Update: My landlord served me a 3 day notice to cure violation or move out over keeping my window open. It's not on my lease. It's not a violation.
2026-07-03 10:19 UTC
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@cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 10:28
Hope someone has something for you
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@AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2026-07-03 10:39
My ideal solution to this is that I cover my ass by just acceding to the demand ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY and not before as is the written demand on the notice they gave me. My babies get the holiday weekend. Then they take me to court and I have both the righteous argument about having the right to keep my window open AND the nyeener nyeener you can’t touch me of 3 days worth of security footage on SD cards. So I want to be safe but I also want the judge to give me a decision on that shit being on my lease. BECAUSE IT’S MY FUCKING WINDOW AND I WANT IT OPEN
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@Deme@sopuli.xyz 2026-07-03 10:42
So the whole place shares the same A/C? You keeping the window open while that’s blasting is a huge waste of energy. I don’t intend to detract from your other points, but that does seem like a genuine issue to complain about. Have you asked if they could turn the A/C down? Or is there any way to isolate the ventilation?
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@vapeloki@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 10:44
I can not help you with anything legal. I live in a country with consumer rights and am shocked to see how you are treated. I can understand both of you. Keeping you window open while the central AC runs will cost a fucking bunch of money and is bad for the environment. On the other side, fresh air is important, it is your window and so on Wow, maybe you can compromise? Is there maybe a way to close the vents in your apartment so that you no longer receive cold air? I only know how us apartment look from the inside from good old US Entertainment, but it seems to me that should be straight forward and possible
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@Switorik@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-03 10:49
Do you often feel like everyone is against you no matter where you go?
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@AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2026-07-03 10:54
Oh another fun fact: my landlord has repeatedly refused my requests for a paper copy of my rental agreement. They just kept sending the same jpg file from their iphone the exact same way that compressed the image to make it unreadable over and over again no matter how many times I pointed it out. They said they would charge me for a printed copy (in person not in writing).
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@mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2026-07-03 12:30
Damn people were just joking the other day about how everything is so illegal in the UK that you could be arrested for having your window open but I guess that was already real life
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@otp@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-03 12:35
“Outdoor cats” as pets shouldn’t be a thing
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@shweddy@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 12:40
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@fta@lemmy.zip 2026-07-03 12:47
You should make sure to read up on tenant law for your area. If it’s Riverside CA then the landlord needs to give you notice when entering your room. There are statewide tenant laws that supersede the leases, but you need to make sure. Second, if it’s not in your lease then they can pound sand. You really should have a copy of your lease. Again, depends on tenant law, but they might be required to provide a copy. Sorry this is happening to you. Idk why everyone is fixated on the reasons to keep the window open or closed. If you go to court, only give reasons for the windows being open if the judge asks. Your main pints should be the landlord violating tenant laws by entering your room (if that applies for your area) and threatening to kick you out for something not in the lease. Not a lawyer, none is legal advice. Going to a student law clinic for free tenant advice was a good suggestion, but read up on the tenant law for your area, they’re usually not too difficult to read.
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@Vanth@reddthat.com 2026-07-03 13:23
Today’s forecast for Riverside, CA is high of 90F and 80% humidity. I’d want this asshole kicked to the curb too if I was another renter in the house dealing with someone repeatedly opening the windows and defeating the AC. Feels like a Reddit AITA creative writing exercise for rage bait. I don’t miss it.
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@M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2026-07-03 16:42
ITT people dog-piling somebody in a shitty situation, in a shitty society, who can’t find adequate and affordable housing and arguing in defense of a landlord who won’t give them a clear copy of their renter’s agreement and who has forcibly closed their windows. See OP’s edit: edit: I am purposefully not engaging with any comments on the subject of whether or not my landlord has a genuine gripe about me having my window open and my door closed in a room that does not have a temperature sensor for the A/C system. I offered to close the vent. I offered to have my rent raised to compensate. All was ignored. It’s about power tripping. So this post is about my rights in the face of that.
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@agentant@lemmy.ml 2026-07-03 17:59
The amount of people in this thread siding with the leeches who contribute nothing to society and will gleefully sentence people to death by lack of shelter is astounding.
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@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2026-07-03 20:49
Your lease may not specifically say that you have to keep windows closed, but it is likely that there is a requirement for the landlord to provide air conditioning. Requirements like this usually have a stipulation that the renter not waste the provided utility. That’s what your landlord is likely dinging you with, since the landlord is providing AC. The only way to deal with it is that you’d have to sign off on taking ownership of the air conditioning. However, since it sounds like you have roommates given your fear of catching COVID at home, that doesn’t seem likely. It also seems likely that this is going to follow you to whatever rental living arraignment you have. Unless you are contractually taking full ownership of providing air conditioning to a liveable temperature, you’re going to run into someone telling to keep the windows closed.
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@PetteriPano@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 20:55
YTA
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@GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world 2026-07-03 16:15
This is not legal advice but in California, the landlord of a rooming house (which it sounds like you are in) has the right to make reasonable house rules and “keep the windows closed when the AC is on” is generally recognized as reasonable rule. Its unlikely a court would side with you on this. Keeping the window open in a room (even with the door shut) impacts the temperature and humidity of the rest of the house. Rooms within a house are not air tight when the door is closed. In fact, the airflow in a house is designed to circulate and mix all the air from all the rooms so that the AC runs efficiently, even when the doors are closed.
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@TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 2026-07-03 22:31
It’s probably going to come down to the lease terms. There’s likely a mechanism to file some kind of complaint about this that would make the 3-days stop ticking, but I’m not a lawyer. If you can find a legal aid clinic, that’s probably your best bet. Power-tripping landlords are the worst and I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this.
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@mistermodal@lemmy.ml 2026-07-04 06:44
“Is It Leftist To Open Your Window” – the greatest thread in Bodybuilding Forums history, locked after 300 pages of debate
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@mynameisbob@lemmy.ml 2026-07-04 09:50
Be a nail get hammered. Comply let the smoke settle and observe… hopefully they chase a squirrel. Find someone else to bother. Don’t make enemies and make nice then. Remote Control Outlet Wireless Light Switch for Household Appliances, 200ft Long Range Remote Outlet Switch, 15A/1875W High Power Mini Electrical Plug, White (1 Outlet + 1 Remote) Portable ac Window Vent Kit with Universal Coupler, New Adjustable Air Conditioner Window Seal Kit for Sliding Vertical/Horizontal Window(Include 6 Inline Inch Duct Fan) thingino.com hub.docker.com/r/mekayelanik/ispyagentdvr Manage perception wage war. If the door is shut and there is no censor I see no problem.
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@GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2026-07-04 10:16
It’s 2026 and there are still people scared out of their mind of catching Covid? 🤣 I bet OP has had Covid multiple times already without even realising it. That’s how much of a nothing it is.
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@leggysnakegirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-07-04 21:46
Op I’m so sorry you have to deal with all this bullshit, both the landlord and the smug assholes on here.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️