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ikechukwu21:
Hi all, I'm sorry I don't know the exact section to post this but hopefully the mods will help in moving it to the right section. Thanks.

I'm gonna go straight to the point.

I moved into this small house in Abuja due to pressure from the people I was staying with before now which required that I moved out quickly from there. After searching for a house to stay in within the shortest possible time, I finally settled for this one I'm staying in right now. I paid fully for the house in the presence of about three witnesses that is to say I am not owing a dime.

As with every house, there are agreements binding the tenants and landlords and some of mine includes Paying of water and light bill. Now the issue is that whenever we pay our light bill, after about a week or two it gets disconnected due to the outstanding balance of about N50,000 which is small compared to what so many people are owing in Nigeria but still have their electricity intact and from what I heard he was the one who kept refusing to pay the bills whenever it was given to him by past tenants and hence it accumulated.

The landlord promised fixing prepaid metre when I was moving in but until now he still hasn't and we the tenants have been suffering dearly for this. Everytime the PHCN guys come around, he fights and insults them and this I believe is the reason they have refused to be linient with us which is what he has been doing to us, the tenants too. At a point I even reported him to the police for subtly threatening me verbally and angrily and he was picked up for questioning and ever since then he started avoiding having any confrontation with me.

Now the issue is that we haven't had electricity for over a month now in our compound while our surrounding neighbors constantly have light in their houses. This has made us suffer greatly. Note that we don't owe light bill. We pay whenever there's a new bill and like I stated before, just after a week or two, we get disconnected again and we go ahead to buy wires, get and pay the person to help reconnect it. This has been going on since I moved in here. I later heard that other tenants suffered same with him. I can't remember the last time I ironed my clothes in my house, charged my phone or even watched TV all because of this guy's cruelty.

I had to resort to getting a generator to enable me get light and enjoy a bit of fan whenever I get back from work. My fridge has been lying dormant as I no longer use it to store cooked food. All these has cost me and is still costing me money. I now buy fuel almost every time, eat out because I can no longer cook and store the food in my fridge. He lives in the compound and doesn't care.

My question is this: what can be done to get us out of this misery this heartless guy has put us into? Please we need all the help we can get. The other two tenants are already overwhelmed with the whole situation. Please we need all the help we can get. Location is Abuja. Thanks.

Honestly even if you get a prepaid meter one day he will give you a quit notice and you will pack out leaving the prepaid meter behind

Just start planning on how to relocate by looking for another rented apartment

This time around make enquiries about things like this light before you pack in

Some people are idiots and can manage situations that doesn't need to be managed especially creating problems for others

ikechukwu21:
The guy is just plain wicked and cruel. He doesn't listen to anyone. The only things he wishes is for us to use our money to sort out everything. Once he collects rents from unsuspecting prospective tenants he turns into a monster and every promise he made before they moved into his house becimes null and void. Someone from the same compound told me that no one has ever stayed up to a year in the compound before. We have been using our money to sort out the issue before but we're fed up.

When you're about to go maybe around a month . take him to human right and he doubt like the publicity you want to give him

aroundtheearth:
Move out.

to leave on the street or in the gutters? See as e simple for Una mouth,Move out.

Offpoint1:
Collect your balance and find somewhere else relocate... You no fit use your own money buy wahala for yourself.

Living in the same house with your landlord or lady is among the 1001 ways to die. Number 6 pricisely.

Yes oo Landlady are even the worst. God will see us through

Tokskob2008:
Seems your landlord and mine are siblings because for the past 7months or so i have been fetching water since he refused to replaced the spoilt pumping machine, he says it's the responsibility of we the tennants to buy him a new one even after we had contributed to repair it twice before it was confirmed "dead". Half his tennants has left but he can't rent out the vacant flats since there's no water, can't wait to get cash and move out never again will i live in a house that the landlord resides too, it's not just worth it at all.

Living with landlord especially landlady is purely headache while some are lucky with their landlord/landlady. As am typing right now we are moving out from this so called pretender and silence killer landlady house, going to a house without landlord or landlady living there. I pray my husband and I find peace and financial breakthrough in our new house.

folu4real:
Yes oo Landlady are even the worst. God will see us through

Amin

If u still intend to continue living in that house, pay the bill and remove it from his rent abeg! Meanwhile don't do this forcefully, have an agreement with him with the help of the police.

NobleDeSage001:
The last thing you want is headache in your home. The landlord will not change anytime soon.

I advice that you leave that compound and rent a new apartment.

everyone is saying leave compound leave compound. no be money dem dey take leave dis compound wey una dey talk? person go pay, agreement cussions and other fees before moving in. do you think all those things you pay will be refunded? never. the op should wait till his rent expire

lefulefu:
I don't get it
Are u the only tenant suffering this problem and if not why havent u tenants come together to complain to the landlord?
Also why does it seem u are the only guy he is targeting in his lodge?
I believe wat is reasonable is for u tenants to come together and meet the landlord and reason with him like civilised humans beings over how to resolve the outstanding nepa bills
There is no how no how he won't listen to u guys if u bring the matter in a group
Don't involve in this matter single handendly
Let the other tenants be involved as well

pray not to meet irresistible and useless LL

ikechukwu21:
I don't have another rent for now. Still saving up

it always sounds stupid why people should tell someone that has this kind of issue to move out. is it easy to move out? after paying cussions, agreement and other fees which is unrefundable you will tell me to move out? the LL get luck say he never jam person wey madness dey run for him vain

Living in the same compound with y0ur Landlord or Landlady, no dey good at all. Coz their wahala dey too much. They will frustrate your life eeh, I will advise you to go and rent a house somewhere else, and don't make the same mistake of living in the same compound with landlord.

doubleportion:
Anybody can turn to beast at anytime but the laws cannot change, we were living like a family for two good years before he suddenly changed.

that's where the law comes in nau.if Im wan turn into beast mode onto wetin u don pay for then u have the right to use the law against him and he go calm down.

Drizzy5001:
Living in the same compound with y0ur Landlord or Landlady, no dey good at all. Coz their wahala dey too much. They will frustrate your life eeh, I will advise you to go and rent a house somewhere else, and don't make the same mistake of living in the same compound with landlord.

na landlord and landlady wey get too much time on their hands na Im go dey harrass tenants for no just reason.

ikechukwu21:
Hi all, I'm sorry I don't know the exact section to post this but hopefully the mods will help in moving it to the right section. Thanks.

I'm gonna go straight to the point.

I moved into this small house in Abuja due to pressure from the people I was staying with before now which required that I moved out quickly from there. After searching for a house to stay in within the shortest possible time, I finally settled for this one I'm staying in right now. I paid fully for the house in the presence of about three witnesses that is to say I am not owing a dime.

As with every house, there are agreements binding the tenants and landlords and some of mine includes Paying of water and light bill. Now the issue is that whenever we pay our light bill, after about a week or two it gets disconnected due to the outstanding balance of about N50,000 which is small compared to what so many people are owing in Nigeria but still have their electricity intact and from what I heard he was the one who kept refusing to pay the bills whenever it was given to him by past tenants and hence it accumulated.

The landlord promised fixing prepaid metre when I was moving in but until now he still hasn't and we the tenants have been suffering dearly for this. Everytime the PHCN guys come around, he fights and insults them and this I believe is the reason they have refused to be linient with us which is what he has been doing to us, the tenants too. At a point I even reported him to the police for subtly threatening me verbally and angrily and he was picked up for questioning and ever since then he started avoiding having any confrontation with me.

Now the issue is that we haven't had electricity for over a month now in our compound while our surrounding neighbors constantly have light in their houses. This has made us suffer greatly. Note that we don't owe light bill. We pay whenever there's a new bill and like I stated before, just after a week or two, we get disconnected again and we go ahead to buy wires, get and pay the person to help reconnect it. This has been going on since I moved in here. I later heard that other tenants suffered same with him. I can't remember the last time I ironed my clothes in my house, charged my phone or even watched TV all because of this guy's cruelty.

I had to resort to getting a generator to enable me get light and enjoy a bit of fan whenever I get back from work. My fridge has been lying dormant as I no longer use it to store cooked food. All these has cost me and is still costing me money. I now buy fuel almost every time, eat out because I can no longer cook and store the food in my fridge. He lives in the compound and doesn't care.

My question is this: what can be done to get us out of this misery this heartless guy has put us into? Please we need all the help we can get. The other two tenants are already overwhelmed with the whole situation. Please we need all the help we can get. Location is Abuja. Thanks.

Why can't you just simply move out?

No amount of money can buy peace of mind. If you desire peace, sometimes you forego certain things.

Some persons will leave the money for the landlord provided he finds succour somewhere else.