24 Feb 2010 12:00 AM:

Hola Todos, This is the 1st time I write on this site. I need advice. I have just started renting an apartment in Andalucia. I am in the apartment for just 2 weeks now & I feel I am having serious problems & harassment from the Landlord.

Ok, before anyone reacts, I would like to state that I have absolutely never had any kind of problem with a landlord before. I have a very good Job (European Commission) meaning that I always pay on time & I am not prone to having Huge parties in my house. I have a rental agreement of 11 months with the wife of the person whom i feel i am being unfairly harrassed by.

The problem is this, The husband of the person i have the rental agreement with sometimes uses the ground floor for work, this means I have to pass by him everytime i enter the building. In the 2 weeks I am there the husband of the Landlord has hassled me over leaving a light on on the ground floor (Communal Electric Bill which has not been clarifyed). He is also accusing me of damaging a mosaic table on the terraza, infact the table had already pieces of mosaic missing, I actually put the missing pieces back in place, The husband of the Landlord has taken offence to the fact that the dog of my friend P**sed against the outside wall of the house on the main street. I had a bbq for 8 people on my private terrazza, the day after he told me that i should clean up the terraza, I just said ok to keep the peace, but  infact there is no mess at all on MY private Terraza. I feel that this is harassment, he has also cast aspersions about my friends. Some have long hair OMG! Anytime I have friends over he feels authorised to come up & basically check them out & talk to me about something ridiculous. Now he is saying that my friends are throwing cigarette butts on the ground inside the main door. This is plainly not true as there is no Automatic buzzer to let people in & out, so I have to physically go with the people,so I have never seen my friends do this,infact if they did I would have something to say to them about it, when i confronted him about this he couldnt tell me which friend. I Also reminded him that the main door is always open during the day onto a busy street so if there are cigarettes then they could come from anywhere.  

In regards to the dog, ok, i checked the contract & infact it says no animals, so this I accept, but , the rest I dont, I have not created any problems, caused any damage, Now I feel extremely uncomfortable in the house because their is definitely a hostile atmosphere. In the heat of the moment I told the Husband of the person I have the rental agreemnt with that I was not prepared to be constantly hassled & if it continued I would move out & legally cancel the contract. I then realised that infact my contract is not even with him but his wife.

My question is this, Can i be evicted for having a friend over who had a dog ? I stress that the dog caused absolutely no damage at all & was on a leash most of the time. Also, I have an 11 month contract in Spanish so obviously they did not provide me a contract in English. Do I have, should things improve, the right to a contract extension of years ? I have scheduled a meeting with the Landlord & I have asked my Boss (Native Spanish speaker) if he would be there with me for the meeting.

Again, I would like to stress that I have never ever had any kind of problem with a Landlord before & I ALWAYS pay the rent ontime.

thanks

Irishinandalucia

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