On the day that Chava * was arranging everything last minute for her long awaited trip to the United States, she was going to give the key to the renter - housesitter, do last minute packing, make sure that everything was just right, she got a knock at the door.
Who could it be? The woman who was going to rent the apartment wasn't due until 10:15 and now it is 9:45! She opened the door and found workmen there. "I didn't request any workmen right now!" she thought to herself.
There was also the police with an order to destroy the illegal building,. What???? You don't mean MY apartment? Yes, the paper say that it is this apartment? What are we going to do? What can we do with all our stuff???
And the renter, she is going to be here soon as well! What is going on? My world is being turned upside down! The workers gave them a bit of time to salvage anything that they needed, and then they proceeded to destroy the apartment.
The upshot was that the apartment owner built the apartment in the large 60 meter + lobby of the building and he got a notice two weeks ago to tear down the apartment, but he did nothing. He didn't even tell his tenants!
Contrary to popular opinion, Israel does take illegal building very seriously whether it is on the Jewish side of town or the Arab side of town. It is the law in Israel that if you have built illegally, then you have two weeks to tear down, and then afterwards, you can apply for a building permit to rebuild. If your permit is approved then fine, but if not, and you build, it will be torn down again.
This story does not have a happy ending for the owner. His investment is now lost. The tenants have all their stuff in a storage room, The temporary renter has to scramble to find a place to stay. There are no winners.
I was able to help the long term renters, as I posted on Yahoogroups and Facebook about an apartment for them. They already got a response. We are still looking for a temporary place for the tourist.
What is the moral of this story? When you are renting an apartment, demand to see the Arnona bill. If the owner will not let you see it, then most probably the property is illegal and you could be thrown out at any moment.
I'm here to help if you need it.
Rachael Alice
www.livecoachjerusalem.weebly.com lifecoachjerusalem@gmail.com
052-7500608 Call now for your first free session!
Please share this blog post to as many people as you can! This proves that the Israeli government is non-partisan when it comes to illegal building. They don't care what your religion is if you break the law!!
* not her real name
Who could it be? The woman who was going to rent the apartment wasn't due until 10:15 and now it is 9:45! She opened the door and found workmen there. "I didn't request any workmen right now!" she thought to herself.
There was also the police with an order to destroy the illegal building,. What???? You don't mean MY apartment? Yes, the paper say that it is this apartment? What are we going to do? What can we do with all our stuff???
The upshot was that the apartment owner built the apartment in the large 60 meter + lobby of the building and he got a notice two weeks ago to tear down the apartment, but he did nothing. He didn't even tell his tenants!
This story does not have a happy ending for the owner. His investment is now lost. The tenants have all their stuff in a storage room, The temporary renter has to scramble to find a place to stay. There are no winners.
I was able to help the long term renters, as I posted on Yahoogroups and Facebook about an apartment for them. They already got a response. We are still looking for a temporary place for the tourist.
What is the moral of this story? When you are renting an apartment, demand to see the Arnona bill. If the owner will not let you see it, then most probably the property is illegal and you could be thrown out at any moment.
I'm here to help if you need it.
Rachael Alice
www.livecoachjerusalem.weebly.com lifecoachjerusalem@gmail.com
052-7500608 Call now for your first free session!
Please share this blog post to as many people as you can! This proves that the Israeli government is non-partisan when it comes to illegal building. They don't care what your religion is if you break the law!!
* not her real name
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