From my dealings with
tenants, I have observed that many of them dislike the idea of having an
overbearing landlady in the compound. Their reasons, most of them claim, is
based on a previous bad experience, which consist of, but not limited to the
following:
1.
Undue monitoring: some landladies keep a
close eye on their tenants. They monitor the use of facilities in the compound.
They frown at what they consider as a waste of water. Also, the use of
electricity is supervised. Some landladies go as far as removing the main
switch of the house whenever leaving the house without consideration to the
tenants who might use the light while at home.
2.
Mysterious happenings: I met a tenant
that took his family away from their present apartment and decided to stay with
his mother-in-law. According to him, he had to run away because his daughter
was sick and there was no improvement despite all the medications.
3.
Envy: some tenants have complained about
landladies who seem to be unhappy when her tenants are making progress. This is
expressed in funny behaviours that are annoying.
4.
Undue restriction: they place a limit to
the number of friends that a tenant receives in the house.
5.
Supervision of tenants’ movement: some
landladies have a lock out time for tenants who come late to the house. Some
lock their gate by 8:00pm and will never open it no matter the pleadings.
6.
Quarrelsome: living with a quarrelsome
landlady can make your life a living hell. Your heart skips a bit when you
sight such landlady.
In view of the
foregoing, most tenants have vowed to avoid any house that the landlady is
staying.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
1.
Have you had such experience in the
past? If so, how did you handle the situation?
2.
How can you improve your relationship
with your landlady?
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comment below. Call 07031384722 for a conflict resolution.
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