Think of all the work you need to do as a home owner and that you wouldn’t need to do when renting. These are the services you get.
Then a landlord can invoice me if/when that work is done. Work like that isn’t done every month though.
Think of all the work you need to do as a home owner and that you wouldn’t need to do when renting. These are the services you get.
Then a landlord can invoice me if/when that work is done. Work like that isn’t done every month though.
howrar@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
The fact that many of these expenses don’t occur monthly is precisely why most people prefer having them split up and paid over time instead of being billed at the time of the work. It makes for much more predictable expenses, and we like predictability.
Imagine being the tenant that moves in just as the roof needs replacing and getting hit with a bill in the tens of thousands for a roof that you’re only going to be using for a year or two.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Then landlords should send me an itemized invoice that details each of the expenses incurred while I’ve been a tenant, a breakdown detailing how any rent payments cover the cost of those expenses, and a payment plan that we can negotiate to ensure both parties are getting fair deals.
Or they should give me equity in the property based on how much I pay in rent.
But they shouldn’t simply charge an amount based on nothing other than “the market”. That number never equates to the amount of work they put in, and makes them parasitic.
howrar@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
We already agreed that market rate is too high. What I’m trying to convince you of is that there exists a non-zero positive value that is reasonable to charge someone as rent. It sounds like you understand now how that number comes about and why it isn’t zero, right? How to ensure that the deal is fair is a whole other matter. The point is that such a deal exists.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
And I’ve already told you I don’t agree. Paying a non-zero amount of rent is always parasitic.