Landlord Clears Out Apartment Day After Tenant Dies [KTLA via Metroblogging Los Angeles]
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@Rusted: There’s a story at [news.google.com] Would help if Consumerist spelled the subject’s name correctly: Chagnon. Not Changnon. This is a really sickening story.
“Crankymediaguy: I always ignore the opinions of little grammar/spelling nazis.”
AKA those of us who paid attention in English class and don’t expect others to decipher our illiterate gibberish.
BTW, isn’t it WAY BEYOND absurd to compare people with respect for the language to fascists who killed millions of people?
Oh, while we’re talking here and all, um, how is it “ignoring” me to respond to what I said?
Hey, this “shooting fish in a barrel” thing is FUN.
“Wow. Don’t be so uptight.”
Sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not “uptight” at all.
With some legitimacy, people bitch about those who come to our country, legally or illegally, and don’t bother to learn the language. What excuse do those who were born and raised here have for not knowing simple English? You communicate like a dumbass, I’m going to TREAT you like a dumbass.
Just wondering…
What is the name of the apartment complex and management company, so that we know NEVER to rent from these jokers?
… That, and I say we tar and feather the landlord and make him do the chicken dance on the Santa Monica Freeway!
i went through this situation about 5 years ago when my father passed away. don’t know how different the laws are in pennsylvania, but my father’s landlord gave me no problems with access to the apartment. after showing her proof that i was the administrator of his estate, she gave me a key, and i paid her for the week it took us to clean out the apartment. i did her the favor of getting all his stuff out and cleaning it up very quickly, and in turn she gave me (his estate) his deposite back. i can see how, if i was an asshole, or if no family showed up to claim his stuff, or if i took forever to get the stuff out, that the landlady would store and sell off his stuff. proof that people can benefit by being civil, something that asshole landlord could stand to learn.
nebraska right? i really don’t think the demand for an apartment in nebraska is really that great that he had to clean out the place in one day.
on the other hand, the other commentor is correct about the landlord covering his ass by not letting whoever shows up claiming to be a reletive into the apartment to take whatever they want. some families are f*cked up and steal from estates, i’ve seen it happen! another thing, maybe the landlord got screwed in the past by a similar situation. as long as he doesn’t sell off the stuff, and lets the executor of the estate (next of kin) access to the stuff (which is their right by law) after the proper forms are shown to him, then there is no problem.
@badgeman46:
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damn mexicans and their stuff-hauling-away ways! couldn’t he at least use american labor??? god it makes me sick to my core!
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Wow, if this story is completely accurate, I’m disgusted. And I would not be surprised to find out that it is. I rented from a couple of landlords in my youth that would be fully capable of being this sleazy.
If he also lives on the property I’d bet his life is about to become very interesting and unpleasent, depending on the kind of area this was in (work computer won’t play the clip).
If I were a lawyer, I would get an erection just at the thought of having a chance to take that landlord to court.
It is amazing what landlords think they can get away with. Once the family deals with the funeral, I think their lawyers will have something to say about the auctioning off of the grandmother’s things. I hope justice is served, if not karma will definately even things out in the end.
I’m going to take the unpopular road here.. While I understand the emotional position, I can find no fault in wanting to re-rent the unit as quickly as possible, and clearing it out/putting the former tenants possessions in secure storage. The owner has a responsibility to follow the law, and to themselves. Is it good business? Maybe not, judging by the other tenant’s reactions. This may come back to bite them hard. IANAL, so I don’t know what the legalities are regarding auctioning before probate, and denying access to the relatives, etc.
This is an incredibly disheartening story and as an apartment manager in Los Angeles–for quite some time–I know that laws WERE broken here.
First of all, you are NEVER to enter a tenant’s apartment under these circumstances. It is called RIGHT TO ENTRY and is akin to BREAKING & ENTERING. In extreme cases, where the heirs are not known, the apartment is sealed and the next of kin is determined by the County Public Administrator. Other than this, since the rent is PAID for the month, the apartment automatically reverts to the tenant’s next of kin for the remainder of the month.
As far as STEALING the tenants’ possessions–which is what they did–this is simply UNHEARD of. The landlord and the property manager will certainly face big fines and maybe even jail time. At worst, its grand larceny theft.