"Slumlords" are not new. Renting is renting from a business. And like any business, the owner doesn't want to lose money by spending money. That is not to say every business owner in the world are complete dicks. Just saying it does not surprise me.

I've dealt with buying a house, and while for the most part it has worked out, I did hate the lack of answers at certain points and the delays , and the fact that their sub contractors screwed up my neighbor's yard installing my house, and cant get the company who I bought it from to fix a small patch of yard.

An even worse experience I had was back in 07 when my mom bought a handicap van under my name because she couldn't drive. It was an after market install by a different company than the dealer who made and installed the automatic ramp. Two different companies. One, the dealer, and the second the ramp maker. We had problems with the ramp chip communicating with the van computer which controlled the door. It was a fucking bitch to get it fixed because the two companies would argue over whose responsibility it was.

On the plus side, you're in the EU. There's probably a law against what your landlord did. Keep complaining.

Aroura, if you have pictures showing the size of the old fridge that might help your position.

I wonder if there is an avenue to bring lawyers into this and if so if maybe your husband's employer might provide someone on staff to attend to it?

(July 6, 2018 at 9:35 am)Joods Wrote: My daughter had actually asked why you didn't just buy your own fridge, but I told her that you all weren't living there permanently so it would be pointless to purchase something that you couldn't take with you. But if you can manage to get something else in there and then sell it, that would be good too.

I wasn't able to see the picture of your fridge, but I am very curious to see what sort of hell you are dealing with. I would imagine something way smaller than a dorm sized fridge.

Its 3.4 cubic feet. (98 liters) You can google some on amazon. It looks like 3.2 and 3.3 are pretty common mini fridge sizes.

It is essentjally the same as a dorm fridge, or what people would call a beer or drink fridge.

Its also a very cheap set up. It has one small crisper drawer and a single shelf above that. That's all. The door has a few shelves.

I was just looking and i can't even find as one that looks this cheap, lol. They all have neat shelves in the door to hold drinks and stuff. Ours is tiny and super super basic on top of that. But still, it'll give you a general feel for the size.

Ours does have a freezer below it, separate, so even though we don't eat frozen food, I'll have to find a way to make use of that.

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(July 6, 2018 at 10:45 am)Whateverist Wrote: I wonder if there is an avenue to bring lawyers into this and if so if maybe your husband's employer might provide someone on staff to attend to it?

That seems a bit overboard for a fridge. But we are certainly going to press the issue with the landlords.

(July 6, 2018 at 10:11 am)Brian37 Wrote: "Slumlords" are not new. Renting is renting from a business. And like any business, the owner doesn't want to lose money by spending money. That is not to say every business owner in the world are complete dicks. Just saying it does not surprise me.

I've dealt with buying a house, and while for the most part it has worked out, I did hate the lack of answers at certain points and the delays , and the fact that their sub contractors screwed up my neighbor's yard installing my house, and cant get the company who I bought it from to fix a small patch of yard.

An even worse experience I had was back in 07 when my mom bought a handicap van under my name because she couldn't drive. It was an after market install by a different company than the dealer who made and installed the automatic ramp. Two different companies. One, the dealer, and the second the ramp maker. We had problems with the ramp chip communicating with the van computer which controlled the door. It was a fucking bitch to get it fixed because the two companies would argue over whose responsibility it was.

Why assume she's dealing with a slumlord? It could just be a simple mistake. I've had slum lords before and this sort of thing is very mild compared to what slumlords do.

No wonder Germany lost the war.  Couldn't keep the Schnapps cold for the troops.

Buy some cheap binoculars.

I just recently replaced a fridge for a tenant. It was a better model and basically the same size. You might have a bad landlord and a stupid one two. Even after you leave, the fridge will remain and future prospective tenets will see the fridge and probably decide to look elsewhere for housing. You could say that the the landlord has violated the terms of the lease by reducing the services to which you contractually agreed but a confrontational approach rarely works. You have to see thinks from their side too. Landlords get burned by bad tenants all the time. It seems that things start to magically break and stop working immediately after they move in. Don't be that guy. As a landlord, I refuse to renew leases with "problem" tenants. Your better approach would be to inform the the landlord and nicely suggesting that he/she was screwed by the appliance vendor. Because, you know, maybe he was.

I can't see the picture you posted unfortunately. He's probably trying it on because he knows that you aren't German and therefore won't necessarily know your rights. Maybe get your husband to ask his colleagues what rights he has. Most German flats come unfurnished, as in not even a kitchen sink, so I don't personally know what it's like renting a furnished flat. The thing about the Germans though is that they do tend to forget the human aspect of it all. Like problem -> solution without taking into account how a person needs to live with that solution for example. As the joke goes, it's the only country to collectively suffer from Aspergers.

By the way just a word of advice, do try to avoid signing up for anything more than you have to as it can be a real pain cancelling contracts. Always check what kind of notice you need to give well in advance of cancelling it (as in months). Sometimes it works really smoothly. Other times it can be an utter nightmare. Even the Germans have to deal with that shit. Their bureaucracy can be monstrous.

Oh and sign up to toytowngermany.com if you haven't already but always make sure to do a proper search before asking a question. It's full of English speakers living in Germany but they get arsey with people asking the same questions all the time. They will be able to suggest what you should do.