landlord possibly threw out my possessions

to (landlady)
date Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:31 AM
subject missing items from hallway/basement

(landlady):

I came home just now to discover the front hallway and the basement cleared of several items, many of which I did not own but some of which were personal items that I was storing in the front hall and basement. Assuming that we were not robbed, my guess is that the hallways were somehow cleared as part of the sale of the building, but NO attempt was made at communicating this to me either by phone or email, nor any attempt made to confirm what was and was not garbage. One of the items, my mattress's box spring, was being stored in the front hallway since it would not fit up the stairs, but I never intended to get rid of it and it is a high-cost item. Also missing is a shelving set I had put in the basement to use as storage for various items of mine, some of which I found in the newly-empty front hallway (my cat carriers.) If the box spring and the shelving was indeed taken away and is not recoverable, I will need to be reimbursed for these items which were NEVER labeled or indicated as trash but instead were being stored inside the building as you told me I could do when I moved in.

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I am SO pissed off right now.

[edit]
Similar shelving unit: $50.
Similar box spring: hard to say, because my set was bought from a store in Oklahoma City that hand-makes their mattresses and possibly their box springs too, so I would have to call them up to research what to do if I suddenly have just a matress from their set. I have no clue what my parents paid for these but they have lasted me great for YEARS (as they should) and oh my god I'm so pissed.
Bicycle tire pump: $20.

landlord possibly threw out my possessions

to (landlady)
date Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:31 AM
subject missing items from hallway/basement

(landlady):

I came home just now to discover the front hallway and the basement cleared of several items, many of which I did not own but some of which were personal items that I was storing in the front hall and basement. Assuming that we were not robbed, my guess is that the hallways were somehow cleared as part of the sale of the building, but NO attempt was made at communicating this to me either by phone or email, nor any attempt made to confirm what was and was not garbage. One of the items, my mattress's box spring, was being stored in the front hallway since it would not fit up the stairs, but I never intended to get rid of it and it is a high-cost item. Also missing is a shelving set I had put in the basement to use as storage for various items of mine, some of which I found in the newly-empty front hallway (my cat carriers.) If the box spring and the shelving was indeed taken away and is not recoverable, I will need to be reimbursed for these items which were NEVER labeled or indicated as trash but instead were being stored inside the building as you told me I could do when I moved in.

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I am SO pissed off right now.

[edit]
Similar shelving unit: $50.
Similar box spring: hard to say, because my set was bought from a store in Oklahoma City that hand-makes their mattresses and possibly their box springs too, so I would have to call them up to research what to do if I suddenly have just a matress from their set. I have no clue what my parents paid for these but they have lasted me great for YEARS (as they should) and oh my god I'm so pissed.
Bicycle tire pump: $20.

follow up

Following up:
No response yet to my email.
I just called and left a voicemail. (Call would've happened first-thing if it hadn't been after midnight last night.)
I forwarded my email to the landlady to my downstairs neighbor, whose email address I had from a previous group email the landlady sent to all of us without BCCing people. :P

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And phone call came back while I was typing this.

She apparently had hired someone to clean out the buildings - in two weeks, before the close date of the sale. Wires got crossed somewhere and he came by yesterday. Not only did he willy-nilly clear things out, he had tossed a bunch of stuff out on the street such that my landlady was called by the fire department yesterday evening and fined a bunch of money for the garbage on the sidewalk.

She will be trying to find out if our things (assuming some stuff of my neighbor's is missing as well) exist in a recoverable form, and if not, is totally willing to reimburse given an itemized list.

Phew. Still, ARGH. If my bike had been in the hallway rather than under my butt, would it be gone, too? I'm glad I didn't move my space heater or vacuum cleaner down there yet. And what trash-removal guy takes away a perfectly good set of movable shelving but NOT three broken standing fans? ...so, it seems I'm still pissed off. But progress made.

follow up

Following up:
No response yet to my email.
I just called and left a voicemail. (Call would've happened first-thing if it hadn't been after midnight last night.)
I forwarded my email to the landlady to my downstairs neighbor, whose email address I had from a previous group email the landlady sent to all of us without BCCing people. :P

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And phone call came back while I was typing this.

She apparently had hired someone to clean out the buildings - in two weeks, before the close date of the sale. Wires got crossed somewhere and he came by yesterday. Not only did he willy-nilly clear things out, he had tossed a bunch of stuff out on the street such that my landlady was called by the fire department yesterday evening and fined a bunch of money for the garbage on the sidewalk.

She will be trying to find out if our things (assuming some stuff of my neighbor's is missing as well) exist in a recoverable form, and if not, is totally willing to reimburse given an itemized list.

Phew. Still, ARGH. If my bike had been in the hallway rather than under my butt, would it be gone, too? I'm glad I didn't move my space heater or vacuum cleaner down there yet. And what trash-removal guy takes away a perfectly good set of movable shelving but NOT three broken standing fans? ...so, it seems I'm still pissed off. But progress made.