Today, I came home to a flooded apartment and water still pouring from the ceiling. The woman who lives above me is shocked that I would consider her responsible for the damage and doesn't think she should have to pay for it. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I woke up to a flooded apartment. Apparently, the upstairs neighbor's bathtub had overflowed and water was pouring through my ceiling. My landlord said he couldn't do anything until the water stopped, so I spent the morning frantically trying to mop up the water while feeling completely helpless. FML
Today, I overloaded the washing machine and it flooded the downstairs. The flooring will have to be scrapped and drywall replaced. It's 100% my fault. Did I mention this is not my house? 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, the maintenance man 'fixed' a leak in my apartment by flooding the place. FML
Today, my kitchen is flooded, and according to my landlord, this is normal, because it rained last night. Funny, I thought the purpose of a roof was to stop water from getting in. Guess I was wrong. Silly me. FML
Today, my water got cut off. The previous homeowners owed the water company over $300, and the company doesn't believe that I'm not them. The supervisor told me this will keep happening until I pay up. I need a shower. FML
Today, I awoke in my bathtub, water all over the floor, all the way into my living room. I drank too much so I don't remember getting into the bath, I have no clue how long I was in there, and I got a message from the manager of my apartment complex telling me the water had leaked into the apartment below. FML
Today, I came home to find water dripping from the ceiling in my apartment laundry room/pantry. All of my groceries were ruined. Maintenance's suggestion? "Put a bucket under it." FML
Today, I went downstairs to complain to my landlady that there was no water when I was trying to wash my hair. To which she replied, "No, of course there is water, it's just all going into my swimming pool." 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
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DoubleCross 9
Then sue her
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
Well it's not her fault her floors weren't waterproof, she just wanted to turn the place into a waterpark! You'll be thanking her once she lends you the slip 'n' slide.
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Comments (106)
micah9794 4
Civil court!
TheDrifter 24
Well she's partially right. If it's a burst pipe, the landlord pays. I hope you have renters insurance, or they're not going to be liable for any of your belongings either way.
perdix 31
She's right. The apartment complex is responsible to fix your damage. If the complex finds that she is the cause of your flooding, it's up to them to extract the money from her, but you have no right to get money from her directly.
etchsanity1 11
Completely right, OP has to go through the renters insurance that they should have unless its the direct fault of the property owner or the lady stuck a hose through the window. That said if you aren't properly insured then you are in a very wean position and may find it difficult to impossible to get recompensed for damages. Property owners have to maintain, but only to a reasonable standard if they have done that a frozen pipe or damage resulting from something like that is going to be your insurance exclusively... This is the reason for said coverage if there is no direct liability through either neglect or intentional action then you may be screwed.
ByronJess 17
There are places where you actually buy and own your apartment and can do what you please with it. Not all apartments are strictly rent only.
perdix 31
#59, those are called condos, short for condominiums, not condoms.
lilhellian 27
FYL for finding a giants condoms. But YDI for deciding to live in it.. That white stuff is not water...
Valiumknights44 12
I love people who refuse to take responsibility for the stupid shit that they do. The very least she could do way apologize if she couldn't contribute financially.
Authoress14 15
I smell a law suit! Fyl
mistercrow 9
Or a swimsuit :D
Authoress14 15
lol I can't even hate on that responce. Clever hahahaha
Catahoulaqueen_fml 17
*response
ICastillo 25
Hey as long as she didn't fall through the roof naked in the bath tub.
matt98_fml 13
There could've been some water leakage in the walls from pipes.
mea_iloveskiing 26
Reminds me of the movie duplex :)
ArmlessSkydiver 7
Sounds like a slick situation
EsOSiQueEs 14
Why would it automatically be her fault? I mean, sure there's a chance, but there's also a chance it's bad pipes.
poccocurantes 7
I really can't think of many things you can accidentally do to flood an apartment these days. most sinks and tubs have some sort of overflow. Busted water bed? over filling a fish tank. Of course the most obvious is stopped up toilet. Niiiice !
EsOSiQueEs 14
I agree, it's hard to flood an apartment, but I had to acknowledge it because you never know with people these days..haha
morella_xx 29
I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this, but I've been the girl upstairs flooding the downstairs neighbors. My washing machine was on the second floor of my condo, so when it overflowed it soaked my upstairs, the walls below it downstairs, and my neighbor's ceiling. Because it went through the wall I didn't notice it until it was too late. I felt TERRIBLE. At least I did the right thing and owned up to it though, and luckily my insurance covered about 90%.