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bethanethia

Adventures in brushing my teeth

Dec 11, 2006 03:12

And so concludes day 2 of no water ( Read more... )

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spazticmonky December 11 2006, 03:18:24 UTC

Sorry to hear about the water situation :(

I am pretty sure that you can legally withhold rent until they fix it though... You might want to check out The Department of Consumer Affairs to get a copy of the Landlord-Tenant Laws publication.

spazticmonky December 11 2006, 03:18:41 UTC

BTW You can take a shower here anytime :)

bethanethia December 13 2006, 06:41:49 UTC

aww, thanks, Bobby. Luckily the water returned Monday while i was at work, so i imagine some time late morning. Things are much easier with water. :)

betherbugs December 11 2006, 17:17:39 UTC

Yes- I absolutely think you can get money off your rent. However many days you are without water the apartment is uninhabitable and you will get those days for free. Just make a big stink. That always works.

agoitineris December 11 2006, 20:22:05 UTC

She doesn't have to make a stink, apparently her apartment is doing it for her...

sassyselah December 12 2006, 04:24:21 UTC

I agree with Beth. When we worked at the apartment complexes, we would definitely have cut someone a break on rent for something like that. Figure out your daily charge for rent and take that number times the number of days you haven't been able to use your apartment. Take that to them and tell them your next rent check will be minus that amount. Prove you aren't a pushover and that this has been an inconvenience and you should be fine.

bethanethia December 13 2006, 06:48:15 UTC

Maybe i'll do just that. I could certainly use some extra money.

But if it was GRU's pipe situation, is that still the apt. complex's fault? Do you think they'll deny me on that basis? Water is included in the rent though, hmm. Probably worth a try regardless, i suppose.

Thanks for your advice. :)

stephaniejh December 12 2006, 23:21:29 UTC

Probably the sewer/water system was overloaded by the massive quantities of water constantly flowing in the apartment above yours. It's like there was a waterfall in that guy's bathroom.

Why is your water broken anyway? Is it the whole complex?

I think you are definitely able to get money off your rent when that happens...especially if they are taking so long to fix it.

bethanethia December 13 2006, 06:45:39 UTC

I think a pipe underground froze or something, but whatever happened, it busted somehow. The apartment people responded pretty quickly, but it turned out to GRU's domain. And apparently GRU doesn't deal with that sort of thing on the weekends.

Yes, it was the whole complex, both buildings.

I don't think it's a waterfall, and i don't even hear it anymore, although that doesn't mean it stopped. It's just for his drug production, anyway.

gilfthardscorer December 13 2006, 03:27:55 UTC

Just because you SHOULD get a break in rent doesn't mean you WILL.

Not trying to be defeatist at all--I think you deserve a bit o' green back. But they'll probably make you work for it.

Or maybe you actually have human beings for landlords, who knows...

bethanethia December 13 2006, 06:43:17 UTC

We'll see. My landlords are usually pretty helpful. Not sure what they'll say about this.