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cruisemonkey

I started at my school in Sept. and on Christmas Eve my co-teacher informed me my landlord (a school board administrator) wants me to move to a different apartment the beginning of January. Shocked

I've put a lot of work (time & money) into making my current apt. 'livable'... it took three months to get everything just the way I want it.

Tonight, I'll view the 'new' apt... I figure if it's 'better' than my present place, I might agree to their request. However, I want everything 'spelled out' and the landlord to cover ALL expenses (it's still a huge disruption/inconvenience). Evil or Very Mad

Has this happened to anyone else?
What should I be leery of?

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

Perhaps the key money is due (1 year has passed) and the school wants to get out of the current rental for some reason. They may have some issue with the landlord or something...?

cruisemonkey · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject:

That might make sense, except, it's still the same landlord - he's a school board administrator.

genezorm · Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Location: Mokpo

they should cover all the expenses of moving and any additional costs for cable, internet, and other utilities incurred because of the move

tob55 · Joined: 29 Apr 2007

In all likelihood, the school board administrator probably had a falling out with the school over something, or has been covering something up that he does not want to be revealed. By having you move in the middle of the night (so to speak) he can do whatever he has to do to make things look right or work out right for himself. It is only speculation on my part, but I have known of a couple of people who did the same thing when things went south on them in their relationship with their school.

KYC · Joined: 11 May 2006

Did you ask why? I would ask to see the place first. I agree with you about settling in. I've been here 4 months and have finally begin to make my apt more like a home.

MissT · Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: Korea

Make sure everything is on the up and up.

Some sneaky deals were made with my apartment made through changing the apartment for no good reason. The final result was that my public school LOST their key money. It all went to court because of the serious "mistakes" of my school. In the meantime, I had NO apartment. The provincial office did nothing. I had to get my husband's school to provide us with emergency shelter!

Be careful.

nobbyken · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^

Sometimes landlords ask for higher, or more, key money.

sojourner1 · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:00 am Post subject:

What happened with your utilities on Christmas day that you mentioned in your other thread? I found it rather disturbing that they would treat you like this on Christmas. Yes, it's OK to be asked to move as long as they give you time to prepare which it looks like they are.

I too was asked to move 2 months after starting the job, but was given 1 week to get ready and the new place is better than the old place.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:46 am Post subject:

sojourner1 · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:57 am Post subject:

Yes, I have had my LPG run out on a number of occasions. This was a head ache every time when the director would tell me every time that it was probably because I didn't pay my gas bill when I keep all my bills current. I was like, you should ask the land lady to order some more gas as it has run out on us again. This would get me my gas by the end the day.

Koreans are notorious for letting the supply of everything run too low before ordering more. I think they do this to remind everyone how valuable products and services are to everyone and it is not so much about being forgetful.

When they turned off my hot water 2 weeks ago, my director told me it was because Koreans value hot water in the Winter and we must all be reminded of how valuable hot water is to Korean people. Totally lame.