in hotel because of water damage who pays |
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| Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 11:26 am | |||
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So I have a situation where there was leaky grout around my bathtub and a busted pipe that caused water and mold damage to my rental. I had told the landlord about the grout over a year ago, even sent them a picture message of it leaking and staining the tub, but they never did anything about it. Now I’ve been living out of a hotel for 3 weeks because the landlord insists on doing all repairs himself so its taking 3 times longer than it should and I have a heafty hotel bill. I do have renters insurance and they said they would pay me any increased living expenses but I think that I shouldn’t have to pay rent for the days my rental was compramized, my insurance deductable, or any hotel charges. Please if anyone knows whos responsible for what I need to know how to handle this situation. | |||
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Carol November 3rd, 2012 11:40 pm |
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I am in a similar situation. Did you ever find out who is responsible? Did you owe rent while you were in the hotel? and were you able to get your deductbile reimbursed? My rent is due and I am getting ready to send her letter stating I will not be paying the rent this month due to these expenses, but I don’t want to get evicted or taken to court and look stupid because I had no right to do it. I did contact a lawyer and did tell me to send the landlord a letter and deduct, the rent for only the time we could not live in the house, the additional utility bills and my deductible. I would feel better with another opinion, since the lawyer charges $195.00 an hour I can’t afford to retain him if my landlord does try to evict us or take us to court. Please post how you made out. Thank you. |
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