Possibly Facing Eviction; Advice Needed

[duneii]

But coming home yesterday from base, I saw something I would like to share which leads me to believe even more they are targeting me and that no one else got the same emails I got.

I feel for the OP though the tone might be strange. The OP sees a Tesla, appliances and other "non-sanctioned" uses with no issues and yet he is being hassled for charging. Not sure how many people on this forum have lived in an apartment and a house with an EV, but I think OP is fighting the good fight (maybe I would use different tactics/words).

My 2 cents:
1. For EVs to be widely used, apartment and condo management need to take responsibility for being part of the solution and it needs to happen faster. OP's letter will help push that battle along.
2. Enforcement of rules need to be consistent and not a "gotcha" when they were laying rodent traps. Agree with OP that they feel singled out.
3. My view is condo management should build out submeters for parking spots to plan for the future and have owners pay for their use. Until they do, let the OP use the plug like others are doing already. Burden should be on condo management. For those saying it's not fair to the other non-ev tenants, well that's true but there are older condos with common utilities too and people who chill their house more in the summer are not charged more. My point is this is not a perfect solution until submeters are in place.

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[NewGuy]

OK! I think we might be good. My lawyer sent in the following letter and has another letter, I am not attaching, ready to fire for effect. The company and/or the complex manager hasn't had any further communication with him or me since then.

TMK, I was being blamed for everything; cars and appliances. I know my neighbor who has the garage next to me has still the appliances running. Evidently, I am supposed to cease their activity immediately in their garage. But coming home yesterday from base, I saw something I would like to share which leads me to believe even more they are targeting me and that no one else got the same emails I got.

Unless I misunderstood what you’re doing, referring to charging your main EV battery as “trickle charging” is not accurate at all.

“Trickle charging means charging a fully charged battery at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate, thus enabling the battery to remain at its fully charged level…”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle_charging

 

[SightUp]

I feel for the OP though the tone might be strange. The OP sees a Tesla, appliances and other "non-sanctioned" uses with no issues and yet he is being hassled for charging. Not sure how many people on this forum have lived in an apartment and a house with an EV, but I think OP is fighting the good fight (maybe I would use different tactics/words).

My 2 cents:
1. For EVs to be widely used, apartment and condo management need to take responsibility for being part of the solution and it needs to happen faster. OP's letter will help push that battle along.
2. Enforcement of rules need to be consistent and not a "gotcha" when they were laying rodent traps. Agree with OP that they feel singled out.
3. My view is condo management should build out submeters for parking spots to plan for the future and have owners pay for their use. Until they do, let the OP use the plug like others are doing already. Burden should be on condo management. For those saying it's not fair to the other non-ev tenants, well that's true but there are older condos with common utilities too and people who chill their house more in the summer are not charged more. My point is this is not a perfect solution until submeters are in place.

Thanks for the support!

I agree with you. I called every apartment complex in town when initially searching. It went from "do you have support a 30 to 50 amp plug in the garage?" to "do I have a dedicated plug in my garage at my disposal?" For further reiteratation, this apparent said "yes." initially and it wasn't for months after they changed their mind during a few months later.

Also, I want to point out as I don't think I did in the past, this apartment was built in 2022.

Unless I misunderstood what you’re doing, referring to charging your main EV battery as “trickle charging” is not accurate at all.

“Trickle charging means charging a fully charged battery at a rate equal to its self-discharge rate, thus enabling the battery to remain at its fully charged level…”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle_charging

I have seen people here refer to the standard wall socket charging, 120v, as trickle and I just copied it but thanks for the correction.

 

[RedOctobrrr]

OP: I didn't read all 17 pages, but I feel like you should have taken them up on their offer to charge you extra, and tell them you can provide charge logs (which the Ford app does, easily). You can easily show you charged 14KWh on this date, 23KWh on that date, and so on. Ask them to bill you at the standard rate, whatever that may be ($0.14/KWh?), problem could've been solved there within the first week, at an acceptable level. Then, you tell them that they should make sweeping changes to formalize this for all tenants, maybe they'll install meters for all.

 

[SightUp]

OP: I didn't read all 17 pages, but I feel like you should have taken them up on their offer to charge you extra, and tell them you can provide charge logs (which the Ford app does, easily). You can easily show you charged 14KWh on this date, 23KWh on that date, and so on. Ask them to bill you at the standard rate, whatever that may be ($0.14/KWh?), problem could've been solved there within the first week, at an acceptable level. Then, you tell them that they should make sweeping changes to formalize this for all tenants, maybe they'll install meters for all.

I would have been amenable to the idea if they essentially call me a liar and told me if I don't like it, I can move when I tried to get some basics taken care of in my apartment in previous dealings with management.

 

[RedOctobrrr]

Ah, so, prior hostile relationship, that'll do it

 

[mkhuffman]

Here is a picture of my car:

Going for 18...

 

[SuperRob]

I haven't read all seventeen pages on this, but can someone answer a simple question for me?

Has anyone crossposted this to r/aita yet? ?

 

[AKgrampy]

Here is a picture of my car:

Going for 18...

Can I get that from another angle please?

 

[AKgrampy]

My understanding is his lawyer sent management a letter and that is where it stands. He made it seem like he was waiting for a VA loan so I assumed he was moving out. My guess is based on the info he has shared that he will be invited to succeed elsewhere when his lease expires.

 

[generaltso]

He made it seem like he was waiting for a VA loan so I assumed he was moving out.

Yeah, but he also said he was facing eviction, so……….

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

Yeah, but he also said he was facing eviction, so……….

Only a few more posts and we can reach our stretch goal of 18 pages for this thread!

 

[generaltso]

Only a few more posts and we can reach our stretch goal of 18 pages for this thread!

I have faith in us.

 

[mkhuffman]

Can I get that from another angle please?

I really like the front angle.

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