To keep the story short a friend was told during a pest inspection that their apartment was a fire hazard due to the amount of furniture they have in their apartment.

Personally I don’t see it. It is a smaller apartment and they have two shelves in their bedroom that do make it feel a little small when combined with their queen bed but there’s still a little over three feet of space around the bed. Their partner and them each have a desk in their living room along with a couch, a tool chest, coffee table, and TV stand.

It’s something I’ve never heard of and seems very arbitrary for the landlords to call out. I tried finding images online of fire hazard apartments but it was all images of daisy chained extension cords and hoarders.

Ideally I’d like to help them relax and ensure them it’s not something they can get evicted over.

  • CorrodedOPEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    it is something they can get evicted over- or potentially. That very much is determined by lease they signed and the building codes where you’re at.

    I imagine the lease is probably intentionally ambiguous about that.

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      well… yeah. In large part because landlords are usually assholes. but also, because if you get specific… then people just don’t do those, while still causing problems. it’s amazing how legalistic people can try to be. “It says moving vans are not allowed to block the entrance door. That is a moving TRUCK”