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restore8:
In my 100l my experience with my landlord was a terrible one. It was a self contained apartment. There was no toilet in the house but he lied to my dad about it.

I decided to adapt to this situation without telling my parents at home. Since I was new, my dad decided that I should be going to their church- Deeper Life. I couldn't and that was were the problem started. My landlord started to see me as a sinner because I was going to CASOR.

A friend of mine got admission and he wanted us to leave that place. That was when I began to hate religion. This man started saying bad words about me. He did his best to destroy my reputation but God was so faithful.

Although, all these challenges made me become a better person, but there were still some painful lessons learnt. Because of him I stopped being religious and decided to seek God for myself.


I hate religion!

LandMann:
House Renting Tips

1. Avoid houses with only landlady. If the landlord is still alive in charge then good. If not, just search further.

2. If you like your privacy, then set boundaries from the onset. If you are always jumping into people's room then no-one will respect your privacy.

3. Don't owe rent at all. Negotiate before you move in. If it's two or three months rent you can pay at once, make it clear and pay when due to keep your respect and avoid unnecessary embarrassment.

4. *As for those who pay yearly rent, I salute you. Perhaps you don't yet know the time value of money*

Dpsychologist:
What is your worst Experience With A landlord/landlady?

My undergraduate days was one of the times that i had worst Experience With Landlords. I happen to have worst Experiences with 2 Landlords:

First Landlord
While i got admission into higher institution, i rented an Apartment close to school, my dad followed me inorder to know where i stay. In the process, he met my Landlord. They talked for a while and he collected my dad's number. The Man was jovial little did i know there will be a problem.

There was a time our light got spoiled he told me that since I am using gas I should help him and boil water, I obliged. From that day the man wants to exploit me. He came back the next day that he wanted me to give him stew if i have, i gave him. He came back two days that i should give him groundnut oil that's when i realized he wants to use my niceness to exploit me. Since then i promised myself not to give him things anyhow. He still came back after 5days that i should help him with raw pepper i told him it is finished then he asked me of matches i told him it has also finished. That was the last time he asked me for something.

About two weeks later my dad sent me money and then told me to give some part of the money to the landlord. I wanted to ask my dad why, but i just allowed it slide and gave him. As time goes on i observed he is also trying to exploit my dad. The next time my dad sent money to me he told me to give the Landlord again i corner the money. I later told my dad not to give that guy money again he is trying to exploit us.

One year after i left the Apartment he send message to my dad containing his account number that my dad should send him money.

Second Landlord
In 400L I was a roommate to my coursemate (my roommate stayed there a year earlier). The Landlord warmly welcomed me. The man was very nice, so i thought, he even told us that as student when we need something we should just ask them, let there be harmony. I never knew i will face alot of anger.

It first started when the Landlord borrowed my knife and hasn't returned it for two days i asked my roommate if he sees the knife he told me he will talk to Landlord. Later he came and told me that the knife was missing that while the Landlord was making cake he couldn’t find the knife. I was disappointed but let it slide.

Few days later when we came back from lectures he told us that he took some of our sweet potatoes and ate because he was hungry, i was ok with it.

It started getting anoying when our Landlord turned our room as if it was his. He will just open the door and enter into our room without knocking and start demanding for something, the one that anoys me most is toothpaste. It became too much that we had to hide our toothpaste from him.

During semester break we went home but i forgot something very important so i came back the next day only for me to see that our room was opened and my travelling bag and that of my roommate opened he came rushing to me that let him apologize that he took my vaseline. I told him no problem. When we resumed that's when i realised my sponge, hairbrush and perfume were missing.

I became very angry, felt like strangling him. I asked of the Landlord, his wife told me he has gotten back to school i was very pissed off i told her what he has been doing, she said that's how he use to do that when we went to semester break that he slept in our room, that on behalf of him she is saying sorry that i should take heart.

Angelfrost:
Can't really say I have ever had such experiences... I always stay in buildings where neither the landlord nor his wife/wives equally reside... I only communicate with them cordially via phone or SMS. This would be merely to register complaints (which hardly occurs since the building manager handles such)... My rents always get paid in promptly, so no basis for his calling to remind me.

I'm of the school of thought that landlords and tenants should never live together!!! A lot of stress, drama, and infractions would be easily avoided!!!... Same way or reason daughters and their mother in-laws should never be brought under the same roofs under any circumstances.

segun18:
Ewooooooooo your 2 landlords na gbege o.

Dpsychologist:
What is your worst Experience With A landlord/landlady?

Fransisco911:
My friend came to my house just to use my toilet My landlady started shouting I brought my friend to fill her house soakaway with shit. She even said you know how much dem take dey park shit u dis boy?

Sardauna24:
Bro my advice for u is to embrace islam the religion of peace,you will start to be loving religion.you will have a peace of mind till everlasting..

Pavillon:
This happened during during my final year in school.
I joined my friends in their two bedroom flat apartments, where 5 of them occupied, plus me making it 6 altogether.
But this landlady from gave us tough time. These friends of mine attend the same church with the landlady so this gave her more hand in behaving irrationally because they wouldn't want to involve church elders as she always threatens. But when I got there, the narrative changed.
No water in the compound, just because of a leakage in the tank, she couldn't purchase another tank or even block the leakage. Instead she would wait till she collect house rent.
Repair this she will say *no money*
Water no rush *no money*
This one spoil No money!!
No money!!!!
So many atrocities and very awful behaviour which I can't even narrate so i gave her tough time, always arguing and arguing, at a time, my friends called me *mama's husband*

But the day this mama showed me fire was on the 14th of Nov 2018, the day I was to write my last compulsory final year exam. She just burst in to our apartment, (I was the only one left at hostel that moment, preparing my white signout shirt)
Ehenen, una no dy go anywhere today,
Today today, u go pay my NEPA bill, I swear, u no dy go anywhere, if you no pay my money, you no dy go anywhere
She started blocking my way, locking the burglary,..
Haaaa, you no dy go kini, devil won use the woman sha..
In fact I lost my ability to argue that day as I was already running outta time for the exam. I just gently and humbly gave her everything with me that day, even begging her as I was giving her.
Money that about 6 of us were meant to share, I was the sacrificial lamb that day ooo

Casper21:
My only problem is my landlord never visited my lodge and I didn't meet him. Everybody was well comported. Lol, I was living in a self con of 250k. Na all this cheap lodge tenants dey complain here

konkonbilo:
I just rented a flat last week, didn't know that they put on water only once a day and the water finishes after 30min or 1hr the most. I'm really angry now because have paid and packed in after suffering searching for house over a month and wasted alot of money on agent dues and transporting different agent from one location to another. When I was showned the house they assured me there's water and it was locked from the back.. When I complained the landlady said I should go buy drum that even her uses drum for storage of water. Though the rooms of the house are big, that was what attracted me that atleast I could use for my work as well. But that baggage de disturb me and the gate is been locked so early.

Pavillon:
This happened during during my final year in school.
I joined my friends in their two bedroom flat apartments, where 5 of them occupied, plus me making it 6 altogether.
But this landlady from gave us tough time. These friends of mine attend the same church with the landlady so this gave her more hand in behaving irrationally because they wouldn't want to involve church elders as she always threatens. But when I got there, the narrative changed.
No water in the compound, just because of a leakage in the tank, she couldn't purchase another tank or even block the leakage. Instead she would wait till she collect house rent.
Repair this she will say *no money*
Water no rush *no money*
This one spoil No money!!
No money!!!!
So many atrocities and very awful behaviour which I can't even narrate so i gave her tough time, always arguing and arguing, at a time, my friends called me *mama's husband*

But the day this mama showed me fire was on the 14th of Nov 2018, the day I was to write my last compulsory final year exam. She just burst in to our apartment, (I was the only one left at hostel that moment, preparing my white signout shirt)
Ehenen, una no dy go anywhere today,
Today today, u go pay my NEPA bill, I swear, u no dy go anywhere, if you no pay my money, you no dy go anywhere
She started blocking my way, locking the burglary,..
Haaaa, you no dy go kini, devil won use the woman sha..
In fact I lost my ability to argue that day as I was already running outta time for the exam. I just gently and humbly gave her everything with me that day, even begging her as I was giving her.
Money that about 6 of us were meant to share, I was the sacrificial lamb that day ooo

RealEzee:
� � Oh mine was wild, barely 4 months in the flat she issued quit notice because we didn't accept to pay for outstanding nepa bill by the previous tenant, she didn't even fix the kitchen and the master's bedroom she promised to, the woman worry ehnn,las las we went to court and got extension, like play like play we ended up staying there for two extra years without paying a dime for rent, she thought na only her know lawyer lol madam changed lawyers 4 times.

Wetin vex me pass was our next door neighbor who mumu himself telling us that we should just pay the bill so peace will reign,we were like no p pls help us pay as a good Samaritan abi u be UN youth ambassador, he was even driving the landlady mother sef, omo them turn the guy to house boy guun, twas too late for him before his eyes clear lol.

odimbannamdi:
The reason the water doesnt last is most likely because the tanks are small or other tenants (especially those with large families) have big drums that they fetch the water.

It is a very common problem and i experience it too. I had to go buy big drums and 30litre kegs and kept in every room in my house. As they are pumping the water, i am filling my drums and kegs.

It is part of the uncertainties we face in Nigeria. Just adapt, bro.

Doyou2019:
Na you mouth kill you Why you let her know the day your most important final exam go sele?

Goalnaldo:
I'm imagining the scene. Did you eat the food?

LandMann:
House Renting Tips

1. Avoid houses with only landlady. If the landlord is still alive in charge then good. If not, just search further.

2. If you like your privacy, then set boundaries from the onset. If you are always jumping into people's room then no-one will respect your privacy.

3. Don't owe rent at all. Negotiate before you move in. If it's two or three months rent you can pay at once, make it clear and pay when due to keep your respect and avoid unnecessary embarrassment.

4. As for those who pay yearly rent, I salute you. Perhaps you don't yet know the time value of money.

Pavillon:
I no inform her Na.. I dont know how she got know...or probably it was just a coincidence.

konkonbilo:
Chai!!! Some landlord/ladies just take life too hard for tenants.. Make God provide make tenants sef build hin own house. It's just annoying that you came home and can't put on the shower, you have to start turning water from kegs or drum.

Dpsychologist:
The bolded got me laughing

Xavfra:
Wetin be that their slogan again..... shebi una meeting days na Tuesday

odimbannamdi:
The reason the water doesnt last is most likely because the tanks are small or other tenants (especially those with large families) have big drums that they fetch the water.

It is a very common problem and i experience it too. I had to go buy big drums and 30litre kegs and kept in every room in my house. As they are pumping the water, i am filling my drums and kegs.

It is part of the uncertainties we face in Nigeria. Just adapt, bro.

konkonbilo:
Chai!!! Some landlord/ladies just take life too hard for tenants.. Make God provide make tenants sef build hin own house. It's just annoying that you came home and can't put on the shower, you have to start turning water from kegs or drum.