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Posted by Driz on May 14, 2006, 6:51 am
I rent a small single floor appartment on the ground floor near my
college. A couple of days ago water started appearing around 11pm in
our bathroom tiled area. I soaked it up with towels and went to bed.
When I woke up the water had spread a little bit into our living room
making the squishy sound when you step on it.
Turns out the hot water heater in the Appt above us was busted and
leaking straight down into my roomates carpeted bedroom closet(where
our heater is as well) and spreading through the wall into our bathroom
area and into the living room carpet.
Well the landlord came and fixed their waterheater and the leaking
water has stopped. Its the weekend and everything is closed, i have
been left to fix the flooding myself, but Im in college and cant afford
to call a profesisonal and I don't know what I should be doing.
I have been soaking up the water with towels, then washing them and
soaking them again.
The carpets are now just damp, but now the musty smell seems to be
everywhere.
Im worried about the smell and the horror stories about mold and
mildew. Should I leave? What kind of company should I contact to test
for mold, or clean? What responsibilites does my landlord have to
helping me with this?
Sorry, Im alone and ignorant in all this, and learning a life lesson.
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Posted by jimmyd627@gmail.com on May 14, 2006, 7:10 am
I would make th lanlord clean up the mess. If you had the money you
could get it done and take it off of your rent but you don't. Just
tell him to get someone asap. You have rights.
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Posted by m Ransley on May 14, 2006, 7:29 am
Carpets are ruined if its been days unless ther are not wall to wall and
can be removed and dried right away, There are maybe a thousand types of
mold only a few are bad , unless you feel sick dont worry. The lanlord
is responible for your issues. Cleaning professionaly if its wall to
wall probably wont be enough since the carpet will be wet underneath for
days. contact him demand nicely it is fixed now, you have renters
rights. If its wall to wall best is remove carpet, wash floor with
maybe 25% bleach to kill mold and new carpet.
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 14, 2006, 9:01 am
its the landlords problem, if he doesnt fix it tell him you cant pay
your rent and will see hm in small claimns court
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Posted by KLS on May 14, 2006, 9:20 am
wrote:
>its the landlords problem, if he doesnt fix it tell him you cant pay
>your rent and will see hm in small claimns court
In New York, renters cannot legally withhold rent payment unless they
can prove the landlord has violated the terms of the lease. If they
have a problem with the landlord that they can't resolve directly,
they need to report the landlord to the local health and building
inspection service. If health and building codes are shown to be in
violation on the property, then the renter can withhold rent, but only
with the reports in hand as documentation of proof.
Your advice would create more problems for the OP if OP is a New York
renter.
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