Ever deal with asshole landlords?

[Metal Sludge]

Of course it's pure business! You're not family! They don't know you!

I get it. The new owners (since July of 2020) of my building are the worst! I thought the last owner was a bitch, and she was, but she cared about her investment. These people do not.

Your lease should say what appliances are included. And they are obligated to make sure they are in working condition.
I don't know exactly where you live, but if it is in the city of Los Angeles, go to their website and file a complaint. They have to answer within 48 hours.
Has your building been inspected regularly? Before Covid, mine was inspected by the city every 2 years. Since then, not once! It was inspected in May of 2020, for the sale of the building, but never since. I called a couple of years ago to ask why, they just gave me the Covid excuse, of course.
But if you file a complaint, the city has to do it.
Here is the website: https://lacity.gov/myla311

They are going to raise you rent all they can every year, just know that. But 10% has only been this year.

Prior to this year it was 5% and just a few years prior to that is was 3%.

Again, you have lived in you place for 24 years, with the original lease, how much could your rent possibly be? What was it when you moved in, and how much is it now?

I'll go first. I moved into my apartment in August, 2006, it's a two bedroom, 1 bath. The rent was $1,075.00. The original owner sold the building in December 2007, but the new owner never raised my rent until 2014. The building was sold again in June of 2020. At present, it has been raised the maximum most years since then and is now, $1,468.00.
Do you realize how much it would be to move into a new place now? It behooves you to take care of your place on your own if management won't.

Last month, I spent $2,400.00 to replace my 22 year old carpet. I'm hoping my landlord will pay for it, or at least some of it. No answer from my email to them so far, but I'm hoping. I certainly haven't paid July's rent yet!
Just take care of your place. They want you to move, just don't.

Thanks for that.
Your situation sounds as unpleasant as mine. I can't believe they will leave you on the hook for the cost of replacing a 22-year-old carpet!

So, out of the blue I got a notice deducting $30 from the rent. I didn't inquire, whatever. But I talk 'family' because it's family run with the business being handled by one woman who employees her friends and helps them get houses. She's my age and one time we spent an hour talking about Motley Crue. If she lived here we would be the best of friends. That's a presumption, but it wouldn't be impossible for her to have my back.
The 10% rent cap has been in effect since 2020.
The building is four studios, four one bedrooms and two three bedrooms. I originally moved into a studio before moving into a one bedroom in 2010. They didn't renovate it though because the couple living here had to move suddenly and was told if they could get somebody in immediately they would avoid a rent penalty. I was working Monday through Friday so I assumed I'd move in that weekend. But no the bitch landlady that I want to be my friend LOL tells me I have to go in right after they leave. So I move into a place with these old fixtures, and she ends up screwing the outgoing couple by making them pay for rent anyway.

So I told you about the refrigerator. How they say the California law has changed and a landlord no longer needs to provide an oven or refrigerator.
I told him that may be but my lease covers those things. They finally replaced the refrigerator and emailed me a new lease to sign. Which I never did. So now that refrigerator is starting to make noise and my concern is how they're going to respond to me trying to hold them to the 2010 lease because I never signed a new one.

What do you think?

You really didn't answer any of my questions. What was your rent when you signed the lease, and what is it now?
But you did say you signed a new lease in 2010. So living there for 24 years doesn't matter. Your lease is 11 years old.
What city do you live in? Is it Los Angeles? Burbank is it's own city, as is Glendale, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. But most of the neighborhoods we all live in are the city of Los Angeles. They all have different rent caps.

I would never sign a new lease on this place. As I said it's a two bedroom, 1 bath. I have replaced many things over the 19 years I have lived here.
What I think is, if you want to keep your cheap rent, you do a little bit for yourself.

[Don't Damn Me]

You really didn't answer any of my questions. What was your rent when you signed the lease, and what is it now?
But you did say you signed a new lease in 2010. So living there for 24 years doesn't matter. Your lease is 11 years old.
What city do you live in? Is it Los Angeles? Burbank is it's own city, as is Glendale, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. But most of the neighborhoods we all live in are the city of Los Angeles. They all have different rent caps.

I would never sign a new lease on this place. As I said it's a two bedroom, 1 bath. I have replaced many things over the 19 years I have lived here.
What I think is, if you want to keep your cheap rent, you do a little bit for yourself.

Oh, sorry. The lease is 15 years old. The rent was $840 when I moved in 2010 and it's $1540 now.

None of the rent increases through the years came with a new lease agreement.

I live in West covina. And as I mentioned they implemented the 10% cap in 2020 under the guise of being "rent control"

And I do do the general maintenance myself. I think I mentioned that I thought I would be considered a good tenant by staying under the radar and contacting them rarely by taking care of s*** myself.

Let me know what happens with the carpet. I'm curious if they actually try to turn you down for it. I mean a 22-year-old carpet has got to be worn to hell. One cool thing they did for me was replace the carpet with wood paneling a few years back. It's not so bad it's just in the mix of other bad shit