The next decade....what's in store?

Raising the rent for what?

The landlord told me the other day that he had to talk to me about the new lease. Old one finished on 31 March.

So today he came down stairs. He doesn't live in the complex. Just stays over occasionally. Says he raising the rent by 6.67%. I then ask him what is he going to be doing with that increase. He seemed surprised that I would ask him that.

But this is how I see it....

I am sure the mortgage hasn't gone up. Grenada is very stable. The yard is often overgrown. The yard have things in it that he hasn't seen fit to clear up. Sheets of ply, and old fridge etc. So if hurricane were to blow, I would be in jeopardy.

His response is that there is inflation. Bull.

Then he tells me he is going to build a little flat that would sit on the side where my kitchen window is, and one of the living room doors open up. So I said "you mean I won't be able to walk around in my kitchen half dressed?" I'm serious about this privacy issue. Nobody not making me have to lock up. The lot beside the house on the side where my flat is is empty. So is the one in front and behind. That was one of the things that attracted me to it. He says he is going to start building later on in the year.

Me thinks that 1 April 2008, I will be living elsewhere. It will just be too crowded here for my liking.

Posted by yamfoot at April 13, 2007 08:52 PM