1) An owner of scummy fungus-, rodent- or insect-infested property which they rent (often for a long period up front) after giving said property a superficial spring-clean and repaint to fool the naive and desperate university student seeking accommodation. Can be recognised by the electric heaters trained on new carpet in said property which the naive tenant falsely believes will warm them through the winter, but are actually to retard mould growth until point of rental and will be removed in secret once they pay up and their backs are turned. Once said infestation manifests, the landlord takes the rental money and the deposit (known to cognoscenti as "bye-bye money"), and disappears to a remote holiday resort, nary to be seen or heard from again. Alternately he may come back for rent in shorter-term instalments, well aware that the law cannot touch him or that he has terrorised the tenant too thoroughly for the latter to test said law. Frequently claims to need to clear out tenants for the purposes of having the residences fitted with all mod cons, then merely has the rooms subdivided into cubicles too small to swing a cat in. The landlord is intimately familiar with (1) all his rights, and (2) the departure times for all flights to Andalucia and the Canaries (or equivalent Stateside). Typically much beloved by students past and present, especially those who managed to get official campus accommodation.
2) Any crook or anti-social parasite with a good PR agency, hitmen to silence "begrudgers" and/or the ability to run fast.
2) Any crook or anti-social parasite with a good PR agency, hitmen to silence "begrudgers" and/or the ability to run fast.
You paid five grand for that place for a year and it started raining through the ceiling? What do you EXPECT when dealing with landlords?
The guy at the till didn't like you in his restaurant, so he spiked your coffee. What a landlord!
GB II is the worst landlord I've ever heard of. When thousands of other young Americans were risking everything in Nam he was looping the loop over Lubbock.
The guy at the till didn't like you in his restaurant, so he spiked your coffee. What a landlord!
GB II is the worst landlord I've ever heard of. When thousands of other young Americans were risking everything in Nam he was looping the loop over Lubbock.
by Donough Macnamara May 17, 2007
1) An opportunistic mentally ill parasite who honestly believes he provides an honest, morally sound business for his community. But in reality, siphons huge amounts of resources from his tenants trapping them into the perpetual gamed cycle of renting rather than owning.
2) A person, company, or firm who owns so much property they can easily set the rental rates of a particular area.
2) A person, company, or firm who owns so much property they can easily set the rental rates of a particular area.
"If I keep paying rent to landlords, I will never afford a house"
"My landlord raised the rent again! I cannot believe I am being priced out of my childhood town!"
"My landlord raised the rent again! I cannot believe I am being priced out of my childhood town!"
by DutchPirate May 29, 2018
Not a job. By definition, a landlord is a property owner, and at best, is an investor. Investment Slacker. Will try to convince others that what they do is, in fact, a "real" "job" by listing responsibilities such as:
Asking for money
Waking up at noon
Drinking box wine before 5 pm
Neglecting significant issues with the rental unit
Raising rent to discourage "the" "element" from renting units
Researching discriminatory practices
Telling people with "real" "jobs" to get "real" "jobs."
Asking for money
Waking up at noon
Drinking box wine before 5 pm
Neglecting significant issues with the rental unit
Raising rent to discourage "the" "element" from renting units
Researching discriminatory practices
Telling people with "real" "jobs" to get "real" "jobs."
Frankie D: Yeah, I dunno Rich, I mean if it makes money--it's a job, right?
Richie B: Wrong Frank. Panhandlers make money, but asking for change on the street isn't a job--neither is being a landlord.
Richie B: Wrong Frank. Panhandlers make money, but asking for change on the street isn't a job--neither is being a landlord.
by Merriticus September 24, 2021
A person that most probably has a drink problem who decides to run a pub because real work is too much hard work.
by iwtom April 5, 2019
Half-assed repairs and maintenance by landlords to save money such as painting over electrical outlets and dead insects instead of hiring a cleaner and then a painter.
We had to evacuate the building and are living on the street. The building was condemned. The electrical work in the building was a Landlord Special.
by Lightning Princess March 16, 2023
The Landlord Special is that special poorly done touch that landlords add to their homes by trying to repair things themselves.
by Alex M&D May 19, 2022
Guy: yo man, did u ever see the Floyd the landlord video?
Guy 2: yea bro idk why ppl treat this guy like a saint, he’s literally the black Johnny Sins but no clout
Guy 2: yea bro idk why ppl treat this guy like a saint, he’s literally the black Johnny Sins but no clout
by Gay ngga June 7, 2022