Hi, I am a renter of a 700 square ft apartment in Lakewood CO. Me, my fiance, and 3 year old daughter live here, and have lived here for the past year.
About six months ago, the apartment building was bought out by a new owner. Along with that came new property management. In late December (2008). We noticed a leak coming from the ceiling in our bathroom. They came out, repaired the leak, patched up the wall -- all was good.
About a month later the patch started to give and eventually fell off the ceiling, the leak had returned. Our Prop. Manager sent out a plumber and fixed the problem yet again. (or so we thought).
mid Feburary (2009) rolled around and we were having major water pressure issues. Sometimes as little as a trickle would come from our faucets. Turns out, a pipe under our sink cabinets leading into our bathroom had disintegrated. (our kitchen and out bathroom are next to eachother -- separated by a wall) So water was pretty much running thru a lined hole, where the pipe used to be. This would occasionally back up dirty muddy water into our bathtub. which stinks horribly i might add. an old mildewy smell.
They sent out a team of plumbers this time (2). They ripped up our cabinets in the kitchen to get under the sink. Had to jack-hammer thru the cement to get to the pipe, dug thru cement all the way into the middle of the bathroom floor -- had to lift up the bathtub, remove tile, the whole shebang.
I was very impressed with their work, they came in, got what they needed to get done, done. It only took them one day. They were very professional about everything, even offering us earplugs for the jack-hammer. (even tho we wouldn't be here ;) )
Our landlord got us a hotel room for 2 nights since we would be without running water. We returned after our stay at the hotel only to find our apartment was unlocked and a couple windows fully opened with the screens removed (no idea why). Nothing was stolen, nothing was messed with. It just looked like the plumbers left and our property manager (who i forgot to mention -- lives in the apartment above us) did not lock up. Even tho she was the only one with access to our apartment (by key) the whole time we were gone. THANK GOD nothing was stolen as we have many expensive electronics here.
So anyways, we returned to a ';gutted'; apartment where all that was left to do would be putting everything back together along with a new floor in both the kitchen and bathroom. And re-tiling the bathroom.
The maintenance man (hired to be the fixer-upper) is a family member of our property manager and is very unprofessional. Always complaining about how he doesn't want to work on any particular day... obviously not what we want to hear. The further they get into repairs, the worse and worse it looks in my opinion.
I honestly would be happier right now with the holes in the wall we had before (after the plumbers left) We've been back from the hotel for a week now. We were told that repairs would take no more than 3-4 days. They came in after we were already back from the hotel a DAY later. Keep in mind at this point we have no sink, no kitchen cabinetry (put together atleast)
We couldn't take a shower either, atleast we didn't want to because of this:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/hollowlifex/IMG_3242.jpg
we just didn't want to compromise any work that needed to be done.
so we did our dishes in the tub, and took showers at my parents house (20 miles away). We could really use a hotel now! lol.
So anyways, the following day came and the maintenance man would return finally with a friend to help. instead of doing anything with the existing tile, they just threw up a 50$ shower slide. which looks like this at the moment: custom cut by them i might add
we'll call this the left side:
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and this the right side:
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again this is over the existing tile! how sloppy!
right side:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/hollowlifex/IMG_3249.jpg
another of the far left side:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/hollowlifex/IMG_3254.jpg
another of the far right side:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/hollowlifex/IMG_3256.jpg
(behind that piece of drywall is ripped out tile, and a half a stud that needs to be replaced. along with the heater fixed.)
notice the splash-guard and the poor caulking job. oh and he also said that he won't clean or scrape off the old caulking, that's our job.... (isn't that prep-work?!)
looking towrds left side:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/hollowlifex/IMG_3263.jpg
windowsill, right side:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m320/hollowlifex/IMG_3265.jpg
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keep in mind the slide was put in directly over this: no drywall support from the bottom of the tile to the top of the tub, just exLanlord / Tenant Rights %26amp; Legal Advice?
The repairs have not taken place in a reasonable amount of time. It appears your landlord is willing to work with you. Suggest that you inquire about moving to a different apartment, and being reimbursed for the expense. If this is not agreeable, you can contact a contract attorney to review your lease, your situation, and your options.Lanlord / Tenant Rights %26amp; Legal Advice?
owners are trying. Your choice is to move.
Read your lease
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