New rental trend? A $200 'work-from-home fee' tacked on to Bay Area lease
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#2Here is the screenshot of the original rental ad, with an also dubious $500 move-in fee: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1v3n4kw/...
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#3that application fee is a scam man
but one of the pieces that didn't make it to the top of reddit's discussion was that it's a shared-living situation, not your own apartment or isolated basement.
its shitty, but it's not like a landlord trying to regulate how often you're in your own private apartment
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#4Why are we writing articles about some random, single-event rental ad. What are we doing here?
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#5Assuming nothing illegal, it isn't the landlord's business what a tenant is doing inside, working or sitting around watching TV... why does it matter? They should just be happy the person has a job and can pay the rent on time.
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#6that application fee is a scam man but one of the pieces that didn't make it to the top of reddit's discussion was that it's a shared-living situation, not your own apartment or isolated basement. its shitty, but it's not like a landlord trying to regulate how often you're in your own private apartment
you're renting a space per month, and they're essentially adding an extra fee if you're doing more than sleeping there. kinda nuts
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#7Assuming nothing illegal, it isn't the landlord's business what a tenant is doing inside, working or sitting around watching TV... why does it matter? They should just be happy the person has a job and can pay the rent on time.
If you really want to do something this dumb, I think it would be less dumb as a landlord to implement this as a discount.
Submit a pay stub and job offer letter referencing hybrid/in-office/in-person employment and get a $200/month discount.
The idea of this is not completely crazy. I definitely wear on my home hardware when working from home. However, the rent is supposed to already be covering the typical amount of wear and tear and there’s no need to get this silly about it.
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#8Assuming nothing illegal, it isn't the landlord's business what a tenant is doing inside, working or sitting around watching TV... why does it matter? They should just be happy the person has a job and can pay the rent on time.
If you really want to do something this dumb, I think it would be less dumb as a landlord to implement this as a discount. Submit a pay stub and job offer letter referencing hybrid/in-office/in-person employment and get a $200/month discount. The idea of this is not completely crazy. I definitely wear on my home hardware when working from home. However, the rent is supposed to already be covering the typical amount o…
what if you are retired? or unemployed? or sick?
what are the limits for all of those?
no the idea is stupid and greedy
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#9Assuming nothing illegal, it isn't the landlord's business what a tenant is doing inside, working or sitting around watching TV... why does it matter? They should just be happy the person has a job and can pay the rent on time.
Landlords and HoAs have been doing this for ages, it has just mostly impacted less well-off people until now.
Want to do some nails as a side hustle, sell homemade goods via the internet, or make extra cash repairing people's cars in your garage over the weekend? Sorry, contract says no, enjoy your eviction for "operating a business" or "commercial use of the property".
Banning WFH or charging extra for it is just the logical next step. You're working, so that's commercial use! And you're saving money by not having to rent an office and causing extra wear & tear to the property, so to a landlord it is obvious that you should be paying extra - why should you get to freeload, after all?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you really want to do something this dumb, I think it would be less dumb as a landlord to implement this as a discount. Submit a pay stub and job offer letter referencing hybrid/in-office/in-person employment and get a $200/month discount. The idea of this is not completely crazy. I definitely wear on my home hardware when working from home. However, the rent is supposed to already be covering the typical amount o…
what if you are retired? or unemployed? or sick? what are the limits for all of those? no the idea is stupid and greedy
> no the idea is stupid and greedy
We're talking about landlords here. What else did you expect?