I need a help, my owner take to much time for repair my ceiling from my living room and some of the bath room. In March, my ex neigboor made by accident a "deluge" because her washing machine brook and all the water broke my ceiling. I ask her husband if they have some insurance and he say yes, so i say good but my owner don't do nothing because he was thinking that the insurance of my ex neighboor have to do everything, and he forget to call his insurance presently in July nothing start to do but his guy from insurance came to day and he say that it's very strong what happen here and my owner have to repair everything, plus painting but i know my owner and i will wait again before he start to make it, i don't want wait in false time or winter time to make that. Imagine, i am sure that i can't stay here during the work plus i have multiple sclerosis i have no where to go and tell me please what i can do about the insurance if they can pay me an hotel during a repair ?
2006-07-07 13:40:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
Since your problems were created by ex tenants who said their insurance would pay for it I am sure the owner thought that was going to be the case.
As you did not create the problem but were left with the damage after those tenant moved out then the responsibility is the owners to fix now regardless of what any insurance company says.
Even if you moved they would still have to fix something like that before they could rent it out again anyway.
There is no law that states any property owner has to fix anything that is not a safety or health factor such as missing sheetrock in the ceiling of a downstairs apartment or even no carpet or tile on a floor. They might be able to still rent it to someone that could care less in a lot of cases.
If there is mold forming that probably would be a health hazard to someone in your condition that may not be able to tolerate high mold levels so if your landlord really respects his tenants he should repair it right away without question even if they have no conditions what so ever.
Take pictures of the damage and always take pictures of everything before you rent in any case so you will have comparisons of what you thought you rented and what you ended up with.
Talk to your property owner and take notes for future reference about what they say to you.
Never say anything such as I will sue or if you do not fix it or I will do this or that type stuff. Just smile and show the pictures and explain how it is unlivable for you there at this time the way it is because of your condition.
Ask if they might have another place that they could facilitate a move for you (they would pay for) so that you can have a place to rent from them that is good enough to live in.
You could even mention you are disabled and have a hard time dodging stuff falling out of the ceiling which has already got into your eyes and caused a few problems for you.
If still no action after 2 weeks it is time to show all of your pictures to a lawyer and explain your case to them.
To me it sounds like you may either not have a lease or you just never read the lease before signing it. It could have something in it in small print saying the property owner in not responsible for fixing any damages what so ever as long as the tenant is staying there.
Talk to all the other tenants in your complex or other units they rent to see if they have had any of these same experiences to find any patterns of tenant abuse.
Contact your local apartment association to see if who you rent from is a member and if so give them your story also
Have someone carefully read the lease if you do have one and a lawyer can do that better than anyone but good lease agents if you happen to know one could also read it.
In any case if that was not understood by you when you signed the document it is void anyway. A lot of landlords do explain the signing of a lease as just a Technicality and just sign here and you can move right in.
Then in a court they will say they read the entire lease to the new tenant before they signed it and explained everything to them.
That is easy to beat if they did the same thing to other tenants and all of a sudden all of those other tenants show up in court to testify that is what happen to them also.
These types of property owners are really called slumlords and they are still all over the U.S. and the world for that matter.
If the courts because of some state law where you live can do nothing says property owners can do what ever they want then maybe the news medias would want to hear about the story.
Heck they are even making up stories for news now days just as a way to fill their time slots so they might even pay for a story like yours and move you to a nicer place for free.
As for me I just left places like that in the middle of the night and never returned any calls to them and threw all of the letters they sent in the trash.
One time a slumlord called me telling me all this stuff he was going to do because I left and I just told him "Wow that is interesting I guess I better get this tape recording of this conversation to the police right now to make sure you go to jail if I ever hear from you again".
Really, there was no recording but I never heard from him again either hahahaha
A lot of slumlords only rent to people they think will not complain which of course includes illegal aliens and people they perceive as not being in any profession that might make them a legal liability when stuff such as what happen to you happens.
Why rent to someone that has the money to drag them thru courts for millions and have powerful friends in government when plenty of people are around that will sign a lease with that "It's just a Technicality" statement?
Pull out the lease and do some reading before you do anything else. Then just go from there with the rest of it.
A good property owner would have fixed it all regardless of anything. It is always good to investigate any property owners you wish to rent from for any legal problems they might already be having before you sign any lease. Always be sure to take a lease with you to read before signing anything. Read the lease very carefully and use a magic marker to mark out any clauses you do not accept.
Hey, if they do not want to rent to you under the conditions you set forth why even rent from them? Your the one paying the money to rent for that service....They do not pay you to live there in any case.
Just like if you go to the grocery store and find a rotten banana in the bins....No one will ever buy that so why rent from the same.
2006-07-07 15:07:10 · answer #1 · answered by R B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find out the name of your landlords insurance company.. Ask them politely what is being done about the situation you are in..If your landlord does not have insurance..your landlord is responsible for the repairs..
These kinds of situations are why most landlords ask for a security deposit...
2006-07-07 14:18:04 · answer #2 · answered by Susan T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most court houses or city halls have an office to help tenants with problems just like yours. They will help you get your landlord to make the repairs or can help you to find other housing.
2006-07-07 13:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even as the resources proprietor fails to do what they're legally accountable to do (a complication-free situation) then you definitely might want to study the guidelines on your state and the steps which may even comprise contacting the wellbeing branch so verify along with your states branch of customer Affairs information superhighway web site search for lower than landlord tenant regulation they allow you to already know a thanks to...also I quite propose a pre-bypass out inspection request (the position you get a itemizing of might want to do products and the fellow quantities for each which will be deducted in case you do not restore them.)
2016-10-14 05:45:13 · answer #4 · answered by pelt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your landlord won't help you..call your towns building inspector and tell him what happened to you..or just go ahead and call a lawyer !! You could also try to call your town or states social services department..if you are disabled they may be able to help you out..Good Luck sweetie !
2006-07-07 13:46:51 · answer #5 · answered by DRD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a Renter's Association that assists only tenants problems with their landlords. They will assist you in writing letters and if necessary get legal assistance.
http://groups.msn.com/ApartmentRentersAssociation
Good Luck I hope you a speedy resolution.
2006-07-07 15:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by Kamikazeâ?ºKid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Report him to the housing authority and move somewhere else. You don't need that.
2006-07-07 13:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by heather m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋