Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Guaranteed Rent
One Kibera landslum lord has a novel way of ensuring that tenants are up to date on their payments. If you default on your rent, he sends a crew out and they remove the door of your house. Needless to say, you’ll be out looking for you landlord to pay up/settle the matter and retain possession of your household assets .
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LMAO!!!! What! Thats a psycho landlord but pretty gd move.
Btwn, I ws hving lunch 2day with my colleagues and one told us of a certain family, n the hubby used 2 pay rent for their house. The only thing he dint know about was that the house they were leaving in was 4 his wife! She did it intentionally and she kept the money till after 20yrs when she told the hubby the truth and they bought a house in South C. She hd not spent even a single cent.
I ws shocked. 20yrs!!
unyc: that's low. are they still together?
We must be headed to the dogs, vision 2030 notwithstanding. With landlords removing tenants' doors, and wives turning to be their husbands' landlords, I'll not be surprised if I hear of a parent who charges his/her kids bus fare for dropping them to school in the family car.
I would too if i was a landlord there. The default rate is too high in those areas. Lol though
@Bankelele Yes they r still 2gether. The hubby is a softie.
U know they say 'dawa ya moto ni moto'.You can't enforce rent arrears against a tenant with whom you have no written agmt.
Imagine serving a written notice for a shack in Kibera. Impossible.
so u have to use unorthodox measures
The market, when left alone, will always come up with ways of dealing with problems between consumers and suppliers. Removing doors may be a crude way, but it is better than a politician’s solution. Remember the 2003 political solution? It was a disaster.
bank.. that's nada. I have a rela who got workers to remove the roof of a rental hao on a fine friday morning (5am) and she took off to coast for the weekend... 3 days bila roof. Don't remember if she was trying to get the guys to pay up or move out.
Ig-know-rant: There's much hope & much good, these are rare cases - true, but funny (our own obscurestore)
Pesa tu & Shiroh: Not many tenants in Kibera rush to take their landlords to court or have time for notices and laweyer fees (sorry ;->)
Kimani Njoroge: This has noting to do with politics, nor should it thankfully
Rista: Your rela is cold!
I have heard of that door stunt and it never fails to crack me up! I am sure it works real fast!
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