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4meAndyou · F
The ex and I rented a second story apartment in a three story walkup in Milton about 40 years ago. My son was in second grade, and he had moved in with us for the first time. We weren't married yet.
We gave him his own room, which was great, at first...and then winter came and my son's room was freezing cold. We turned up the heat. Now it seems this creep of a landlord was a fire fighter, and should have known better, but he had illegally rented out the third floor apartment, which did not have separate heat. So if we turned our heat up, the people upstairs were roasted.
The landlord wanted us to turn down our heat. We would not. My son's room was freezing cold! We were paying for the heat. We were also paying for the heat for the people who lived upstairs.
The damned a-hole landlord let the oil tank run dry...and didn't refill it for five days in the middle of winter. I had to call the board of health, and THEY forced him to fill the oil tank.
In the meantime, we had to buy a space heater. We plugged it in to an outlet in the living room, and the outlet blew and dark smoke shot up the wall. Obviously the electricity was not upgraded, either.
But enough about Mr. Fitzpatrick.
We gave him his own room, which was great, at first...and then winter came and my son's room was freezing cold. We turned up the heat. Now it seems this creep of a landlord was a fire fighter, and should have known better, but he had illegally rented out the third floor apartment, which did not have separate heat. So if we turned our heat up, the people upstairs were roasted.
The landlord wanted us to turn down our heat. We would not. My son's room was freezing cold! We were paying for the heat. We were also paying for the heat for the people who lived upstairs.
The damned a-hole landlord let the oil tank run dry...and didn't refill it for five days in the middle of winter. I had to call the board of health, and THEY forced him to fill the oil tank.
In the meantime, we had to buy a space heater. We plugged it in to an outlet in the living room, and the outlet blew and dark smoke shot up the wall. Obviously the electricity was not upgraded, either.
But enough about Mr. Fitzpatrick.
4meAndyou · F
@Sojournersoul Yes, he was. I could hear him through the house vents, down in the basement while he was with the man from the board of health, whining, "She didn't even give me a chance! FIVE days!!! FREEZING!!! We called him and begged, too. I offered to pay EXTRA for the heat.
His REAL issue was that he didn't have enough money to fill the oil tank a few days early. My kid was supposed to freeze so he could fill the tank on a set schedule.
His REAL issue was that he didn't have enough money to fill the oil tank a few days early. My kid was supposed to freeze so he could fill the tank on a set schedule.
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