I NEED to move by September 1st
Alright. So, my lease is up September 1st. I don't want to stay here. I must move.
I didn't write about my fiasco, did I?
Day 1.
So I have the day off about a month and a half ago. I wake up, get dressed, throw some laundry in the wash and go to feed my friend Paula's cat. He is a demon, by the way. I get home from feeding the spawn of Satan and my entire fucking bathroom is flooded. I run and tell the apartment manager and we clean up the mess. He gives me a few dollars and I buy heavy duty drain cleaner. I later realize I can no longer use the toilet because it back up into the tub. I cannot shower because it doesn't drain. I am a sad panda :(
Day 2
Apt manager is nowhere to be found. I cannot get hold of him.
Still unable to use water. I discover the kitchen sink is also draining into the bathtub.
Day 3
I stalk the Apt. Manager. Lets call him "Tom". Mainly because thats his name, Tom. So I find Tom and we discuss the issue. He wants to try drain cleaner ONE MORE TIME. It didn't work before, but lets try again. I'm going on day 3 of having to "shower" in the kitchen sink. I cannot pee at home. I cannot wash clothes, I cannot take a poop. My cat,Miss Kitty is beginning to get PISSED because the tub is her spot.
Day 4.
Tom has a brilliant idea. We are going to force whatever the fuck is plugging up the drain out. How? You ask. Well let me tell you, internetz, its simple; We are going to force a watering hose down the shower drain and turn the faucet on full blast. The sheer power of seemingly harmless watering hose is going to blast said object to smithereens and will then free up the pipes. McGuyver has NOTHING on Tom.
Day 5.
I'm pissed. LIVID. Tom finally agrees to call the plumber after a long discussion in which he tries to get ME to pay the $50 co-pay, since the duplex is covered under insurance. Yahno. I ain't payin' shit. He calls. Too bad my. Plumber cannot get there till fucking MONDAY, Its saturday, by the way.
Day 6.
Waiting. I'm pissed. I have to pee in a bucket and Miss Kitty wants to claw me to death in my sleep.
Day 7.
MY SAVIOR, the plumber arrives. He is a big, burly, snaggle toothed man named Trey. Trey says he cannot clean out the line because there is no clean out. He'd need to get on the roof and thats going to cost Tom about $250. Because no WAY is a large african american man climbing on a roof in 115 degree heat for less than that. Nah ah. I feel for him because Tom is an ass to him. Tom ain't havin it. He tells Trey to fuck off and calls Roro-rooter.
Roto-rooter arrives and for only $140 they climb the roof and snake the main drain. Apparently, it is a baby wipe? Ummm...No. It is not a baby wipe because I do not use those. So it is then announced thet my Tampon has clogged the drain. It is not a tampon. I'm not that stupid. I do not flush tampons down the toilet. I have no idea what the hell it is. But at this point all I can say is "Hallelujah!". Miss kitty is happy and all is well with the world.
Oh but wait, it gets messy. Because Angel has been without useable water for a week to the day now. Angel is angry and does not want to pay the $650 she usually pays because she isn't getting what she's signed a lease for. Its been a week. ONE WEEK. This could have been resolved in 1 day had Tom not been a cheap ass. I had to get all legal on him. according to arizona renters law, this kinda shit has to be rectified asap.
4. Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him.
6. Supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times...
Mmhmm. I asked him to take a bit of rent off. That idea was met with a guffaw as well as an "is that all you came here for?".
He tried to threaten me with my cat saying I never payed the pet deposit. Uhhhh, yeah. Because he said not to worry about it. Which he conveniently forgot.
What it ended up coming down to was me using legal bullshit on him. Basically I threatened him. The actual landlord was never notified until I spoke to him. He was kind of upset.
SO noooow, I want to move. Because that episode was ridiculous. Sept 1st my lease is up! Here's to hoping I find a suitable place and a suitable roomie.
I hate Arizona.
I didn't write about my fiasco, did I?
Day 1.
So I have the day off about a month and a half ago. I wake up, get dressed, throw some laundry in the wash and go to feed my friend Paula's cat. He is a demon, by the way. I get home from feeding the spawn of Satan and my entire fucking bathroom is flooded. I run and tell the apartment manager and we clean up the mess. He gives me a few dollars and I buy heavy duty drain cleaner. I later realize I can no longer use the toilet because it back up into the tub. I cannot shower because it doesn't drain. I am a sad panda :(
Day 2
Apt manager is nowhere to be found. I cannot get hold of him.
Still unable to use water. I discover the kitchen sink is also draining into the bathtub.
Day 3
I stalk the Apt. Manager. Lets call him "Tom". Mainly because thats his name, Tom. So I find Tom and we discuss the issue. He wants to try drain cleaner ONE MORE TIME. It didn't work before, but lets try again. I'm going on day 3 of having to "shower" in the kitchen sink. I cannot pee at home. I cannot wash clothes, I cannot take a poop. My cat,Miss Kitty is beginning to get PISSED because the tub is her spot.
Day 4.
Tom has a brilliant idea. We are going to force whatever the fuck is plugging up the drain out. How? You ask. Well let me tell you, internetz, its simple; We are going to force a watering hose down the shower drain and turn the faucet on full blast. The sheer power of seemingly harmless watering hose is going to blast said object to smithereens and will then free up the pipes. McGuyver has NOTHING on Tom.
Day 5.
I'm pissed. LIVID. Tom finally agrees to call the plumber after a long discussion in which he tries to get ME to pay the $50 co-pay, since the duplex is covered under insurance. Yahno. I ain't payin' shit. He calls. Too bad my. Plumber cannot get there till fucking MONDAY, Its saturday, by the way.
Day 6.
Waiting. I'm pissed. I have to pee in a bucket and Miss Kitty wants to claw me to death in my sleep.
Day 7.
MY SAVIOR, the plumber arrives. He is a big, burly, snaggle toothed man named Trey. Trey says he cannot clean out the line because there is no clean out. He'd need to get on the roof and thats going to cost Tom about $250. Because no WAY is a large african american man climbing on a roof in 115 degree heat for less than that. Nah ah. I feel for him because Tom is an ass to him. Tom ain't havin it. He tells Trey to fuck off and calls Roro-rooter.
Roto-rooter arrives and for only $140 they climb the roof and snake the main drain. Apparently, it is a baby wipe? Ummm...No. It is not a baby wipe because I do not use those. So it is then announced thet my Tampon has clogged the drain. It is not a tampon. I'm not that stupid. I do not flush tampons down the toilet. I have no idea what the hell it is. But at this point all I can say is "Hallelujah!". Miss kitty is happy and all is well with the world.
Oh but wait, it gets messy. Because Angel has been without useable water for a week to the day now. Angel is angry and does not want to pay the $650 she usually pays because she isn't getting what she's signed a lease for. Its been a week. ONE WEEK. This could have been resolved in 1 day had Tom not been a cheap ass. I had to get all legal on him. according to arizona renters law, this kinda shit has to be rectified asap.
4. Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him.
6. Supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times...
Mmhmm. I asked him to take a bit of rent off. That idea was met with a guffaw as well as an "is that all you came here for?".
He tried to threaten me with my cat saying I never payed the pet deposit. Uhhhh, yeah. Because he said not to worry about it. Which he conveniently forgot.
What it ended up coming down to was me using legal bullshit on him. Basically I threatened him. The actual landlord was never notified until I spoke to him. He was kind of upset.
SO noooow, I want to move. Because that episode was ridiculous. Sept 1st my lease is up! Here's to hoping I find a suitable place and a suitable roomie.
I hate Arizona.