Hypothetical consultation to you, the property owners / management companies (actually, no). Written from the tenant's point of view:…
Hypothetical consultation to you, the property owners / management companies (actually, no).
Written from the tenant's point of view:
One evening we return home and see that there is some water in the area in front of the house, where there is usually none, and there was no rain. A closer look reveals that there is a water leak.
Call the municipal hotline immediately. These arrive the next morning and update that it is a 'private leak'.
Immediately contact the management company to inform them of the leak and the need to repair.
The management company, the homeowners, and the HOA chase each other for two weeks to decide among themselves who is responsible for this piece of land and should bear the expenses of the repair.
Meanwhile the leak grows with each passing day. And you continue to send messages, photos, and videos of the waterfall flowing down the road to the management company every two days.
Two weeks later the leak was finally repaired.
The tenant is stuck with a $ 1450 dollar water bill.
The water company agrees (based on the plumber's acceptance, and after a month has passed and makes sure the water usage level is back to normal, about $ 50 each month) to lower about 50% of the bill.
You, the water bill registered in your name, were left with a $ 700 debt to the water company.
The management company recommends running the tenants' insurance, but it has a deductible of $ 500 dollars…
Is there a nice way to get the amount out of the management company without spending a day in small print court ??
I would also like to point out that in all the written messages between the tenant and the management company, there is also an offer from the tenant to hire a plumber, repair, and reduce the cost of the repair from the rent. The management company declined the offer.
As for the water company, they say that the tenant was given the option to close the water chute leading to the house but the tenant refused (because a family of 5 would not live in a house without running water. And no, I did not intend to bathe and / or do laundry in the creek).
I would love insights.
This is a property in North Carolina, if that matters.
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The Management / owner should split the cost of repair. As a landlord myself I would first try to file insurance claim.
as a tenant I would take it off the next rent check and then let them call you to negotiate. Good Luck