I Want Water!!!

[les63]

Busted pipe in his shop attached to the house. Landlord is MIA. Had to shut off water to the house. Not responding to his cellphone or mountain cabin. Arghhh! This happened this morning, now almost 8:30 PM. Went and bought six gallons of water. Life keeps getting better and better.

[Deleted]

ugh, my sympathies.

[Deleted]

I know you are going to say its impossible, and I don't understand... But I'm guessing your son is not handling this well? ... Is it possible to use this crisis as a means to interrupt his routine and reestablish one elsewhere...

[milee]

Check your local laws, but around here in the case of an emergency like that, you would be able as a tenant to have a plumber make the fix and then either get reimbursement from the LL or withhold the cost of the repair from rent (in escrow.)

[Deleted]

les, you sound like my neighbor. Broken pipe and no water for days, because he couldn't get in contact with the LL. Why do LLs do that
Call a plumber and take it off the rent, is what I told him.

[Sharon]

She may be able to let a plumber access the broken pipe since it is located in the LL's shop. 

[les63]

We don't have access to his shop. I feel like crying but I won't. The landlord is behind his bills and would love for us to buy the house. Uh, uh, no way. This house needs quite abit of work and he would want way too much.

[swamp]

Text him youre hiring a plumber to fix it and deduct it from the rent. 

[les63]

We don't have access to his shop. Can't call anyone to fix it. DH thinks there is a water shutoff in there. There is an apartment above the shop that isn't finished. Sooooo we're kind of stuck right now. Haven't had this situation since WA. Had no electric for 3 days. Had no water for that long.

[swamp]

Why can't you call anyone?  

[les63]

Called landlord today and left messages on his cellphone voicemail and at his mountain cabin. No reply. We Don't Have Access to the broken water line. Don't have a key to the landlord's shop.

[MarleyKeezy78]

Call the fire dept and have the door taken down and have it fixed! That's what I would do  LL can suck it!

[mollyanna58]

So the broken pipe is in the landlord's shop?  You've tried hard enough to get the landlord's attention.  At this point, I'd turn your water on and off as needed (for flushing toilets, hand washing, probably skip showers today).

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I'd call someone to break the lock/door to gain access and fix it - he can eat the cost if he's not responding to any emails or voice-mail.

Does he live on the property or off-site? If you live in a cold climate, I'd hate to think of that plumbing freezing up/breaking - causing even more damage.

[bean29]

No water is a zoning code violation serious enough to break your lease. You should have tried to talk to the city inspector today. As a landlord, i am in fear of a similar situation so our lease lists at least 3 family members who can deal with such a situation. If one of our tenants broke a lock to fix a water leak we would appreciate it, however if you landlird is in forclosure then idkno.

[raeoflyte]

We give all of our tenants phone #'s for the 2 local heating/plumbing operations and tell them to use them if they don't get ahold of us. The shops have our billing info. Anything like that will cause problems to the property if left unattended.

I'm not sure who you can call to get into the shop, but you will need to get in there soon.

Most importantly, please consider oped's post to use this as a way to get out.

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[Deleted]

if the water isn't leaking into the house I wouldn't worry about it and keep the water on....too bad so sad his shop will have water damage.  I would also call the city commissioner (or whoever the right person is) and let them know that you are potentially without water, what should you do.

[NastyWoman]

Has this been fixed yet Les?

[ZaireinHD]

Jan 10, 2014 22:12:21 GMT -5 MarleyKeezy78 said:

Call the fire dept and have the door taken down and have it fixed! That's what I would do  LL can suck it!

ruthless - wow!!

the past apartment we lived at said because we changed the locks and did not provide a key. if they have to get into our apartment for an emergency and break the door down. They were going to charge us.

I responded of course and you should!

[les63]

Houston, we have water!! As of approximately noon today. DH called this morning and the LL finally picked up. Did he get the messages from yesterday? Nope.

And Houston, we have another problem. The LL stores his really nice 2010 Camaro in our garage. Guess who showed up this evening? A flatbed with a guy coming to the door looking for the LL and his car. Geez, my life is like a damn TV program.

They are looking to repossess his car and I am not getting involved in that. Time to move.

And an aside to Zaire, my guitar playing son is not interested in girls at the moment. Keeps them as friends mostly. He wants to be in a band beyond anything else.

[swamp]

Jan 11, 2014 22:20:52 GMT -5 les63 said:

Houston, we have water!! As of approximately noon today. DH called this morning and the LL finally picked up. Did he get the messages from yesterday? Nope.

And Houston, we have another problem. The LL stores his really nice 2010 Camaro in our garage. Guess who showed up this evening? A flatbed with a guy coming to the door looking for the LL and his car. Geez, my life is like a damn TV program.

They are looking to repossess his car and I am not getting involved in that. Time to move.

And an aside to Zaire, my guitar playing son is not interested in girls at the moment. Keeps them as friends mostly. He wants to be in a band beyond anything else.

Just wait til he figures out that being in a band is a chick magnet. 

[les63]

He had "girl" friends back in Washington state too. He gets along with anybody. It is different here though. More conservative. With his gaged ears and lip ring he is being judged by the so called "judge the book by the cover" crap. He dresses great, not a slob. I think he has more shirts then me. I thought I was bad obsessing with my hair. Uh, uh, he is worse.  Doesn't match his piercing and throws everyone off that sees him. He is sixteen and is over 6 foot and doesn't have a baby face. So he passes for 18 and older sometimes.

I'm just glad he has met some good friends and I don't have to worry about him doing drugs/alcohol. He has been with straight edge friends in Washington and now here. Has a good head on his shoulders. Just wish he would clean his room better (coming from his anal mom).

[Deleted]

Well, if your landlord is getting his car repossessed, I'd really worry about the house going next. 

[MarleyKeezy78]

Yes, move quickly!

[NastyWoman]

Jan 11, 2014 22:49:54 GMT -5 les63 said:

He had "girl" friends back in Washington state too. He gets along with anybody. It is different here though. More conservative. With his gaged ears and lip ring he is being judged by the so called "judge the book by the cover" crap. He dresses great, not a slob. I think he has more shirts then me. I thought I was bad obsessing with my hair. Uh, uh, he is worse.  Doesn't match his piercing and throws everyone off that sees him. He is sixteen and is over 6 foot and doesn't have a baby face. So he passes for 18 and older sometimes.

I'm just glad he has met some good friends and I don't have to worry about him doing drugs/alcohol. He has been with straight edge friends in Washington and now here. Has a good head on his shoulders. Just wish he would clean his room better (coming from his anal mom).

Forget about his room being cleaned anytime soon.  That's just not going to happen if he is anything like the teen boys I've known. They tend to become neat when they have their own place, which is too late for mom to enjoy LOL. Just close the bedroom door when it gets to bad for you to look at and let him deal with it.