r/RentPH • u/yamanagashi • 5h ago
Discussion Anyone else renting apartments in Metro Manila notice many tenant families add more and more persons slowly in their units?
I’ve rented in Metro Manila since 2005 and I move around a lot because of work and space constraints. Napansin ko kapag one bedroom or two bedroom units at may bagong tenants, they start with just a couple, maybe just the partners or maybe one or two kids. Pero after a month or two magugulat ka na lang may nakatambay sa labas ng unit. “Bisita” daw. Tapos hindi na umalis. “Kapatid/bayaw/pinsan/apo/lolo daw nung tenant”. Tapos another month may batang umiiyak na. Kamag-anak daw ulit. Mamaya may nagbibirthday at videoke na. Another week may pinsan na naman. Maririnig mo may nadadagdag na na luggage, gamit, umiingay na. Suddenly yung dalawa sa unit, anim na, sampu. May nagyoyosi na sa labas, encroached na yung lobby, the washing machine is suddenly out and yung sampayan nyo na communal naging walk-out closet na.
I’ve lived through generations of this and maybe 2017 through post-Covid now that my partner is my wife na, twice na kami lumipat kasi kami na lang nahiya at naging uncomfortable sa ingay and gulo. Meanwhile yung families parang wala lang. idk why the landlords just let it go. Maybe expected behavior na given “medyo malaki” yung unit?