Where'm I gonna live? - Page 35

Gravdigr · 04-03-2015, 01:49 PM

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...in the past, when this house was vacant, it attracted college students who broke in...

If it comes to vengeance/revenge, buy a pony keg, leave it in the living room, with signs in the windows, "Kegger, here, now!", or "Free BEER!!".

Instant condemnation.

Undertoad · 04-03-2015, 01:53 PM

Well, I wouldn't do that without leaving unlocked the $200 worth of marine-grade front door combination deadbolt that Katkeeper bought and had installed.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-03-2015, 02:06 PM

If I remember correctly you were renting on a monthly basis rather than a long term lease. Even though the house became what we consider uninhabitable, through no fault of your own, you notified them on the first but didn't vacate until the fifteenth. Is this their basis for keeping your security deposit, or are they just used to dealing with college kids who move away and can't fight it?

Undertoad · 04-03-2015, 02:19 PM

Right, that's the basis. The lease was over; but even when it wasn't, they weren't upholding their end of it by providing livable conditions. During the last 14 months of my time there, I could have stopped paying rent at any time on the basis of the roof leak.

But not so much stopped, as put it into an escrow account that they would eventually, possibly, recover if they proved there had been repairs. Which would then gotten weird because, as it proved out, they never had any intention of making repairs. I kind of figured that would be where it would lead, if they had no money and I stopped giving them any. I don't know where the laws go, at that point.

At some point it would have forced me to get out of Dodge and I didn't have the money to do that either.

sexobon · 04-03-2015, 03:02 PM

In view of the circumstances (i.e. mid-month departure secondary to uninhabitable premises), it would be reasonable to call the property manager and ask why you're not getting half the security deposit back. The door for questions was left open. It comes at no cost to you and you may gain insight into how they may respond to your proposed retaliation from the tone of the conversation.

Undertoad · 02-15-2016, 07:45 PM

No drainage from the bathroom at Cottage of Prussia!

Why does this keep happening to me

First round of plumbers is vexed by weird hookup and now they need to go in via the roof!

It turns out no sewage system can endure my foul output

at least now the landlord is responsive and apologetic

lumberjim · 02-15-2016, 09:21 PM

Your shit froze

Clodfobble · 02-15-2016, 10:06 PM

The roof? What the hell are your pipes doing in the roof of a one-story home?

lumberjim · 02-15-2016, 10:10 PM

If the air vents are blocked, there is a vacuum effect that will prevent drainage.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-16-2016, 02:55 AM

Exactly, quite often houses , especially if they're on a slab, have no access big enough to get a snake or auger through without pulling the toilet. But the vent through the roof is a clean shot into the system and usually full sized.

UT, do you have a garbage disposal, or putting food down the sink, or using blue toilet paper?

Undertoad · 02-16-2016, 06:34 AM

No garbage disposal, and actually the line from the kitchen is clear. They ran two different lines for this house because it's old and built before the modern world came around. If only I could pee into the kitchen sink

Sundae · 02-16-2016, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

It turns out no sewage system can endure my foul output

I can't offer the same expertise and advice that other Dwellars can, but you have my sympathy.
I have the same issue with shoes, and no third party involved. My foot-stank is so corrosive it actually eats shoes. Add that to the tissue thin skin which makes breaking in new shoes a chafing horror, and my new-acquired ability to bleed like a stuck pig... Came home with my boots full of blood AGAIN on Monday after meeting an old friend. And I wear those boots on a weekly basis.

Sometimes life seems to be on a shitty loop.
No offense intended (as unlike me, I'm sure your sewage problems are simply coincidental).

Griff · 02-16-2016, 07:23 AM

We've got a bad sewer line at work so Imma sit home...

lumberjim · 02-16-2016, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

No garbage disposal, and actually the line from the kitchen is clear. They ran two different lines for this house because it's old and built before the modern world came around. If only I could pee into the kitchen sink

tw · 02-16-2016, 07:35 PM

It started when masons installed a new concrete stairway with a landing that contained a plastic drain. An already cracked plastic pipe fell into the pipe. Part of that plastic eventually lodged deep down in the sewer line. With shit, food, and tissue paper, it formed a restriction; then a dam.

They tried a power snake from many directions including the roof. No solution. Then a fiber optic camera. It identified the blockage. They tried a high pressure water jet. That cleaned the plastic enough that a fiber optic camera could identify the plastic.

Next came a jack hammer to rip up the concrete floor to install a new sewer pipe. That was $2500 just for the plumber alone. Actually a bargain.

Now think about what you have flushed down there. And who pays for the plumber.

04-03-2015, 02:06 PM	#513
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If I remember correctly you were renting on a monthly basis rather than a long term lease. Even though the house became what we consider uninhabitable, through no fault of your own, you notified them on the first but didn't vacate until the fifteenth. Is this their basis for keeping your security deposit, or are they just used to dealing with college kids who move away and can't fight it? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-15-2016, 09:21 PM	#517
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Your shit froze __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-15-2016, 10:06 PM	#518
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	The roof? What the hell are your pipes doing in the roof of a one-story home? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-15-2016, 10:10 PM	#519
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	If the air vents are blocked, there is a vacuum effect that will prevent drainage. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-16-2016, 02:55 AM	#520
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Exactly, quite often houses , especially if they're on a slab, have no access big enough to get a snake or auger through without pulling the toilet. But the vent through the roof is a clean shot into the system and usually full sized. UT, do you have a garbage disposal, or putting food down the sink, or using blue toilet paper? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-03-2015, 01:53 PM	#512
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well, I wouldn't do that without leaving unlocked the $200 worth of marine-grade front door combination deadbolt that Katkeeper bought and had installed.

04-03-2015, 02:19 PM	#514
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Right, that's the basis. The lease was over; but even when it wasn't, they weren't upholding their end of it by providing livable conditions. During the last 14 months of my time there, I could have stopped paying rent at any time on the basis of the roof leak. But not so much stopped, as put it into an escrow account that they would eventually, possibly, recover if they proved there had been repairs. Which would then gotten weird because, as it proved out, they never had any intention of making repairs. I kind of figured that would be where it would lead, if they had no money and I stopped giving them any. I don't know where the laws go, at that point. At some point it would have forced me to get out of Dodge and I didn't have the money to do that either.

04-03-2015, 03:02 PM	#515
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	In view of the circumstances (i.e. mid-month departure secondary to uninhabitable premises), it would be reasonable to call the property manager and ask why you're not getting half the security deposit back. The door for questions was left open. It comes at no cost to you and you may gain insight into how they may respond to your proposed retaliation from the tone of the conversation.

02-15-2016, 07:45 PM	#516
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No drainage from the bathroom at Cottage of Prussia! Why does this keep happening to me First round of plumbers is vexed by weird hookup and now they need to go in via the roof! It turns out no sewage system can endure my foul output at least now the landlord is responsive and apologetic

02-16-2016, 06:34 AM	#521
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No garbage disposal, and actually the line from the kitchen is clear. They ran two different lines for this house because it's old and built before the modern world came around. If only I could pee into the kitchen sink

02-16-2016, 07:23 AM	#523
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	We've got a bad sewer line at work so Imma sit home... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-16-2016, 07:35 PM	#525
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	It started when masons installed a new concrete stairway with a landing that contained a plastic drain. An already cracked plastic pipe fell into the pipe. Part of that plastic eventually lodged deep down in the sewer line. With shit, food, and tissue paper, it formed a restriction; then a dam. They tried a power snake from many directions including the roof. No solution. Then a fiber optic camera. It identified the blockage. They tried a high pressure water jet. That cleaned the plastic enough that a fiber optic camera could identify the plastic. Next came a jack hammer to rip up the concrete floor to install a new sewer pipe. That was $2500 just for the plumber alone. Actually a bargain. Now think about what you have flushed down there. And who pays for the plumber.

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