I’ve been pretty quiet recently, I’ve not much to talk about up until now. I’ve got a voice right now that’s louder than my own and that’s blogbaltimore.com. I want to use that voice to express my annoyances with the owners of many of the rental and housing properties around the Canton and surrounding area. I understand that Canton is an up and coming area but seriously, to charge $1200 a month for a 2 bedroom 1 and a 1/2 bath with no air conditioning and a kitchen with 3 cabinets is ridiculous. Also, considering that the property has been up for an excessively long time, it’s time to shit or get off the pot. Drop the rates or add some amenities that make it worth $1200 a month.
We’ve been perusing a lot of the rental properties around Canton and it’s just too much bullying from owners. I live in a 3 bedroom 2 bath row home that, at $2000 a month, has a leaky roof which spreads to all parts of the house, horrible electrical wiring, unsafe stairs, and a window (a set of double doors) setup that aren’t fenced in on the third floor. We were oblivious in the beginning because we weren’t aware of what else was around but even now it seems that renters are getting shafted quite a bit.
The hardest part to believe is that this is Baltimore. Baltimore isn’t the greatest of cities but it’s not the shittiest either (thank you Detroit.)
Maybe I’ll start a list of rental properties that should be boycotted due to a lack of respect by the owner or sheer stupidity in rental rates.
What would you want to say if you had a voice? Say it and let Baltimore know!
May 7th, 2008 on 8:44 pm
Hah good thing you don’t live in San Francisco then. You’d be pretty pissed.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/apa/sfc?bedrooms=2&maxAsk=1200
May 7th, 2008 on 9:21 pm
Jeebus! The second place is asking for $2,200 in deposit!
May 8th, 2008 on 1:21 pm
This listing is no longer available.
May 12th, 2008 on 3:01 am
Its so funny that I came upon your blog tonight while looking for a new rental property. I am single and dont make a ton of $$…I currently pay 900$ for a closet size apt in mount vernon. I am looking to move…but it seems like landlords in bmore think 900$ is an insult. To me its a lot and i am so frustrated because the places i have looked at, a lot of them seem like they should be condemned. and it seems that landlords would rather let their apts sit for years vacant then take a couple hundred off. Their needs to be a site that lists rentals that are not highway robbery…thats what is needed!!