Today, I received a bill for damage to my old apartment. The same damage caused by the maintenance guy when he came to fix the pipes about a week before I left. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, the maintenance man 'fixed' a leak in my apartment by flooding the place. FML
Today, my landlord refused to send a plumber over to unclog the sink. Now he wants me to pay for water damages because he didn't call a plumber sooner. FML
Today, I woke up to a fog. Literally. A pipe burst in my apartment and scalding water was everywhere. To make matters worse, when I called maintenance he told me he'd come by later, hung up on me, and turned his phone off. He did eventually show up, but it was 5 hours later, well after I'd paid a plumber $200. FML
Today, I came home from work to find my house was flooded from a broken pipe under the sink. My house had just recently had new wood floors, carpet and electrics installed because 6 months earlier my house had been flooded by the same pipe breaking. FML
Today, I found out the electric bill I have been paying was on my old house. I found this out when they shut off the power to my house. FML
Today, I woke up to a repairman at my door who was simply supposed to turn my water back on in my apartment. Two hours and 5 repairmen later, all I have now is a large hole in my ceiling. Still no water. FML
Today, workers came to my house to fix residual moisture damage in my walls left behind by Hurricane Irma. Said workers then burst a water pipe and flooded my entire apartment in the time it took figure out how to turn it off. FML
Today, after months of delays, my home renovation is nearing completion. Well, it was nearing completion. Last night, a pipe burst, flooding the entire house. The water damage will cost more to repair than the entire renovation. FML
Today, my crew was called out to do some house maintenance. We were nearly done, when someone had the goddamned fucking brilliant idea of washing plaster off their hands in the kitchen sink, which clogged the pipes. Instead of getting paid, we now owe for damages. FML
Today, after months of telling my landlord about the weak floorboards in my living room, I fell through them as I was trying to repair them myself. FML
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sweet_candy_ 17
Give him the bill.
tykiej 0
Return to Sender!!
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Comments (64)
AvengedSevenfold_fml_fml 12
From all the sex? :O
varkey 7
hmm, is that possible to appeal?
briidontgive_ 0
Now you know to document and report asap next time -__-
iluvpeanutbutter 22
I had something similar happen- the real estate had people come over to view the property about 3 days before my partner and I moved, and one of the viewers knocked over my open makeup kit, and some of the makeup stained the carpet. We ended up having to pay to have the carpet professionally cleaned to remove the stain, as the viewer denied knocking it over and the agent claimed not to have seen it happen- despite being about 5 steps away.
racheljean15 0
Sounds like fairly legal
dansco 25
As already said, if you'd informed your landlord this wouldn't have happened.
blinkingstarlet 15
get a lawyer seriously.
TraceCase_ 19
Hindsight is 20/20. Next time u will document everything and have ur ass covered. Trust no one when $ is involved
bowchickawowbone 0
How about you tell him to repair the hole in your wallet?
pip74205 9
Even if you had caused the damage, you are not required to fix it. That is what a security deposit is for. Now, since the damage was caused by their guy, they have no legal standing. If its high enough, get a lawyer, if its not, just report them to the Better Business Bureau. Just don't pay
k9obsessed 5
You don't seem to understand one thing. OP needs proof that it was the maintainance guy who caused the damage in order to alieviate liability. Otherwise they have no choice but to take care of it themselves.