Ah, I've missed this place sha. I apologize for the long absence still. Una too much!!!
Ok so this post is not to blast my landlord or nothing.....nah rubbish, its to blast the buffoon jare. It's just me letting my blog fam know some of the things that's been happening around me. It's part of what this blog is for actually. it is not a rant o! This is not one of those iRant blogs abeg!
Yeah so y'all remember my post I put up sometime back with pics from my house that everyone was liking? and most of the ladies where wishing they could live in my kitchen? yep it's the same one and I'm still here. But I'm not happy living here anymore. I just handed the landlord the rent, and it was with great vexation that I did that. Aight so how has the landlord sinned?? I shall enumerate the reasons below;
1. So a nigga felt like he had some money to spare and decided to buy a TV, Got one of them 22 inch ones which now doubles as my laptop monitor too, and I wanted to watch TV, so I went out and got some antennas which were totally useless. I then deviced a plan to get a signal amplifier, take the lead cable from the external antenna positioned on the roof and connect to it, then connect another cable from the amplifier up to my room. (the amplifier had space for four connections) everything would have cost me not more than £25. I decided to inform the owner of the house who suggested I just get the TV man instead as its his job, e.t.c and blah bla blah. So I had him call the TV man who said his fee, to give me a connection from the antenna on the roof to my room would be £100. I bought the TV for £150 o!! and house no be my own o!!! I asked oga landlord, "what happens when I'm leaving? I disconnect my cable or what?" and he went "Well. its just one of those things, you'll just have to leave it" I was pissed.
2. So I had just stepped out of one super market like that, Somerfield, when I met some Sky reps by the door, and they had a sale thing going on. Virtually everything was going for free. The Sky box, installation, free landline calls (to landline numbers tho). Free internet for the first 8th months, plus I was to pay £20/Month for a TV package I had selected. So basically, I was getting all these goodies for just £20/Month. It was a sales period, outside of this, installations cost upwards of £40.
I particularly wanted the internet na, since bros no gree me look tv, I figured if I get a dedicated internet link to myself then I could stream live tv from tvcatchup.com. I have complained time without number to him about the shitty internet, but I guess he has his mind made up about that. He actually said to me once when I complained about the thing being slow, "There's nothing I can do Sugarking, my sisters's in IT, and she said the slowness is not from me" Mumu, I didn't say its from you, but you're paying for it, so I'm asking you to call the ISP and ask them to improve their services to you, or you move to another provider!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I had quickly signed up and was waiting for them to come and install the thing on the appointed day. that day eventually came and the technicians arrived as planned. Now I had informed my landlord prior to, that these guys were coming. And he was home when they eventually did. the guys were about to go to the back of the house to survey where to mount the dish, when my landlord halted them saying he didn't want any dishes on the walls anywhere. His excuse "they make the house look ugly" na so , the people carry their dish waka. I was pissed.
3. Well this is the one that really did it for me. Our (my twin and I) graduation was on the 23 of July and my mum was billed to come from Naija to attend it. So I had informed the owner of the house "My mum's coming for my graduation and I would love for her to stay with me for about 3-4 days before she moves over to my twin's to attend his (same Uni, different campuses). I noticed the funny look on his face sha I won't lie. he replied that he'ld think about it and get back to me. He would later knock on my door 15 mins later and say that he''d have to charge me £30 for her to stay with me. And oh, I forgot to add he meant PER NIGHT!!!! His excuse; "well, it means more amenities will be used; water, light...." he kept mumbling some other rubbish when I told him, i'ld get back to him.
Now you have to think, what extra water would an old woman use to incur £30 per night abi? and light????? Light wey one person go use for room na the same light 100 people go use for the same room. I told my friends and they finished me with yabbing mehn. "I for no even tell am" one said, "that man for no fit tell me that kind thing like say I dey that house" another added. A couple of my female friends went "that means your girlfriend can't spend the night with you, do you realise that?"
My mum burst a fuse when I told her mehn. "m'biata i'nyuchiri ya toilet??!!" (am I coming to fill his toilet with my shit??) she fumed. I had to beg her to be civil when she came over sef. She had sworn a showdown with him when she came. She eventually had to stay with my twin whose landlord didn't stay in the house. So on my ceremony day, she came into london with my twin, came to the house and i actually introduced him to my mum sef (you shoulda seen the stupid look on his face) and he knew better than to ask me where she was staying, cos I never got back to him on the issue at all, I decided I wasn't going to plead or even bargain. I was paying the man £350/ Month rent, I'ld be damned if I paid him an extra penny for my MOM (MY MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) to stay in my room for a few days.
I actually sort out a house with a live-in landlord when I was house hunting to be honest, because it is only in such houses that you have some level of sanity between housemates, oh and cleanliness!!! that's why the house is so clean. No one comes to see me and doesn't mention how sparkling everywhere is. I've been to a couple of my friend's places mehn and I really didn't like what I saw jare. lol. One thing I particularly hate to share is toilets. I find it absolutely difficult to actually seat on someone else's toilet. But then, he has apparently taken advantage of my niceness. I have never yet been late with the rent since I moved in 8 months ago. Not even by one day! I do not have any rowdy friends coming over everyday. Myself and the other two girls living in the flat are model house mates for real!
I was actually looking to move sha, but have now changed my mind, the reason being that I still haven't been able to secure a job (graduate job), and I do not want to move and then have to sign another 6 month or so housing contract, only to find a job in some other far away place. So I have decided to stay on till i find a job, then I'm moving ASAP!!!
So my people what do you think? Oh and please go ahead, tear him apart as much as you want jare. The man na tolotolo
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