Posted by Virginia Smith on 10/12/08

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I feel that my landlady is harassing both my boyfriend and
myself. We have been here for only a short time though she
arrives unannounced through out the week at any time of
the day, asking why we are there or why we are away. In
the lease it states that she is to give 24 hour notice
though she has never done so. She even entered the house
without asking the other day. The property we are renting
has fruits and vegetables; she feels that while we are to
maintain these crops she has the right to pick all of the
crops. We are to pay for all of the maintenance of the
yard and what it produces though she seems to feel this is
her land so she owns all we grow. Just today she came and
picked every fruit off of my persimmon tree even though
they were not ripe, when asked why she wanted unripe ones
she said because if she waited we would take them.
We were unable to mow the lawn for a week or so for lack
of gas, and she decides to show up to tell us this was not
exemptible. This whole time she and her sister were taking
the squash I had been caring for. She lives nowhere close
to the property so she is here just to look in on us and
then tells us about the days that she did not see us here
at the property. She has stated that she gets checks on
time, though she also drives by many times a week to look
over the property with out telling us.
I do not wish to seem rude though English is not her first
language and dose not understands privacy or my right as a
renter. What rights do I have and how dose one go about
asking for them to be enforced. We like the place and the
neighbors, though we would like our rights to be observed.

Re: Harrasment from Landlady, 2/23/09, by Citizen's Against Legal and Moral Abuse, Inc..

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