In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Brenda
GOOD FOR YOU to demand it in writing!
She may just be shaking the tree to see if the apple (you) falls out. I suspect her snooping is to try to catch you in something she can use against you - and if not that, at least make the situation so hostile you'll leave.
Do you have low-cost legal help where you are? Are you familiar with the housing laws in your area? It seems to me something is keeping her from just tossing you out officially. Maybe there's protection in place that prevents her from doing that for anything but 'cause' - failure to pay rent, engaged in illegal activities, creating a health hazard by hoarding, or some such. Because it seems to me like she's going through a lot of effort to make you leave by 'choice'. So, I suggest you find out what your rights are. If you are going to leave, it shouldn't be under illegal circumstances. And if you have rights to keep you in place, it could take some of the pressure off you. I hope when you leave, it's under your terms.
In any case, finding a new place will for sure be a hassle. You may have to greatly expand your geographic range, keeping public transport availability in mind.
But certainly living as her target is a hostile situation that's got to be some detriment to your well-being.
Quote:You know, I can't believe there isn't some minimum requirement, like providing access to heat, even if you have to pay for it. I hope you get a rep who gets so pissed off on your behalf, you get fired up, too. You have a reason to be fighting mad.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Hey Kiki. It is try to catch me doing something she's said I can't. Like put on heat.
There is free legal advice around and so I am going to try that route again. And hope it works so I can get the pressure off of me.
Getting too stressed out could lead me to having seizures again and I will know who to blame.
If I can find the right legal avenue, I have a whole host of things about this place. So we shall see.
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Quote:You know, I can't believe there isn't some minimum requirement, like providing access to heat, even if you have to pay for it. I hope you get a rep who gets so pissed off on your behalf, you get fired up, too. You have a reason to be fighting mad.
Originally posted by 1kiki:Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:
Brenda
GOOD FOR YOU to demand it in writing!
She may just be shaking the tree to see if the apple (you) falls out. I suspect her snooping is to try to catch you in something she can use against you - and if not that, at least make the situation so hostile you'll leave.
Do you have low-cost legal help where you are? Are you familiar with the housing laws in your area? It seems to me something is keeping her from just tossing you out officially. Maybe there's protection in place that prevents her from doing that for anything but 'cause' - failure to pay rent, engaged in illegal activities, creating a health hazard by hoarding, or some such. Because it seems to me like she's going through a lot of effort to make you leave by 'choice'. So, I suggest you find out what your rights are. If you are going to leave, it shouldn't be under illegal circumstances. And if you have rights to keep you in place, it could take some of the pressure off you. I hope when you leave, it's under your terms.
In any case, finding a new place will for sure be a hassle. You may have to greatly expand your geographic range, keeping public transport availability in mind.
But certainly living as her target is a hostile situation that's got to be some detriment to your well-being.Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Hey Kiki. It is try to catch me doing something she's said I can't. Like put on heat.
There is free legal advice around and so I am going to try that route again. And hope it works so I can get the pressure off of me.
Getting too stressed out could lead me to having seizures again and I will know who to blame.
If I can find the right legal avenue, I have a whole host of things about this place. So we shall see.
THUGGER admits it's not about RUSSIA !!! and is, in fact, a witch hunt. "Trump better be innocent of any wrong doing, anywhere, anytime."
My understanding of tenancy laws up here is that landlords are suppose to provide heat. But people will try to get out of doing things. That's what this biatch's problem is.
I've got things lined up for all week, including medical stuff. So I hope I can shake something loose.
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Well, Brenda - fwiw you have me cheering your efforts!
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Originally posted by Brenda:
No her and her husband don't have ties to authority.
Oh... I thought you had tried creating an issue about it before, but the place was checked out and nobody did anything about it. For some reason I thought you decided that they have some friends that just swept this under the carpet.
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You are right. Not sure if I believe in Karma either but I do just want out of here with little fuss.
You'll be happier, for sure. It's time for you to go. If you try making things bad for her after you leave you're just going to be making yourself miserable in the process too. Better to cut ties completely.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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BRENDA I looked at the various BC tenancy laws, and from what I gather a landord can only end a tenancy FOR CAUSE. And even then they have to provide a 10-day (failure to pay rent), 1-month, 2-month, or 4-month WRITTEN notice. So GOOD ON YOU! for asking for a notice IN WRITING. You may have put them in a pickle by asking for notice in writing because they will (1) have to acknowledge that they were renting without a formal rental agreement and (2) come up with a proper cause for eviction.
And BTW, BC has FORMS that the landlord has to use; so I wonder if you will even see a proper written notice on the correct form.
Here are the various reasons why a tenant can be served notice
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Apparently, a landlord can serve a 10-day notice if you haven't paid your rent.
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A one-month notice if you (the tenant)
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-Caused extraordinary damage or put the landlord’s property at significant risk
-Is repeatedly late paying rent (at least three times)
-Damaged property beyond reasonable wear and tear and haven’t made repairs within a reasonable period
-Has broken a material term and, after receiving notice of the breach, has not complied with the tenancy agreement
-Seriously risked the health, safety or rights of the landlord or another occupant
-Knowingly gave false information about the rental unit or building to someone interested in renting a unit or buying the unit or building
-Significantly interfered with or unreasonably disturbed the landlord or other occupants
-Assigned or sublet the rental unit without the landlord’s consent
-Engaged in illegal activity that has adversely affected the quiet enjoyment, security, safety or physical well-being of the landlord or other occupants
-Was provided with a rental unit as a condition of their employment and the employment has ended
-Engaged in illegal activity that has caused or is likely to cause damage to the rental property, or engaged in illegal activity that has risked a lawful right or interest of the landlord or other occupant
-Hasn’t complied within 30 days of receiving an order from the Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB), or the date specified in the order, if greater than 30 days later
-Has an unreasonable number of occupants living in the unit
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenanci
es/ending-a-tenancy/landlord-notice/one-month-notice
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A landlord can serve a TWO month's notice if
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Landlord’s use of property applies when the landlord is going to:
-Move in or have a close family member live in the rental unit
-Sell the property and the new owner, or a close family member of the new owner, will live in the rental unit
If a rental property is sold, there are two ways a tenancy can be ended if, in good faith, the buyer plans to occupy the unit or use the property for another purpose:
-The buyer makes a written request to the seller to end the tenancy before they take possession of the property (this cannot be a condition of sale) – the existing landlord then must give their tenant a Two Month Notice to End Tenancy for Landlord’s Use of Property.
-Once the buyer takes possession of the property, they can serve a Two Month Notice to End Tenancy for Landlord’s Use of Property
Unless a landlord (seller or buyer) serves a proper notice to end tenancy, the tenancy continues under the terms of the original tenancy agreement.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/housing-tenancy/residential-tenanci
es/ending-a-tenancy/landlord-notice/two-month-notice
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There is a new FOUR month notice for property renovation.
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Nowhere did I see that a landlord can evict a tenant for no reason at all/just because. So IMHO unless you get a proper notice you can use that time to look for a new place without worry.
But definitely get some free legal advice because your situation, while I'm sure is not unique, doesn't fit into the standard rental situation. These laws are for people who rent with a signed contract. I'm not sure how the housing aut
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Well, it looks like summer is finally releasing its hold on SoCal ... yaaay!!! June was ridiculously hot, and most days were hotter than average AND unusually humid for the area. The mites just went to town on the avocados, tomatoes, and eggplant, and while I was able to restore the avocados back to health I never did find the magic trick for the veggies. I looked back on my very first post in this thread, and I'd say this summer was about the same.
The difference is that this year, the backyard has a lovely xeriscaped area. When people walk into the back yard they usually pause and say something like ... "it's like a park".
But, oh, the front yard! I'm still working on that! Our soil here is very find sand. When the front yard its in full bloom with pink and gold and orange and cerise CA poppies and pink and purple and white cosmos, it's a thing of beauty. But come summer, it turns into a sand-pit because even tho I planted an oak tree,
red CA buckwheat 
,
a sugarbush (rhus ovata)
several shiny-leaved mahonias
and some narrowleafed CA fuchsia 
plus a giant ceanothus
I haven't planted enough perennials to fill in the yard. It takes a lot more! So now that the weather's beginning to cool, and new plants have a prayer of surviving, I just planted a half-dozen rock purlsane
pheasant's tail grass
and San Bruno manzanita (groundcover)
What I'm aiming for is a beachside effect transitioning to trees/shrubs near the house (for shade). Most beachside plants are low because they're constantly being swept by the wind, so most of my plants near the curb (succulents, beachside daisies) are about 1 foot tall, and gradually rise in height (grasses, fuchsia) until you get to the house.
That's the plan, anyway. I'll get to see if I'm a successful designer or not.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Actually Brenda, Signy brought up something I wondered about - do you have a formal rental contract? That's something you need to bring up.
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Signy
Hey, could you post the link to that one blog? You know the one. I have some ideas I want to check out against it.
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This one??
CYNTHIA'S NATIVE GARDEN
https://cynthiasnativegarden.wordpress.com/
She hasn't updated since 2017. I know at one time ... before her sages cratered ... that she was thinking about entering one of those garden open houses ... not the Theodore Payne one which doesn't go too far into Orange County, but the CNPS (California Native Plant Society) one, I think.
I have a bunch more on file:
CAMISSONIA'S CORNER
https://camissonia.blogspot.com/
and
DIPPER RANCH, not so much about gardening as native plants and wildlife on working ranch.
http://dipperanch.blogspot.com/
None of them updated any later than 2017. I think everyone goes on "pause" during the summer, since all the fun happens when the rains come.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
No her and her husband don't have ties to authority.
Oh... I thought you had tried creating an issue about it before, but the place was checked out and nobody did anything about it. For some reason I thought you decided that they have some friends that just swept this under the carpet.Quote:
You are right. Not sure if I believe in Karma either but I do just want out of here with little fuss.
You'll be happier, for sure. It's time for you to go. If you try making things bad for her after you leave you're just going to be making yourself miserable in the process too. Better to cut ties completely.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
No, Jack. I was trying to get something else done and that agency called the city to see if there was any paperwork on this place and there wasn't. City sent someone around and she had to cop that she had an illegal suite. City fined her and then she came down on me.
I know I will. Someone said they will do something when I move out. I don't care. I just want out.
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