Ally diligently dragged me over to the next door space and demanded that move to the building. Her persistence finally won me over and after careful thought we did actually move. It took us about 16 hours to do the total move because we just couldn't shut the salon down even for a minute , as this would disrupt our ability to deliver impeccable service. Ta Da! There we where ........ We had now double the space as before .... seemed like it would be perfect place so I signed a 5 year lease because I didnt want to have to move for a very long time ......
As the months grew so didn't the staff . And after a year we now have 10 ! count em 10, people working in our 1200 square foot space . A little tight but we manage to do just fine . The phones always ringing, there seems to always be numerous guests lavishing in one our great services we offer.
NOW THE UGLY BEGINS!!!
(will be back soon to tell the rest )
Ok I'm Back ... Now this is going to get Ugly so if you have a weak stomach I suggest you def take some pepto or something . So after being in the current building "29 duncan road Morrisville VT " for a little over a year , I get a phone call from the landlord ( we will call him B) . 5 days before Christmas I was driving back from Williston , trying to do some shopping . Not much of course because my poor hubby was out of work due to an injury . B calls me up and says " Hi Alex I was wondering when we could get together to go over your new contract ". Of course I was dumb founded , didn't even dawn on me that second what he was referring to .After pondering for a minute I asked what he was talking about and he referred to our lease agreement . Which of course I promptly responded to him that it was a 5 year lease and there was nothing to go over . So we had a few words all professional of course and I agreed to meet with him , and went about my day, still had alot of things running thru my mind , like the fact that he had stated that the lease was not binding and we had to draw up a new one .... Crazy but whatever ! A couple days past and B showed up at the salon door with a new lease and informed me that he wanted me to go over it and get back to him . I was busy as I usually am , so I kind of put it to the ways side and went on with making clients happy .
About a week and a half passes at this point and I met with B and his wife in which they informed me that the lease was not binding because of certain reasons and that I was to sign a new one . Now, I did not just fall off the turnip truck yesterday honey. Feeling backed into a corner , which nobody puts baby in a corner ! I obviously refused and informed them that the current lease was binding and they where going to uphold our current agreement .So a few more weeks pass and I ran out of heat at the salon, twice in that time , so B's wife shows up on a Monday and asked why it was so cold in the building. I informed her of the lack of oil . Now mind you, my lease includes heat . She asked what to do ( like I was supposed to have a magical answer ..Duh ! its not my building ) So I told her how embarrassing it was to have no heat and she asked if I knew of an oil company because B had worn out his options with every fuel company in town ..... So I graciously offered to have my fuel company
BROSSEAU FUELS LLC..... deliver a tank of fuel and B's wife said she would promptly pay for it . Well now if that is that, it would have happened, it would have been easy as a slice of pie ... The fuel company came thru for me just like they always do , but the check for the fuel never ever showed up ... Imagine that ...............................
So while all this other stuff is happening , the toilet decided to act up at the salon ... Ya like I need one more issue right ! Oh jeez, so B came and tried for two days to fix it , because you know it could be a dysfunctional toilet and the fact that when you sat on it, you could have rocked a baby to sleep . So all in all, on the third day he decided to put in a pop up john toilet ..lol which he screwed to the wall . And promptly he told me that I must have shoved or lost a comb in the toilet and that is why it was plugged ... Yeah cause that's where we clean them .. C'mon !!!!
Wait there's more ...
Well a few more weeks have gone by and now I have to pay for the fuel , I cant possibly not have this fuel bill paid , my fuel peops have to pay there bills too . So I holla up the landlord and I says YO wheres the money fo the heat ! Beatch ...... no no I really didn't say that , but any ways his response was " O h I I I assumed you where going to pay for it " . What part of heat included means that the tenant should have to pay the heat bill ? mmmmm hmmmm !!Am I wrong here folks because if I am please correct me .
KK I have to go back to work .. Will promise to write the rest of the story lit latz ...
But wait there is a whole lot more .
So I decided that if they where not going to pay the fuel bill I would use the following month's rent money to pay for the bill and give them a check to pay for the rest of the rent , which they cashed quicker then a cat jumping off a hot tin roof .Well didn't that just burn some nose hairs .Now comes the letter in the mail , ooooooooo what a joke ! He apparently has hired his daughter because she owns "home maintenance Co" fancy word for chamber maid , and she is now going to handle the rental building because he just cant deal with it anymore .. So we have the first meeting with the rental agency and I use the rental agency loosely. And you would not believe the bag o tricks they pulled out of there ass !
They said that I either have to sign a new lease , or face eviction because :
1.The lease says residential on the top of it and not commercial and I am operating an income producing business in a residential lease . !
Legal counsel said .. It doesnt matter if the lease says residential or commercial the owners who signed the lease wrote on top of the lease that it was made out to and in the name of Ooh La La hair salon, and there the lease is considered commercial . And If I might mention B hung the sign and plumbed my sinks and pedi chair ,,,,,hmmmm if this was a problem probably would have been a great time to mention it to me .
2. Rental Agency says ( we will call it RA for short ) that I was not current on my electric bill.
Legal Counsel , looked at all the previous bills and they where paid on time and I was even ahead on the bills and had a credit .
But unfortunately the bill was in B's name so I lost my credit with the Morrisville Water and Light , and now B who hired RA to handle this matter went up two days ago and asked to have the meter pulled ...Isnt that just lovley !
3. RA says I am in breach of contract because I havent paid the rent on time ......um yeah I have I have all the cashed checks to prove it so kiss my ass ! and Legal counsel said that I had done a good job in keeping all my records .
4: RA says I did alterations to the building without permission , well yes I did alterations, but only with permission from the landlord , and of course I have to witnesses who have provided me with there sworn story , Legal counsel says all good !
All in all according to legal counsel, of whom I was referred by a wonderful lady who shall remain nameless :) says that since B did not supply me with heat , he broke contract , all the things that I have listed that RA says has breached my contract are not true , and I have absolutely nothing to worry about .
Now I have tried and it has been witnessed and documented on several occasions to work with all parties involved so as we could come to an agreement that would work for all . But the money driven , B will have no part of it , its frustrating and ridiculous , I am stressed out enough already .... Wonder what they have up there sleeve next !
My prediction is just this ... They obviously have no money for a lawyer them selves or at this point, I am sure I would have been in correspondence with one , so I think RA is going to try to take me to small claims court , and then when that doesnt work the daughter from RA which is B's daughter will try to buy the building from daddy so they can bypass going to get a writ of possession to obtain there property back . But it does not matter anymore I am over and find the whole situation quite HILARIOUS ! I just wanted to write this blog to help clear up any hot juicy rumors that may be floating around town . But if your reading this and your looking for a rental unit , this will be available after the 15th of April ...great deal they are only asking $15 per square foot no utility's included . Oh yeah btw going rate for this small community is $4.50 square foot do your home work before you sign anything the day of a mans handshake being worth anything is gone !
I promise to keep you all updated soon on where our new 3000 square foot spa will be located !
But wait there is a whole lot more .
So I decided that if they where not going to pay the fuel bill I would use the following month's rent money to pay for the bill and give them a check to pay for the rest of the rent , which they cashed quicker then a cat jumping off a hot tin roof .Well didn't that just burn some nose hairs .Now comes the letter in the mail , ooooooooo what a joke ! He apparently has hired his daughter because she owns "home maintenance Co" fancy word for chamber maid , and she is now going to handle the rental building because he just cant deal with it anymore .. So we have the first meeting with the rental agency and I use the rental agency loosely. And you would not believe the bag o tricks they pulled out of there ass !
They said that I either have to sign a new lease , or face eviction because :
1.The lease says residential on the top of it and not commercial and I am operating an income producing business in a residential lease . !
Legal counsel said .. It doesnt matter if the lease says residential or commercial the owners who signed the lease wrote on top of the lease that it was made out to and in the name of Ooh La La hair salon, and there the lease is considered commercial . And If I might mention B hung the sign and plumbed my sinks and pedi chair ,,,,,hmmmm if this was a problem probably would have been a great time to mention it to me .
2. Rental Agency says ( we will call it RA for short ) that I was not current on my electric bill.
Legal Counsel , looked at all the previous bills and they where paid on time and I was even ahead on the bills and had a credit .
But unfortunately the bill was in B's name so I lost my credit with the Morrisville Water and Light , and now B who hired RA to handle this matter went up two days ago and asked to have the meter pulled ...Isnt that just lovley !
3. RA says I am in breach of contract because I havent paid the rent on time ......um yeah I have I have all the cashed checks to prove it so kiss my ass ! and Legal counsel said that I had done a good job in keeping all my records .
4: RA says I did alterations to the building without permission , well yes I did alterations, but only with permission from the landlord , and of course I have to witnesses who have provided me with there sworn story , Legal counsel says all good !
All in all according to legal counsel, of whom I was referred by a wonderful lady who shall remain nameless :) says that since B did not supply me with heat , he broke contract , all the things that I have listed that RA says has breached my contract are not true , and I have absolutely nothing to worry about .
Now I have tried and it has been witnessed and documented on several occasions to work with all parties involved so as we could come to an agreement that would work for all . But the money driven , B will have no part of it , its frustrating and ridiculous , I am stressed out enough already .... Wonder what they have up there sleeve next !
My prediction is just this ... They obviously have no money for a lawyer them selves or at this point, I am sure I would have been in correspondence with one , so I think RA is going to try to take me to small claims court , and then when that doesnt work the daughter from RA which is B's daughter will try to buy the building from daddy so they can bypass going to get a writ of possession to obtain there property back . But it does not matter anymore I am over and find the whole situation quite HILARIOUS ! I just wanted to write this blog to help clear up any hot juicy rumors that may be floating around town . But if your reading this and your looking for a rental unit , this will be available after the 15th of April ...great deal they are only asking $15 per square foot no utility's included . Oh yeah btw going rate for this small community is $4.50 square foot do your home work before you sign anything the day of a mans handshake being worth anything is gone !
I promise to keep you all updated soon on where our new 3000 square foot spa will be located !
