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
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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, 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, 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, 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
Today, I tried to fix a leaky pipe after watching a tutorial. I turned what I thought was the main valve to cut the water, loosened the pipe, and immediately got sprayed in the face. In my panic, I tightened it wrong and made it worse. I had to call a plumber while standing in a puddle, holding a towel against the pipe like that was helping. FML
Today, I awoke to find a water pipe burst. I frantically ran down to the basement to turn off the water to the house. What I didn't expect when I reached the bottom of the stairs was to have to start dodging the falling, wet ceiling tiles. FML
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, the pipe in the dining room sink suddenly broke open and in about 15 minutes my entire apartment was turned into an indoor swimming pool. The worst part? I was there the entire time, playing video games with my headphones on. FML
Today, due to an unforeseen pipe-related incident, I had to shave my legs in my backyard fish pond, while a plumber assessed the damage to my war-zone of a bathroom. FML
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Jay18 22
report that to the building manager, that can't go unnoticed OP
sgdigaetano 3
Absolutely deduct it from the next months rent and include a copy of the plumbers bill and explanation as to why it was necessary to call the plumber when maintenance wouldn't respond.
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Annalivliv 8
They should cover the plumbing costs!!! Sorry op. :/
Jay18 22
report that to the building manager, that can't go unnoticed OP
Tripartita 45
It's understandable that he'd need some time to collect himself after his plan to expose you as a robot failed.
The_Bleeder 13
Wait... she must have gotten her water immunity from being a cyborg! How will we figure this out now... damn cyborgs...
kadylynn2013 9
Call the apartment managers and report its. They HAVE to pay for it since it's THEIR maintenance problem.
Dodge4x4Ram 46
ouch, right in the wallet.
Dat_Class_Tho 26
Inform your landlord that the maintenance guy blew off an emergency situation that could have cost thousands of dollars in water damage if you had actually waited 5 hours for him to fix it. And that if they don't reimburse you before the 1st of the month, your next rent payment will be $200 short and include a copy of the plumber's invoice.
maritime1992 5
lol, that's a good way to get evicted. tenants don't get to.call shots like that. what world do you live in?
MisLabeled 13
Actually legally they do in this case. Any repairs that are essential can and should be deducted from the next months rent if the landlord did not take care of them. And if evicted for this the renter has more rights to either stay or sue the landlord for wrongful eviction. Besides if the landlord actually has laws to follow just to be able to preform an eviction. It would not end up in their favor if they were evicting them for deducting repairs from rent. You should look up the renters rights in your state
Dat_Class_Tho 26
#10 explained it perfectly. And just for a little context, I used to work for a property management company. Most landlords actually prefer repaying tenant repair costs by taking it off the next month's rent. It makes bookkeeping simpler.
lee47_fml 6
Had somewhat similar occurrence years ago. Bathroom sink came off wall. ( I always made it a point to know where water shutoff is to any place I lived in. ) I turned off water and called maintenance. He informed me that it was Friday July 3 and he would be there Monday morning and hung up. I called courthouse to see who paid taxes on building, looked up owners name and called their private house. Left message and how expensive it could be with teenager, asking him to call his dad. 20 minutes later a very mad maintenance man stormed up. I had him cap the pipe to sink so he could repair it Monday.. Never had problem again.
tounces7 28
Everyone should know where their main water shutoff is. It's just like your electrical panel, you NEED to be able to locate it in an emergency. That would have at least stopped more water from coming out - even a Plumber usually takes some time to show up.
fyvaprold 11
That's what you get for setting the water heater temperature too high. The pipes get eaten through. Water temperature must be set at 120 F, not higher. Also for safety reasons.
jvanevery 19
I doubt that the OP set his own hot water heater since it seems like he didn't know how to turn the water off
sgdigaetano 3
Absolutely deduct it from the next months rent and include a copy of the plumbers bill and explanation as to why it was necessary to call the plumber when maintenance wouldn't respond.
bartsj8815 1
Yeah but also inform the landlord you are doing this as soon as you can as well.