Back in July, my girlfriend and I discovered a water leak flowing out into the street from the tree lawn area. We had rain for a few days straight so it wasn’t something easily noticed.
Our landlord came out and rigged it somehow, and told us “it’s fixed, but I can’t gaurantee it from happening again.” The leak is on his side of the property. We received a bill for $600, and after pulling teeth, he eventually paid it after we received a credit of $200 from the water company (the water is in our names).
A couple weeks ago, I come home from work the night of March 25th, at around 8:00pm and notice water pissing down the street from the same leak location. We immediately notified our landlord of this via text, and he responds “Geeze, I’m in New Jersey.” Three hours later, he texts us and says “The water co. is on their way to check it out.”
So I go outside to speak with the service tech, and he informs me he was instructed by our landlord to shut out water off due to an emergency. I asked him flat out, “Is this an emergency?” He said “No, but good luck finding someone to come and dig this up, it’s going to take days”.
After speaking with the service tech, our landlord texts us (not knowing we spoke to the tech) and said “Unfortunately, the water company had no choice but to shut your water off, I’m hoping to get someone there tomorrow to see what they can do”. I texted him back, letting him know that he lied, the water company didn’t have to do anything, that he instructed them too. I let him know that he cannot shut our access to running water off, as it makes our rental uninhabitable. He responded saying “Well, if you authorized to keep your water on YOU are responsible for the outstanding bill.” I said to him if this was fixed correctly the first time around, we wouldn’t even be dealing with this again.
The next morning comes and I texted him (I want everything in writing). I said “Is anyone coming to repair the leaking pipe” he goes “No idea”. So what’s your fucking plan then, Stan? You wanted us without water for fucking days, while you drug your feet enjoying your vacation in Jersey? So later that afternoon he comes by and rigs it again to stop the leak temporarily and sends me a text saying we ruined his vacation and that he “finally after two years he was able to get away and it was cut short dealing with this”. Fuck you, buddy.
A week ago he finally rounded up a crew of dopes to dig the yard up and replace the plumbing. By the looks of them I wouldn’t hire them to cut my grass. But, whatever. Now we just got our bill and after our monthly usage deducted, the balance comes out to $302.00 which he is standing firm on not paying it, saying we’re responsible because we kept the water on. Fuck me right? How ignorant of me to have to shower and flush my shit?
How do you guys see this panning out in the event it goes before a magistrate? Who do you feel is at fault?
Our landlord came out and rigged it somehow, and told us “it’s fixed, but I can’t gaurantee it from happening again.” The leak is on his side of the property. We received a bill for $600, and after pulling teeth, he eventually paid it after we received a credit of $200 from the water company (the water is in our names).
A couple weeks ago, I come home from work the night of March 25th, at around 8:00pm and notice water pissing down the street from the same leak location. We immediately notified our landlord of this via text, and he responds “Geeze, I’m in New Jersey.” Three hours later, he texts us and says “The water co. is on their way to check it out.”
So I go outside to speak with the service tech, and he informs me he was instructed by our landlord to shut out water off due to an emergency. I asked him flat out, “Is this an emergency?” He said “No, but good luck finding someone to come and dig this up, it’s going to take days”.
After speaking with the service tech, our landlord texts us (not knowing we spoke to the tech) and said “Unfortunately, the water company had no choice but to shut your water off, I’m hoping to get someone there tomorrow to see what they can do”. I texted him back, letting him know that he lied, the water company didn’t have to do anything, that he instructed them too. I let him know that he cannot shut our access to running water off, as it makes our rental uninhabitable. He responded saying “Well, if you authorized to keep your water on YOU are responsible for the outstanding bill.” I said to him if this was fixed correctly the first time around, we wouldn’t even be dealing with this again.
The next morning comes and I texted him (I want everything in writing). I said “Is anyone coming to repair the leaking pipe” he goes “No idea”. So what’s your fucking plan then, Stan? You wanted us without water for fucking days, while you drug your feet enjoying your vacation in Jersey? So later that afternoon he comes by and rigs it again to stop the leak temporarily and sends me a text saying we ruined his vacation and that he “finally after two years he was able to get away and it was cut short dealing with this”. Fuck you, buddy.
A week ago he finally rounded up a crew of dopes to dig the yard up and replace the plumbing. By the looks of them I wouldn’t hire them to cut my grass. But, whatever. Now we just got our bill and after our monthly usage deducted, the balance comes out to $302.00 which he is standing firm on not paying it, saying we’re responsible because we kept the water on. Fuck me right? How ignorant of me to have to shower and flush my shit?
How do you guys see this panning out in the event it goes before a magistrate? Who do you feel is at fault?
