In case your new to the blog, my landlord’s name is Spire. Hence the play on words. Here’s the story:
The language seems fairly simple…

landlord agrees to reimburse the tenant for its share, defined as one 
half of the monetary amount of the cost of the Working Drawings upon 
submission of an invoice from the Architect in charge of their 
preparation within 30 days of the submission of completed drawings

I submit an invoice from the Architect showing the amount I’ve paid. I submit completed drawings. The landlord reimburses me for half of that.
Anyone have trouble understanding that? Good, we didn’t think so.

Unfortunately, our Landlord, somehow does. They like to say things like:

we are simply not able to agree to an amount when the proper documentation has not been submitted

So far, the only additional documentation they’ve requested is further detail and clarification on a single invoice component that amounts to less than one eight of the amount being billed.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the world worked that way? If I find a $50 item on my rent bill that I don’t understand, that allows me to forgoe my contractual obligations to pay an ENTIRE $1,000+ bill in time?
Wow, these guys are setting a fabulous precedent as a Landlord.
I would be happy to play by these rules if I didn’t already know that when the tables are turned, the rules would change.
I’d draw up a contract to have both parties agree to the new set of rules, but since they’d fail to understand the language or honor the contract anyway…

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