Surprise Apartment Inspection

By Miss Cellania in Blogs & Internet on Oct 4, 2009 at 9:47 am

Personally, I can’t imagine signing a lease that would allow a landlord to conduct a surprise apartment inspection when the tenant is out. That’s what happened in this scenario from David Thorne, the writer who brought us the picture of a spider and the coffee cup cleaning chart.

Thankyou for the surprise inspection and invitation to participate in the next. I appreciate you underlining the text at the bottom of the page which I would otherwise have surely mistaken for part of the natural pattern in the paper. I was going to clean the apartment but had so many things on my ‘to do’ list that I decided to treat them all equally and draw pictures of sharks instead. I have attached one for your honest appraisal.

I have read through your list of chores and intend to rectify the situation by wrapping my entire body in eighteen rolls of super absorbent Thick’n'thirsty® paper towels, hosing down the apartment, then rolling around on the floor and rubbing myself up and down walls. I will cover the more stubborn marks with Liquid Paper. I will also get back to you in regards to the premises being inspected in another two weeks, my agreement to do so will depend on availability and not wanting to.

The string of correspondence between David and Peter the manager gets more surreal from this point. Link -via reddit


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  1. renderanything
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Nom nom nom… That’s great, I love the entire exchange.

  2. edc2
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 11:24 am

    that guy is such an asshole, I think, unless the responses are fake, that he’ll be homeless.

  3. Lola
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 11:34 am

    ^Peter, is that you?

  4. kevin
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    well… i dont think that was funny at all because the landlord wasn’t participating. it was just more of that one guy being a douche, to be honest, in my humble opinion.

  5. FishBottleT
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    This guy is definatly good at getting people to talk about the things that they dont wanna talk about. He kept on explaining the same thing no matter what the person on the other end said. I like the spider one too.

  6. OddNumber
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    I think the exchange is funny, but it confounds me that the manager is being made out as the villain. Yes, the inspections sound extreme, but you have to live with the conditions of the lease you sign. This guy was clearly just being mean and I’m not sure I understand why we encourage him.

  7. nick
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    David’s a bully, plain and simple. He didn’t HAVE to sign the lease.

  8. Miss Cellania
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    I think we all need to remember that he is first and foremost, a writer.

  9. k8
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    It’s too bad Peter didn’t have a sense of humour, that would have made this more amusing. I have a grudge against little men with Little Man Complexes, so… screw him, he needs to lighten up. HeeHeeHilarious!

  10. Flux
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    I have a sweet deal with my landlord. Inspections are given 24 hour notice. Plenty of time to wash dirty dishes and do some laundry, hide bodies… whatever. Yay! :)

  11. swss
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    Flux – it only takes you 24 hours to hide your bodies? What’s your secret?

  12. PJG
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    I think Peter should clean the apartment to standard and then hang giant posters of the most extreme porn he can find. That’ll keep David from coming back.

  13. Colin
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    Flux, how can you call that a sweet deal? Is apartment inspection a common thing? Does this happen to anyone else?

    I have never had my apartment inspected, ever, unless I have specifically asked for something to be done; ie: replace floor tiles.

  14. MJ
    Oct 4th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    Wow, what an idiot.

    It’s fairly standard as part of rental agreements in Australia for there to be surprise inspections, unfortunately.

    There is never a nice thing to say about real estate agents. The one that we’re with, Nelson Alexander, are completely useless.

    YOU READ THAT, GUYS? YOU’RE USELESS.

  16. Anon1980
    Oct 5th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    Surprise inspections in Australia?

    G’day MJ,

    Not in my section of Australia – VIC & NSW – they have to give *at least* 24 hrs notice – all the inspections I’ve had I’ve been given two week notice.

  17. ohkimber
    Oct 8th, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    This is some funny stuff! I laughed so hard it woke up the cockroaches who then wanted to see what was so damned funny on the webs. They, like Kevin and Nick made an unamused, pursed-lip, Auntie Em face and went back to snoozin’.

  18. ted
    Oct 8th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Surprise inspections?

    That’s harsh.

    That’s illegal in Canada.


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