Hey guys,
I have a problem with a landlord. I have been nothing but an ideal tenant. I have been getting along with my landlord who lives next door. I signed a 10-month lease which includes, in writing, that I enter a month-to-month lease after the 10-month period ends. 5-months into the month-to-month lease (almost two weeks ago) the guy comes over with a new lease in hand.
Day #1
The landlord knocks on my door, I answer and the SOB starts walking around me to go into the inside door. He is carrying a folder with a new lease contract. I say “hold on what is that?” He says “it’s your new lease contract.” I had to tell him many times that "I absolutely refuse to sign any new lease and that if he wants me out he only has to send me a certified letter ordering me to vacate the premises within 30-60 days, depending on the date of the notice." The conversation did get a little heated, but nothing to the point of screaming. The guy starts to walk away, turns his head, and gives me a Clint Eastwood style "I'll give you 2-days to think about it." He then proceeds to walk out the door.
Day #5
The landlord comes back over and knocks on the door/windows and rings the door bell. He knows I'm home, but I don't answer. About 20 mins later the guy's daughter who lives across the street calls me up and leaves a voice mail asking if I could look at a wiring issue in her home. I don't call her back because I know it is a trap.
Day #6
I head out the store and come back. The landlord is in his late 70's and has a perfect view of my driveway from his lazy boy chair. About 2 mins after arriving home I get a call from my landlord and let it go to voice mail "hey are you ok, I am wondering if you are dead or sick, I'm getting worried over here, etc…..."
Day #7
The landlord starts knocking on the door and ringing the door bell for 1-2 minutes. He goes back home and 20 mins later calls me up and leaves a voice message "are you ok, I’m worried about you, I don't know if you are sick or dead or what, etc….." About 20 mins later the landlord is knocking on my door/ringing the door bell. I then see him walking around the house and looking into my windows. He then enters the entrance between my garage and house. He used his keys to unlock my breezeway door. I then dialed 911. The landlord leaves and goes into his house. Two patrol cars show up and I talk to them and let them know what is going on. About the same time the landlord calls the police and the dispatcher tells him two cars are already next door. The landlord walks over, with his wife, and goes on and on "are you ok, blah, blah, blah." I tell him I am fine at least 3 times. The conversation pauses and I start walking into my home. I say to my landlord "please use the US Postal Service for any further contact." The landlord follows me to the door all upset, which is really starting to worry me. The police officer says a word like “he is ok” and the landlord stops. The police officers then talk to the landlord for a bit and the landlord goes back home and the police leave the scene.
The landlord leaves another voice message about 2-3 hours later, “hey so and so, I just want to talk with you, I want you sign an extended lease so I can go to Florida and not have to worry about coming back home in case you leave.”
Day #8
The landlord leaves me a voice message “uh so and so, I just want to talk to you, I wanted to negotiate an extended lease, can you call me back?”
Day #9
The landlord leaves me a voice message “uh so and so, please call me back by 1:00pm the next day should you decide if you want to stay so we can sign a new lease contract.”
Day #12
I get two certified letters in the mail letting me know that I am to vacate the premises by end of the following month. I gladly sign the letters and accept them from the mail man. 5-mins later I get a call from a caller ID that I number I have never seen before. No voice messages were left.
About 1-2 hours later I hear my security system go off. The motion sensor in the breezeway entrance between my garage and house was tripped. I peak around the corner and the sob is in inside the locked breezeway entrance. He does have a key, but did not knock or ring the door bell. He leaves a 3rd letter taped to the outside of the door entering my home. The letter is the same letter received earlier that day. I then called the local police station and two patrol cars showed up. I told them my landlord entered my breezeway entrance using a key, but did not knock. I didn’t have the TV on or the radio, so I would have heard had he knocked.
The two police officers then go next door and talk to my landlord. The police come back and tell me the landlord claimed he had knocked first. The police also pass on information to me that come Monday morning window installers will arrive at my home to install new windows in the basement.
And the kicker is, just as I was writing this my landlord calls me up at 10:00 pm and leaves a voice message telling me to expect the window installers Monday morning.
