I freaked out and called the landlord, but our landlord goes through a company called 'Hometown Property Management,' so when we call them, it takes a little while for them to pass the message on to him. The most frusterating thing about this is that he also owns the business next door to us (yes the cemetery), so half of me wants to jump the fence, go over there and find his phone number somewhere in the building.
Ian and I continued to call the place until they gave us the cell number of the maintenance guy (fuck duh!). Guess what he says...."I'll be there in about an hour, I'm on my way to church"
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? MY HOUSE IS FLOODING!!!!!!
Wellll...these fucking assholes show up an hour later (and many towels of mine later) and put a huge ugly tarp over our house.
This ugly tarp has remained a permanent fixture since. We have received no calls from them, received any mail from there, or been given any sign that they have any plan of helping us. Last I heard, they said they were gonna wait for a nice day to come by and wor
k on the roof. There have been plenty of nice days in the last month and a half!Well guess what, it is pouring cats and dogs outside and once again, and once again, there is water coming in under my door. My porch looks (and acts) like a waterfall, I can't open my door without having an umbrella in hand.
Picture to the right is of the water damage on the ceiling and wall by the door already.
Renter's Rights book, here we come...
You should tell your landlord that you're going to call the city housing department if he doesn't fix it
ReplyDeleteI'm going to say something to that effect when I can finally get a hold of him. We're waiting for someone to call us back.
ReplyDeleteYou could tell the property (mis)management company that you'll be putting your rent payments into an escrow account until the leak is fixed. That usually gets their attention without getting you into trouble.
ReplyDeletethat's a great idea Laurel! :)
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