Re: Clogged drain pipe - Landlord Forum thread 247881

Re: Clogged drain pipe by Anonymous on February 11, 2012 @10:29

The landlord should contact a plumber to clear the drain lines and if this was caused by the tenant, then the tenant should be billed. The landlord appears not to care about the property or his tenant. Poor customer skills and service!

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Re: Clogged drain pipe by Anonymous on February 11, 2012 @11:21	[ Reply ]

It clearly states in the lease that the tenant is responsible for repairs of such nature. The tenant clearly doesn't care about taking care of the place and rather be a negligent tenant as she rather whine about a really bad draining problem and spend money on a lawyer instead the real problem.

Re: Clogged drain pipe by Mark on February 11, 2012 @11:32	[ Reply ]

It might state that it's the tenant is responsible, but in many case the State law says otherwise. If you claim the tenant doesn't care about taking care of property and is negligent(what ever that means), the case can be made about the landlord being non caring and negligent also. The landlord should take this opportunity to check out the drain problem and also inspect the property too! But the landlord has decided that's too much trouble and instead hides behind a lease clause that's maybe illegal.

Re: Clogged drain pipe by Anonymous on February 11, 2012 @11:46	[ Reply ]

Negligent as in careless. And it's not illegal for the LL to require a tenant fix or pay for something the tenant caused.

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