all good things must come to an end

[juldea]

The Parkview landlord sent us a voice message saying, "Do you have a cat in your apartment? If you do, you have to get rid of it now."

Which I take instead to mean I'm moving out ASAP.

Possible new places: Post Oak (Chataqua and HI-9), Brookhollow, anyplace owned by Elite Properties...

Although nowhere can I get rent as nice as I do here on campus. Oh well.

Comments

[tramissa.livejournal.com]

*comfort*...

Good luck on finding a new place soon.

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[juldea.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the well-wishes...

[shadowhawke.livejournal.com]

Let us know if you need someone to watch her for a while... We'll even feed her and take her to the vet if she needs it :)

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[juldea.livejournal.com]

there are two cats, heh. and would you really come to Oklahoma to take care of my cats? ;)

[shadowhawke.livejournal.com]

I would totally take care of them! You would probably have to send them to Chicago, but yeah, I totally would.

[vambot5.livejournal.com]

that's probably a smart move anyway, because it is very likely that OU is going to sell all their student apartments in the relatively near future. at least, that's the story I keep hearing. the administration won't answer any questions about it.

[marlowe1.livejournal.com]

The landlord is bluffing.

Now technically you could get evicted for having the cats, but it takes forever to file and proceed.

There's always the tried and true "my mother needed me to watch the cats for a couple of days" lie. It's perfect because the landlord knows you're lying and you knkow you're lying but the landlord knows that the courts wouldn't buy it.

I have three cats myself - only two of which are "approved".

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[juldea.livejournal.com]

And you are...? And live where...?

These apartments are university-run, so it's not just a case of some lonely landlord filing charges against me. They can fuck with my schooling. I don't want that.

Bull

[reyjadan.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I doubt that you can be evicted for having cats. See the student code: http://www.ou.edu/studentcode/OUStudentCode.pdf

First offense is $15, second is $30, third is 'disciplinary process'.

I'm more curious as to how they "found out" being as it took so long.

Re: Bull

[juldea.livejournal.com]

That may be the student code, but the lease says things a bit differently. Like "if Tenant violates any of said Covenants ... the University has the right to terminate this lease agreement."

Yeah, you could argue that saying "We have the right to do this!" is just a scare tactic. But the point is, I won't be getting rid of the cats. And I really just want to avoid any hassle of this sense, and not have to worry about hiding the cats from the doors and windows for the next 7 months. So in the end, I assume I will have to move or get rid of them anyway, and I should do it now before ANY action gets taken in the first place.

Re: Bull

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

if you haven't been keeping them away from the doors and windows as it is, why are you surprised that they know that you have them?

Re: Bull

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Well, I started off very very anal about keeping them away from doors and windows. And then time passed. And they'd get into windows while I was not home, anyway. And then goldbug liked to keep the door open. And two years went by, and they didn't notice (or is it a year and a half?). So yeah, it was basically a growth of apathy on my part in respect to that precaution.

I'm only surprised because it took them this long to notice!