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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 08:02 pm |
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| Thanks for your reply, but it will not help much. The LL is ripping out the whole bathroom. tiles tubs, toilets, sinks, etc. The tenant upstairs from me only has a toilet, period. And the empty apt with the shower that we and every other Tom in town is offered to use is 5 buildings away, not 5 doors. You walk 1/2 mile to take a shower. Thanks for trying, but you really weren't reading the emails completely each time.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 06:28 pm |
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If all they have to do is to replace the shower surround, it can be accomplished without affecting the tub. If the tub itself will stay, they can just cap the showerhead pipe where it comes through the wall and you could still use the tub normally, except for the hours when the workers are doing the actual repairs. There may be a little dirt in the tub from where they are ripping off the old tiles, but that would easily be wiped out or rinsed down the drain. As long as you didn't splash water on the walls, you could conceivably still use the tub itself if they would only cap the showerhead pipe. They may need to actually turn off the water to remove the faucet handle(s) for a few minutes, but these normally come off with just one screw apiece. Whether your LL would want to consider this so he wouldn't affect so many tenants is up to you and he. But I'd mention it to him at any rate. There would probably be one day after they caulked when you couldn't use the shower since you have to keep the caulking dry for 24 hours for it to cure.
He is providing you with the use of another shower only 5 doors down from where you live. This is easily within walking distance, so it should not pose too much of a problem if it is only for a short duration. You only have to travel there once a day. You have the kitchen sink so you could wash hands, brush teeth, and so forth there.
Since he is providing facilities so close by, I doubt you could go to a hotel room. Probably the most you could get is some rent credit or reduction for the inconvenience for that week.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 02:23 pm |
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| Maybe I was not that clear. Lack of shower also means lack of bathtub. There will not be a sink to wash in also, only a toilet for use. The place where we will be given a key to is five buildings away from ours. The duration of time that we will be without bathing is not clear. They are dancing around the answer. As I said before the tenant upstairs from me has been without a shower for a week now. (That also means no tub and sink) We will have kitchen water and toilet water, just no sink, tub or shower water in the batchroom. Thanks for your reply.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 01:08 pm |
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I doubt that a lack of a shower would meet inhabitable requirements to allow you a hotel room. Do you have a second bath? A tub? Can you wash in some other way? How far away is the other shower he is offering? Do you still have use of the rest of the bathroom (toilet and sink)? How long has he estimated that the repair will take? Will you be without water for this period, or only without use of that one shower? Can you still use the tub, just not the shower? These all are questions that you must seek answers to before we can tell you what rights you may have.
As for other repairs, all repair requests should be made in writing and a copy kept for your records. If the LL is bad about not making repairs, you should send the request by certified mail, return receipt requested to prove he got the request. If he fails to make needed repairs within a reasonable amount of time of 24-48 hours usually for emergency repairs, up to 30 days for needed repairs, cosmetic or seasonal repairs (when out of season) need not be completed at that time, you have other remedies available to you by law. These MAY include repair and deduct or rent withholding depedning on your state law and the tyope of repair needed. Please do not attempt to use these remedies without thorough research into them as most states have specific procedures you must follow to use them.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 08:23 am |
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I live in Colonia NJ. The LL is ripping out numerous bathrooms in the apart complex and putting in new ones. We have tiles coming off the wall and the BR has been in need of repair for the longest time so this is needed. My neighbor upstairs was one of first apts to be ripped out and it's been a week and he still does not have a shower. The LL gave him keys to an empty apt down the street to take a shower in. And aparently he's telling this to all the tenants who are getting new BR's. This LL is very bad with fixing things and we have caught the workers and the Super on site trying to get into our bedroom one time when they came in to fix the airconditioner in the living room, not the bedroom. They can't be trusted. That time it took them over a year to replace an airconditioner that was pumping hot air.
My question is: What does the law state? Can the LL keep us waiting for more than a week for a working shower? If they cannot complete the bathroom in one day can't we go to a hotel and deduct it off of our rent. Can I tell them this - legally. Please tell me verbatum what are my rights as a tenant. I am so stressed over this because of the past track record with them. I am afraid of the worst. Please help. Thank you.
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