New rental trend? A $200 'work-from-home fee' tacked on to Bay Area lease

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al_borland•about 1 hour ago

Assuming nothing illegal, it isn't the landlord's business what a tenant is doing inside, working or sitting around watching TV... why does it matter? They should just be happy the person has a job and can pay the rent on time.

Grombobulous•22 minutes ago

If you really want to do something this dumb, I think it would be less dumb as a landlord to implement this as a discount.

Submit a pay stub and job offer letter referencing hybrid/in-office/in-person employment and get a $200/month discount.

The idea of this is not completely crazy. I definitely wear on my home hardware when working from home. However, the rent is supposed to already be covering the typical amount of wear and tear and there’s no need to get this silly about it.

sitkack•8 minutes ago

what if you are retired? or unemployed? or sick?

what are the limits for all of those?

no the idea is stupid and greedy

red-iron-pine•about 1 hour ago

that application fee is a scam man

but one of the pieces that didn't make it to the top of reddit's discussion was that it's a shared-living situation, not your own apartment or isolated basement.

its shitty, but it's not like a landlord trying to regulate how often you're in your own private apartment

notfromhere•about 1 hour ago

you're renting a space per month, and they're essentially adding an extra fee if you're doing more than sleeping there. kinda nuts

richwater•about 1 hour ago

Why are we writing articles about some random, single-event rental ad. What are we doing here?

randycupertino•about 2 hours ago

Here is the screenshot of the original rental ad, with an also dubious $500 move-in fee: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1v3n4kw/...

New rental trend? A $200 'work-from-home fee' tacked on to Bay Area lease

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