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That's it! I'm complaining to the city about my landlord's code violations!

Saint Frankenstein

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I should've done this months ago, really, but I've been dealing with a ton of crap over the past year or so. But this is it.

My landlord (slumlord) was over here on Monday with some idiot (probably another hustler he paid under the table, like usual), tinkering around with the pipes next door and the morons screwed up what little water I had. I've had no water since then. I pay my utility bills, so it wasn't shut off by the city. There's a tiny trickle that comes out of the kitchen facet, but that's all the water there is. No water to the second floor, the bathroom. No water in the toilet. Can't flush it and can't get enough water out of the kitchen facet to flush it. So my toilet is currently an unsanitary disaster. I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome which, if you know about, causes diarrhea at times so you can imagine...

The landlord knows about it. I've been calling him and I also asked him on Monday why my water was off. He said they're trying to fix the pipes next door and it'll be back on "when they're finished". He didn't tell me anything about this. I don't know why they're bothering with next door, since no one's living there and my place has been in a broken down state since we moved in!

There's a huge hole in the kitchen ceiling where they had to open it up to get to the water lines since the pipes had burst before we moved in and there was no water to the second floor at all at first (the landlord is a cheap *** ******* who doesn't pay for utilities when no one is living in the property and I'm still paying the water bill, which is in his name), many of the windows are broken, the shower doesn't work and the bathtub is too filthy to even be around (I've never taken a shower or bath here), there's another broken toilet full of human waste next to the semi-working toilet (which is breaking, too), the lawn hadn't been mowed or tended to in months so it's growing wild and looking like a fierce jungle, the basement steps are warped and flimsy, the kitchen and bathroom floors are ruined and falling apart, there's paint chips and plaster falling from the walls, there's a severe bedbug and roach infestation, there's mice, etc. I have no hot water now since the water heater needs a pressure relief valve, so the gas company couldn't turn that on.

He told me that he would be over here this morning with a "plumber", and he wasn't. He's also not answering his phone. I also told him about the bedbugs and roaches and he actually told me point blank that he's not going to do anything about it! What hubris!
 
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Demonslayer

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Did you avoid eviction somehow? I think it's a good thing you are complaining to the city. If there are code violations they should be upheld. Can't get anything if you don't say anything, so good for you, I hope there is some positive result.

Until then...fewer excrement filled toilet details, m'kay? :confused:
 
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Saint Frankenstein

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Did you avoid eviction somehow? I think it's a good thing you are complaining to the city. If there are code violations they should be upheld. Can't get anything if you don't say anything, so good for you, I hope there is some positive result.
He hasn't filed for eviction yet. I've gotten no eviction notice. If he ever does, there's ways to handle that, too. (Legal Aid.)
 
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Mindmaster

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Dumb question. If your landlord is violating city codes, you need to report them because they're breaking the law and violating your rights.

Not dumb at all, he has already served you eviction notice correct? That will happen no matter what you do as this is seen as a different thing. They probably will require you to testify to the fact and whatever, and it'll make your life hell and cost you money. I'd stop worrying about this guy and try to address your issues with the limited time left.
 

Saint Frankenstein

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Not dumb at all, he has already served you eviction notice correct? That will happen no matter what you do as this is seen as a different thing. They probably will require you to testify to the fact and whatever, and it'll make your life hell and cost you money. I'd stop worrying about this guy and try to address your issues with the limited time left.
No, I haven't received an eviction notice. I've gotten the 3-day notice but not a red legal eviction notice. Even if I had, I still have the right to report him since he doesn't have the right to shut off utilities (among the other violations), regardless of eviction. Also, I have a case worker and there's Legal Aid, as well. So if he does file for eviction, they can stop it. I can't leave until the pest infestations are addressed in the first place because I'd just be spreading them around and bedbug and roach infestations themselves are a public health problem. After that's dealt with and I have a new place to move to, I'll be more than happy to leave. It's not like I enjoy this place.
 

Mindmaster

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If it's that bad, just get some bug bombs for the place. They're not that expensive. You just set them up and get out of the house for a few hours. I think $10, maybe.
 

Mindmaster

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Bug bombs don't work. They just scatter.

The good ones will kill for a few weeks. Make sure they say it on the label. You need to get the ones that specifically kill the pests you are getting though. We sometimes have to use them where I live because we get a nature overload which means our bugs overload too.
 

Saint Frankenstein

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The good ones will kill for a few weeks. Make sure they say it on the label. You need to get the ones that specifically kill the pests you are getting though. We sometimes have to use them where I live because we get a nature overload which means our bugs overload too.
When it comes time to deal with it, I'm getting Orkin. I live in a duplex and the places are connected. Both places need to be treated. The landlord is really the one who is supposed to deal with it.
 

ThirtyThree

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Venting I guess.
Don't we all do that from time to time?
Not to this degree? I suppose it bothers me more because the person is holding the "LHP" tag? Usually those holding that tag at least attempt to resolve their own issues and generally do not spam them all over an internet forum? Then, the "LHP" seem lax these days regarding who they let in their doors, or who gets to wear their lapel pin.
 

Onyx

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Not to this degree? I suppose it bothers me more because the person is holding the "LHP" tag? Usually those holding that tag at least attempt to resolve their own issues and generally do not spam them all over an internet forum? Then, the "LHP" seem lax these days regarding who they let in their doors, or who gets to wear their lapel pin.
Take a laxative, it's not that big of a deal. He wasn't asking for help, just venting as mentioned.
 
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