UPDATE: So there really is a Good Witch of the East. Or Albus Dumbledore was watching from some other realm. Or something.
I have an apartment. Not only that, but it's a lovely one-bedroom -- in a seniors' building! (Well, I am 63, LOL.) The cats are welcome. The rent is a bit higher than I had wanted to pay but includes everything, so ...
The bulk of my stuff right now is going into storage units because time is running REALLY short and I need to get out of the house. However, the extraordinary friend who drove five hours and will have stayed five days by the time she departs has warned me that she will come back and kick my butt if (1) I just leave the stuff sit in storage without culling it, and/or (2) I let my apartment get into the same horrendous state as the house (think hoarder/clutterer).
Thank you, RootedPhoneix, just the hugs and good wishes were great!
Thank you, Android Kaeli; it's enough to make me wish I could've taken you up on that offer! But yeah ... international border ... and I have no passport ... Maybe somebody could've smuggled me over in the trunk of their car ...
Unfortunately, I spoke to a landlord/tenant lawyer, and they said that 30 days after the close is normal ... despite the fact I didn't even GET 30 days, but it was a matter of five or six days, so the dispute would've cost me more than it was worth.
I had asked for an extension but they got no response so we had to assume the answer was no. I asked for that within two or three days of my brother's Feb. 3 email.
Guess what I got today? An email from the new owner. "Sorry, but I've taken time off work effective March 1 to start renovations, so ..." Fuck you, buddy, you wait SEVENTEEN DAYS to give me the courtesy of a reply?? I hope the roof falls on your head.
And I'm also pretty damn bitter about my brother's part in this. Could he not have negotiated a better deal, one that wouldn't put me into such a nightmare of a position? At one point I thought I might need a co-signer for an apartment and I asked him. He said yes ... but with various strings attached. I could understand most of them (although when he went on about "I'm not writing a blank cheque" and "I'm not subsidizing your storage fees" I wanted to say "Who the fuck asked you to subsidize ANYTHING?? All I need is his name and credit rating to get me into an apartment!
So then I send him the forms -- and he has to fill them out as if HE is the primary tenant. So he sends them back and says "They don't need my SIN (social insurance number) or references or [something else that I can't remember]; if they won't accept it without those things, look elsewhere." This was less than 2 weeks before my move-out deadline.
He definitely did not offer to come down and help me pack and move.
So yeah ... definitely not happy with him.
Although I'm sure you can imagine the relief at having somewhere to go at the end of the month. AND without my brother's strings attached.
I have an apartment. Not only that, but it's a lovely one-bedroom -- in a seniors' building! (Well, I am 63, LOL.) The cats are welcome. The rent is a bit higher than I had wanted to pay but includes everything, so ...
The bulk of my stuff right now is going into storage units because time is running REALLY short and I need to get out of the house. However, the extraordinary friend who drove five hours and will have stayed five days by the time she departs has warned me that she will come back and kick my butt if (1) I just leave the stuff sit in storage without culling it, and/or (2) I let my apartment get into the same horrendous state as the house (think hoarder/clutterer).
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I had asked for an extension but they got no response so we had to assume the answer was no. I asked for that within two or three days of my brother's Feb. 3 email.
Guess what I got today? An email from the new owner. "Sorry, but I've taken time off work effective March 1 to start renovations, so ..." Fuck you, buddy, you wait SEVENTEEN DAYS to give me the courtesy of a reply?? I hope the roof falls on your head.
And I'm also pretty damn bitter about my brother's part in this. Could he not have negotiated a better deal, one that wouldn't put me into such a nightmare of a position? At one point I thought I might need a co-signer for an apartment and I asked him. He said yes ... but with various strings attached. I could understand most of them (although when he went on about "I'm not writing a blank cheque" and "I'm not subsidizing your storage fees" I wanted to say "Who the fuck asked you to subsidize ANYTHING?? All I need is his name and credit rating to get me into an apartment!
So then I send him the forms -- and he has to fill them out as if HE is the primary tenant. So he sends them back and says "They don't need my SIN (social insurance number) or references or [something else that I can't remember]; if they won't accept it without those things, look elsewhere." This was less than 2 weeks before my move-out deadline.
He definitely did not offer to come down and help me pack and move.
So yeah ... definitely not happy with him.
Although I'm sure you can imagine the relief at having somewhere to go at the end of the month. AND without my brother's strings attached.
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