
Reasons why apartment complexes can be pretty cool:
-Heat & central a/c usually included (in Braintree even electricity was included)
-dumpster for trash, so you don't need to haul anything out to the curb once a week
-landlord will never live in your building
The last may be the best reason. Just had a heart-pounding encounter with landlord's son, who mentioned that the old guy has a problem with our bunnies, so I showed him the cage and how clean the area is (thank the lord for having company yesterday, the place is spotless right now). He pointed to 2 little pieces of hay on the floor and said his dad would notice that kind of thing and be upset about it. Like hay on the floor is damaging to the strucutre of the building. Ack! I hate dealing with landlords, and it makes me so nervous for them to talk about my little fluffkins. Since when can a landlord dictate how you clean your apartment (if it's just the kind of uncleanliness that doesn't actually damage anything)? My bitchy "I know landlord-tenant law" side is raring to come out, though it's got to stay under wraps because I very stupidly never noticed that there is still a "no pets" clause in our lease. Regardless of the verbal agreement, that's what would be binding in court. Leave my bunnies alone, I say!