Previously (poisonous vapors): My apartment of 10 years has had strong oil vapor and other sweet burnt plastic smelling dizzying/sickening fumes since February. I've been sleeping on friends' couches (sparingly) and subletting rooms (a lot) per my doctor's advice to stop sleeping there to protect my health. It's been very difficult to find a place to move to. I finally found a place that opens up on May 1st, but I have a difficult lease negotiation ahead of me tomorrow. All seemed to be on track until...
Now (an outdated unprofessional, albeit harmless, odor - nag champa incense): I just woke up in a new room I'm subletting from college students and it's become permeated in nag champa incense smell overnight. So much for smelling professional or non-ridiculous. Now if I get called into work (due to a Boston Marathon incident or something), I'll have to address this smell too. And I cannot negotiate a new lease smelling like this. Landlords don't like to rent to foul smelling tenants AT ALL. There's no where open today either to dry clean my clothes I set aside. And I'm exhausted due to the bus incident above and loud party music tonight. Sometimes it seems as though I just can't win.
Now (an outdated unprofessional, albeit harmless, odor - nag champa incense): I just woke up in a new room I'm subletting from college students and it's become permeated in nag champa incense smell overnight. So much for smelling professional or non-ridiculous. Now if I get called into work (due to a Boston Marathon incident or something), I'll have to address this smell too. And I cannot negotiate a new lease smelling like this. Landlords don't like to rent to foul smelling tenants AT ALL. There's no where open today either to dry clean my clothes I set aside. And I'm exhausted due to the bus incident above and loud party music tonight. Sometimes it seems as though I just can't win.