very difficult situation.. it sucks that the new owner didn't let you know the house was for sale or okay the showings with you.
I hope things go well for your family, however this turns out..
Wow... good job landlady for letting you in on it all. Have you called her and asked her why she didn't tell you the house was on the market weeks ago?
And if I were you, I'd pack my crap and be out of there next week. Let her worry about the state of the house til it's sold, and you stop giving her your money. I'd be working super hard to find ANYTHING.
The (not so funny) thing is that my parents were trying to pull in my driveway while the guy was here asking if it was for sale. He left and they asked who it was. I told them the house was for sale... he just told me about it. They were coming over here to give me her address (the landlady) for here in town since she was in Florida all winter. I mailed her rent money to Florida. I was going to send my rent money out on Saturday but since that guy came by, I waited to see what I should do. Both of my parents agree that I shouldn't send her anymore money. I should just save that money and look for another place to live and use that money for first, last, security and moving expenses. By the time she (the land lady) gets pissed off enough about me not paying her, takes me to court to have me thrown out, I will be long gone. I talked with the agent about being worried about having to move in the next week and she said it would be at least 3-6 months before it sells. I let her know my not paying and moving plan and all she would say was that she couldn't tell me not to pay but she said that was a good plan and my dad was smart for agreeing with it. Point well taken....
So now the search starts. I am hoping to find something in the same school district so my 7 year old can stay in the same school but since I don't know exactly how long I have before the house sells or she kicks me out.... I am not going to be too picky about location. I am so bummed about all of this...
We didn't have a rental lease/agreement. So according to MI law, when there is no lease in place, you are a month to month tenant and they require 30 days notice to have you get out.
Gross and brutal...
I hope that the universe provides... and that something falls into place...
I would consider getting some legal advice on not paying your rent, just 'cause I don't know how that will affect the next place you try to rent... at the same time I was going to suggest looking into what kind of notice you had to be given...
Good luck!