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Q: Appartment contents damage ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Appartment contents damage
Category: Family and Home > Home
Asked by: leo55-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 19 Apr 2006 11:58 PDT
Expires: 19 May 2006 11:58 PDT
Question ID: 720680
I rent an apartment in the building on the first floor. 18 months ago
pipe burst in my apartment and flooded with 6 inches of water. At that
time landlord
replaced carpet and paid for cleaning and drying my belongings.
Now it happens again in apartment above and again I got 5 inches of
water and damage of my belongings. Now he refuses to replace damaged
carpet and pay for other service.

What would be the right response?
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Subject: Re: Appartment contents damage
From: research_help-ga on 19 Apr 2006 12:11 PDT
 
Write him a letter detailing the damage and what you want done. 
Include in the letter that you expect to hear from him by a certain
date and that if you haven't you will be filing a lawsuit.  Contact a
lawyer first, but you may be legally allowed to pay for the repairs
yourself if the landlord doesn't within a reasonable time and then
withold rent until you have witheld enough rent to cover all of your
costs.
Subject: Re: Appartment contents damage
From: daniel2d-ga on 19 Apr 2006 20:58 PDT
 
Read your lease.  What does it say about situations like this?  What
you need is renter's insurance.  Just like homeowner's insurance but
it protects you as a renter.  If the landlord refuses to pay you can
take him to small claims court.

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