Hello peoples...
I am wondering if there may be any possible ideas/advice on my situation:
You may disapprove of my lifestyle and I understand, it is becoming a very disapproving lifestyle here in Minnesota and I feel the crushing disdain more every year...
My wife and I smoke cigarettes. I enjoy smoking. However, I do not enjoy living in smoke. I do not smoke in my home, I do not smoke in my car, and I don't even smoke at work. Just at home, outside. I do not want my items to smell like smoke, or my habitat. Trying and explain that to someone who isn't a smoker is SO difficult (or at least I feel like it is) when wanting to rent their home.
We just signed a lease for a townhome through a rental realtor a few days ago. We move in at the beginning of May. It was coming down to the wire and we needed a place to go before our lease was up here. Everything about this new place is awesome. Except the No Smoking Policy. We didn't say anything about our desires to smoke outside. The couple who owns the townhome are so pleasant and nice (we didn't meet until lease signing at a local coffee shop). The lease we signed states that smoking inside the dwelling is considered a material breach of this lease (which we have no issue with) but also that smoking is not permitted on the premises unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing (this did not happen). It also confusingly states that smoking shall occur in designated areas only and that any butts or ash should be cleaned up immediately or could result in $200 fine by landlord. Those things I have no issue with because we are clean with our "habit".
I am kind of a worry wart but how do I do this? If I ask the owners about this now, I feel like I risk being told NO and for the next 24 months watched like a hawk. I feel like maybe if we just go about our business while maybe talking to the neighbors about it and if they're ok with us there is a chance of it slipping through the cracks? I read the Home Owners Association rules and it doesn't say anything other than disrupting comfort for other people (a gray rule for any unique situation).
I am grateful the owners accepted us to rent as the FIRST applicants for the property. I just don't want to mess up our potential decent relationship. They live just a few short miles away. I don't really know how personal they will want to be in our business relationship. It may sound like a minor life worry, but is actually the most stressful part of my move this time! What do you guys think?
I am wondering if there may be any possible ideas/advice on my situation:
You may disapprove of my lifestyle and I understand, it is becoming a very disapproving lifestyle here in Minnesota and I feel the crushing disdain more every year...
My wife and I smoke cigarettes. I enjoy smoking. However, I do not enjoy living in smoke. I do not smoke in my home, I do not smoke in my car, and I don't even smoke at work. Just at home, outside. I do not want my items to smell like smoke, or my habitat. Trying and explain that to someone who isn't a smoker is SO difficult (or at least I feel like it is) when wanting to rent their home.
We just signed a lease for a townhome through a rental realtor a few days ago. We move in at the beginning of May. It was coming down to the wire and we needed a place to go before our lease was up here. Everything about this new place is awesome. Except the No Smoking Policy. We didn't say anything about our desires to smoke outside. The couple who owns the townhome are so pleasant and nice (we didn't meet until lease signing at a local coffee shop). The lease we signed states that smoking inside the dwelling is considered a material breach of this lease (which we have no issue with) but also that smoking is not permitted on the premises unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing (this did not happen). It also confusingly states that smoking shall occur in designated areas only and that any butts or ash should be cleaned up immediately or could result in $200 fine by landlord. Those things I have no issue with because we are clean with our "habit".
I am kind of a worry wart but how do I do this? If I ask the owners about this now, I feel like I risk being told NO and for the next 24 months watched like a hawk. I feel like maybe if we just go about our business while maybe talking to the neighbors about it and if they're ok with us there is a chance of it slipping through the cracks? I read the Home Owners Association rules and it doesn't say anything other than disrupting comfort for other people (a gray rule for any unique situation).
I am grateful the owners accepted us to rent as the FIRST applicants for the property. I just don't want to mess up our potential decent relationship. They live just a few short miles away. I don't really know how personal they will want to be in our business relationship. It may sound like a minor life worry, but is actually the most stressful part of my move this time! What do you guys think?
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