My son rents the top floor of a two family house. The rent is reasonable ($1500 a month) for N.Y. The landlord lives on?

My son rents the top floor of a two family house. The rent is reasonable ($1500 a month) for N.Y. The landlord lives on the first floor. My son says he is a nice person but when his wife cooks their national food a few times a week (they are Pakistani) the smell of whatever spices they use make him and his girlfriend physically ill.

They open all the windows but still sometimes it gets so bad they have to come over to my house for a couple of hours to get away. He has been trying to ignore this for almost a year since he does not know of a way to say anything to the landlord. What do you think he should do?

He sure can not afford to move at this time! Asked by LouLou 33 months ago Similar questions: son rents top floor family house rent reasonable $1500 month landlord lives Food & Drink > Food.

Similar questions: son rents top floor family house rent reasonable $1500 month landlord lives.

To tell or not to tell. First we should determine if your son and gf are good tenants. Have they paid on time, without being asked, every month since they moved in.

Have they complained about anything else. Have there been more that one repair every 3 months they have lived there? If the answers are ALL agreeable, then your son is a good tenant and should speak to the landlord.

Could this spark hard feelings or an eviction? It could, but the law in New York is not friendly toward evicting people quickly or easily. They could easily stay 3 or 4 months after they start the process, more if they are paying the rent on time during the eviction process.

The odds are they if they approach the landlord in a calm and friendly manner, the landlord will either try to cook their food on other days, at other times, or provide a GOOD... REAALLY good air filter unit for Your sons apartment and his own (the one in his apartment should take care of a lot of the oder before it gets to your son's apartment. Having one in your son's apartment too will go a long way). In the end, complaining about smell will not get far in an eviction procedure (they could try to move them out so family can move in).

Be friendly and accomadating will do wonders if you are a good tenant. They they are bad tenants, they should find themselves out on the street, even if they are right.

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I think his options are figure out how to live with it or move...with one possible creative solution. If the family on the 1st floor were another tenant, instead of the landlord, I would say that you might have some recourse by discussing this with the landlord. But, since the Pakistani family IS the landlord, I think your son may be better off moving--even though that is not the answer you want to hear.

A couple decades ago, I lived in London for a summer. I lived above an Indian restaurant. Frankly, I loved the smells; although, it got a little much at times.

We had to have the window open because of the summer heat. But, a family member with whom I lived got physically ill and required medicines. This was home for just a couple months.So, we lived with it.

If it bothered me or someone in the family, I think I would have to move. I think your son will have as much luck discussing this with the landlord as I would have had discussing my situation with the owner of the Indian restaurant. They may be sympathetic, but, how can they realistically stop cooking?

Unless you can prove that they are violating some residential code, I don't see any legs to stand on. And, even if you had a leg to stand on, it isn't a good relationship to have with a landlord to legally challenge the aromatic cooking done by his wife. Has your son tried devising clever ventilation systems with exhaust fans and the like?

Given the strength of these cooking smells, I doubt it would be possible for your son to implement a practical solution. Exhaust fans might just pull in more cooking odor as it exhausts the air in his apartment. Here is one approach that could work, though.

Maybe a very nice, polite, and understanding approach to discussing this with the landlord and his wife might result in a solution. You have to be very complimentary about the cooking, mentioning how good the food smells. But, you have to explain that there is a medical condition which is causing problems.

The only thing I can think of that would work--which would also be in the wife's interest...which is good for you--is to install a cooking hood with exhaust fans in her kitchen. Your son, of course, would have to keep the windows closed and AC off on the exhaust side of the house when she cooks. This costs money, which the landlord probably doesn't want to spend, especially during these difficult times.

But, if you invite them up to your apartment during the cooking, then maybe they can appreciate the extent of the problem. By the way, if I were there, I would be stopping down at the landlord's back door making all kinds of sad faces in the hopes the landlord's wife would share some of these delicious concoctions with me... :) There is no cuisine I like better. Having said that, I know the cooking smoke and smells can be overpowering.

2 I think that your son and his wife are being overly sensitive. It's like they're "waiting" for this to happen, so that they can make themselves miserable. If it truly annoys them, there are various air purifiers that they can buy to mitigate the odor.

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2 I think that your son and his wife are being overly sensitive. It's like they're "waiting" for this to happen, so that they can make themselves miserable. If it truly annoys them, there are various air purifiers that they can buy to mitigate the odor.

I think that your son and his wife are being overly sensitive. It's like they're "waiting" for this to happen, so that they can make themselves miserable. If it truly annoys them, there are various air purifiers that they can buy to mitigate the odor.

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I pay my rent on time ever month, my landlord wants to evict me because they want to rent the property for more rent.

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