One landlord is considering taking controversial action thanks to a tenants' non-stop deliveries.
The landlord explained why she's had enough of her tenants in a recent post on the “Am I the A–hole?” subredditHer renters — a couple in their mid-forties — live in the basement apartment of her home with a separate entrance but a shared mailbox.
She says the pair are ordering such an excessive number of packages to the house that she is considering banning deliveries or raising the rent.
“She's a substitute teacher out all day, and he's 'retired' and home during the day. Generally, they're great tenants—rent is always on time, and they're easy to live with. However, she's a shopaholic, constantly ordering packages. I don't mind occasional deliveries, but the sheer volume has become overwhelming,” the Reddit user wrote.
The landlord explained that she also “frequently” orders from sites like Amazon herself and has always had the packages sent to her garage with “no issues.”
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Then the tenants moved in and went on “an extended overseas vacation,” the landlord said, explaining how they mentioned they'd be having “a few packages” shipped back. However, the woman insisted it was not “a few.”
“I agreed, but soon became inundated with over 20 large boxes, some weighing 30-40 pounds. I schlepped them to my garage until they returned. I brushed it off, thinking it was a one-time thing. Then they went on a Two-week cruise, and more packages arrived. Since then, deliveries haven't slowed down,” the poster insisted.
Despite asking the couple to have deliveries sent to the garage like she does, she said “packages were still left” on the porch.
“Again, I spoke to her, and suggested she rent a mailbox at a nearby postal store, but she said it was too expensive and inconvenient with her schedule,” the landlord wrote, adding that the female tenant did “agree to have packages sent to her sister's during vacations, but this doesn't address the daily issue.”
Packages were being dropped on the porch “three or four times a day,” she says. And she found it hard to move the parcels due to a ruptured disk in her back, which she claimed the tenants knew about.
“I've nearly tripped over boxes just opening the door to leave the house,” the poster continued. “Two weeks ago, there were two huge boxes taking up my whole porch.”
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The landlord added, “I'm usually easygoing, but I'm fed up with being the 'middle man' for her 'shopping sprees,' as she jokes, and I feel it is very inconsiderate,” saying she's now “considering raising the rent for the extra hassle or banning deliveries entirely.”
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In the comments section, many Reddit users took the tenants' side.
“Why are you making this your problem? Allow her to deal with the natural consequences if her packages start to get stolen,” one person wrote.
Another shared, “They pay you rent to share a mailbox, the amount of packages they order is irrelevant.”
“They have every right to order as many packages as they want to the place they live,” a third person insisted.
One commenter did offer a potentially simple solution: “Maybe post a sign on your porch for the delivery people that says 'please put all deliveries in the garage'?”
Another offered a more formal potenital solution: “You can always make a written amendment to your rental agreement with proper notice, but I would seek counsel on the appropriate guidelines and verbiage.”