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18% rent increase for the piece of shit I live in. Not unexpected, but still sucks. I wouldn't wish anyone live here let alone pay for the privilege. Going to start demanding the agent to get awnings installed as it's been about eight months since last asking and nothing has happened. Figured that the worst they can do is evict me as they can't increase the rent again.
There is a desperately anxious part of my brain that is just waiting for a notice like this to come rolling in any day now. I feel like I'm on a decent wicket but I absolutely don't want to be slugged with a rent increase this year, next year I can handle it, just not this year pls...
Didn't help that the real estate agent (that my landlord no longer uses - we transact directly) called ME by mistake last week asking if I wanted a new valuation of the property. Fuck off, I hope my landlord told them to take a hike too because inevitably it'll come back saying "look how much more rent you could be getting!" ... and my rental provider, I should say, is probably only going to maintain prices up to a point.
Anyway. Sorry you had to get slugged this, it's an awful stomach-pit feeling and just generally shit given the quality we put up with for the prices. I hope you get some traction with the awnings...
Mine went up 400 last time. That's 25%.
I'm out when the lease runs out.