Landlady confronts tenants after they refuse to leave her alone in the apartment while she takes care of repairs, accusing tenants of making her feel ‘iced out in her own home’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Apr 8, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

There's nothing more awkward than having a stranger fix something in your home while you're pointlessly and silently standing there watching them do their job. Yet, this is one of those things in life that you have to put up with, because the alternatives are much less preferable. You can't leave the room and let a stranger roam freely in your private place, and trying to make conversation with this person sounds like living an actual nightmare.

Sometimes, your landlord is the one who comes to fix stuff in your place, and the situation is even more awkward. A landlord is not fully a stranger, so making conversation while they are there is pretty mandatory. This means that not only are you standing there and watching them do their thing, but you have to fill in the quiet and act like you care about anything they have to say. But again, what are the alternatives? Leaving them be and walking out? Does anyone trust their landlord enough to do that?

Apparently, that is what the lady in the story below thought…

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  • When this 50-year-old landlady arrived at her tenants' place to fix their broken door, she was actually offended when the tenant wouldn't leave her alone. She thought they were only standing there and making conversation because they didn't trust her, and she decided to confront them about it.

    Keep scrolling to read how that turned out.

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    420 "Be more neighborly in the future"
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    "AITA For Doing Chores While My Landlord Was Fixing My Door?"

    So I "23F" am living in an apartment with my partner that is essentially the bottom floor of a two-story house, and my landlord "50sF" occupies the upstairs apartment. Over
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    the past couple weeks my landlord has been popping down to fix my door, because the plate in the doorway fell out. The other day, I had just gotten home
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    from work when she texted asking if she could come down to finish the repair, so I told her yes. I went inside and decided to do some cleaning up while waiting for her since I knew
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    I was going away for the weekend and I'd honestly rather do the cleaning and prep for my dinner before getting showered and clean and comfy.
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    LL showed up while I was dealing with my recycling. I let her in, then went back to breaking down all the boxes and stacking cans inside each other so I could
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    stuff as much in one bag as possible before taking it out. LL and I made some small talk about or jobs and upcoming vacations and stuff. She cracked a joke about how I must
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    want to get showered off and clean from my job (I work long shifts at a somewhat messy job) and I said I was fine and wanted to get some chores done first. I kept breaking down
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    boxes and chatting, she finished up, and as she was leaving she asked me point blank if I didn't trust her to be in the apartment alone. I was honestly really surprised by the question
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    and asked why she'd think that and she told me that nobody breaks down boxes for their recycling at home and that it was clear I was just finding excuses to keep
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    her in my line of sight. I laughed because I thought at this point she was making a joke and said that I like to break down boxes to save room and make less trips.
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    She then brought up a previous situation from a few months back where she had to come down a couple times with her boyfriend to make some
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    minor repairs in the bathroom and it took "al while" (like a week) for them to find the right time. because their work schedules and mine and my partner's work schedules don't line up
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    super well, and partner and I had made it clear when trying to set a date that one of us would prefer to be present. She said me "messing around" in the kitchen the entire time she
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    was there fixing the door made it seem like my partner and I didn't trust her to be alone in the apartment and thought she would snoop and that we looked like we had
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    something to hide. I told her I kind of understood where she was coming from, but that my partner and I just like to be present in case we're needed and also like to be aware of
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    what is changing and how when repairs are made. LL just shrugged and said she feels a little iced out in her own home and hopes we can "be more
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    neighborly in the future". I said okay, I hope so too, and she left looking kind of upset. This was Thursday and I still feel so weird about it. I told my partner,
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    who thinks LL was out of pocket, but I'm wondering if maybe there's something I'm missing? Was I the a hole?
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    Tundra-Queen8812 The better question would be why does she WANT to be alone in your apartment without you there? That's cr py. NTAH and h I no I wouldn't trust her with
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    comments like that and I would ensure I or partner was always there in the future anytime she was there. That's just too weird.
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    nuukland Your landlord is unprofessional to be asking you such a question. And yes, I always try to be present when workers are in my home. You can never be too careful. NTA.
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    F anditurnedaround that. You have you hold dear in your home I would suppose, valuable or not. Why does she care if you're there while she fixes stuff? That's the bigger question.
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    I guess she has a key to your place anyway. That conversation would make me get some nanny cams.
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    Pretty-Necessary-941 NTA. You may want to find another place to rent though, if your landlords are still thinking of your place as their own home.
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    Ok-Complex5075 NTA. Your home is not her home. It's also weird that your LL even voiced this. Personally, I like to always be present if anyone is coming into my unit. If I were you, I'd be looking for a new place.
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