Yesterday we were given the key to Emerald City or if you prefer the “Big Bedroom”, having spent a few uncomfortable weeks & sleepless nights in the bunk beds. It did come at some cost, as Ahmet and his brothers had to hump the entire previous tenant’s belongings down into the cellar for the landlord. My beloved can barely walk as a result but it seemed a small price to pay for a good night’s sleep.
The honeymoon seems to be well and truly over between us and the landlord. Ahmet has been given house rules by the landlord and we are no longer permitted to hoover before 11 o’clock in the morning, remove the hideous clingy plastic sheeting that covers the sofas (and makes your legs sweat) and keep any pets (our lovely green-eyed boy has been rehomed with a family in Akbuk).
This morning was the final insult, whilst taking a leisurely shower, suddenly the bathroom door flew open and the landlord’s wife accompanied by a large Turkish family, all beamed at me from the corridor. The landlady, clearly not taken aback by my lack of clothing, continued her unannounced guided sales tour whilst I attempted to cover my modesty with my Clarins shower gel. Had I known we would be having company, I would have kept the supermarket bought toiletries handy – bigger bottles! It would seem that our tenancy agreement might as well have been written on Andrex toilet tissue.
Ahmet has decided enough is enough and has consulted numerous “friends” so another move is imminent. And just when I thought it was safe to go back into the “Big Bedroom”.
You are quite resilient. Do your doors have locks, and are you allowed to use them? I submit it might be possible that your landlady waited until she heard the shower running before she brought the guests by as both she and her husband sound a bit deranged? Perhaps your blog might be renamed Tinky Train to Crazy Town.
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What can I say it’s Turkey and what seems crazy is the norm around here!
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So true!
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This happened to me when I lived in Wales. (I wasn’t in the shower, but I WAS extremely surprised to go downstairs and find people in my kitchen O.o) Seems landlords the world over are inconsiderate jerks.
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Just goes to show greed and lack of integrity are universal.
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That was surprising…I said it was too quiet 😉
Sherri-Ellen & Nylablue
(P.S.: Yow Miss Dallas ya must keep a towell handy…Mum’z ex Landlord did diz to her a few timez…big baff sheet iz best n a BB gun! ~Nylablue)
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