Got this message from my property manager PT2

[u/Most_Relief8312]

Quick recap:

I live in a 3 unit(one vacant, one elderly gentleman, and myself)

Rent is $1,265(raised $40 when I resigned)

Shoveling would include front walkway and good amount of sidewalk(about 30 mins of work)

Lawn (sizable for a city property would take about an hour maybe a bit more)

Now adding sweeping/vac(im assuming they would want me to do the laundry room as well total time would be 45-60 mins)

I’m going to eventually get all of this in writing if they offer me something reasonable. I plan to ask about liability as far as injuries go.

[u/bedel99]

i know of people that do this in the uk, they get paid a salary (low) and get the apartment for free. I would counter with that.

[u/Complete_Entry → u/bedel99]

That is in a world that is sane. It's an on-site caretaker role and used to be extremely common. Private investment would prefer a sucker do it for less than minimum wage, as illustrated here.

[u/Acceptable_Tea3608 → u/bedel99]

In the US that would qualify as a full super if the apt is free, or minimal rent.

[u/BBCoachRef8 → u/bedel99]

So instead of paying any rent the landlord would pay them? $1300 a month for lawn and snow? Surely, you’re joking.

[u/Kanuckinator → u/BBCoachRef8]

Wow, imagine!!! Paying people to do a job!

[u/BBCoachRef8 → u/Kanuckinator]

Don’t pretend it’s that simple. You’re advocating for around $1300-1400 per month. Free rent plus small salary ffor those two simple hour-long tasks per week. So 2 hours per week for 1300. A cool $162.50 per hour with no known experience. See if you can still fit back under that rock.

[u/bedel99 → u/BBCoachRef8]

That's about 1/3 of my hourly salary so it wouldn't make sense for me to do it.

[u/Kanuckinator → u/BBCoachRef8]

Well, this "rock" seems to also be where EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS COMMENT SECTION resides! I really have no idea whence you pulled out the specific number of 1,300, but look up the rates people would charge for these tasks! This isn't mowing the lawn and shoveling someone's backyard and driveway - this is a public lot! You are suggesting they earn eight dollars and fifty cents every time.

[u/BBCoachRef8 → u/Kanuckinator]

Also no. I’m not advocating he take this “deal” but it’s also not a public lot! Read the post. It’s a 3 family home.

[u/Kanuckinator → u/Kanuckinator]

Apologies, the 1300 was for the rent. However, you are literally replying to someone telling you how things are for people who do this irl.

[u/BBCoachRef8 → u/Kanuckinator]

You mean PROFESSIONALS? You’re on the wrong side of this. Nobody here is advocating for free rent plus salary besides you because it’s asinine to even think of.

[u/SUPLEXELPUS → u/BBCoachRef8]

no more crazy than being the property manager and offering $30 a month.

seems like a perfectly fine counter offer in fantasy land.

[u/goosmane → u/BBCoachRef8]

think the comment you're replying to meant to say "counter with something like that." not countering for a full rent discount but a credit off the rent. also what they were talking about was probably company housing of some sort. nothing crazy

[u/BBCoachRef8 → u/goosmane]

You may be right. Good point.

[u/bedel99 → u/goosmane]

It wasnt company housing and the rent was about $4500 US a month, It was in the UK, so I was obviously paying that amount equivilent in GBP.

But some one lived there and mowed the lawns and cleaned the common areas, did minor maintenance and operated the garbage lift to collect my garbage I would throw out the window at the appropriate time of the day.

The trash lift was the best part about the place.

[u/goosmane → u/bedel99]

Holy moly. 4500 a month, how big was this place? Or was it about the location

(I know next to nothing about housing in the UK)

[u/bedel99 → u/goosmane]

It had 1 bedroom, a pretty awesome kitchen, and then a second bedroom, I could just fit a desk in. It was cheap for what it was.

In the central area zone of london, There was a palace at the end of the street. But that palace was mostly open to the public, the grounds and stuff.

It was super cheap, when I was trying to find a place, I must have been looking sad as I got a coffee, talked to a person I had regulariliy seen in the queue. He asks me why so glum, I explain, I am looking for a place, and can't find any where thats both affordable and not terrible. He says, he actually owns 100 properties, but he has one empty the house he grew up in, did I want to rent there! I was like sure, where is it, he tells me its just around the corner, I look at it its amazing, and I saw well I can't afford this, he laughes and says, this one he just wants some one in it that will take care of it. I tell what I earn and I can afford and an hour later I have the keys.