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Tenant called to inform me that the ceiling in the kitchen was leaking when they take a shower. I'm there 2 days later - at that point, a huge portion of ceiling is sagging down significantly, saturated, and a lot of mold. This leak has obviously been going on for weeks/months; not a day or two. So, I get right to work - have to tear out the ceiling where it's damaged, realizing that *I'm* the person who installed all of the plumbing in that bathroom - both the supply lines as well as drain lines all the way back to the stack - the leak isn't where any of those water lines are.

As I get the ceiling torn off, I'm looking at plenty of water stains. Since the floors upstairs are wood floors (though the bathroom *had* linoleum until the tenants dog chewed it all off the floor), water is able to make its way through the floor fairly easily. The water stains told the story: water came down through the floor in the middle of the bathroom. "Did someone overflow the toilet?" Nope. So, I investigate. The dumbasses had replaced the showerhead with a $9 showerhead from Big Lots. They wanted one with a long hose, so they could take it down and do whatever with it. The mounting nut at the end was plastic - they cracked it when they installed it. If you turn on the shower, a SIGNIFICANT amount of water was spraying out sideways beyond the curtain, into the bathroom. WTF?! YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS?!! I was pretty irritated. I replaced the showerhead & left. "Aren't you going to patch the ceiling?" "Nope, the damage was caused by you. Now, the ceiling HAS to be left open at least for a few months until the wood has had plenty of time to dry out completely, else it might get mold in there, or the joists might warp."
 
Same tenants

Toilet is clogged. I drive over & unclog it with a snake.
2 days later, toilet is clogged. I drive over and unclog it with a snake. I make sure they watch it flush to see that it's not clogged.
2 days later, whining again on the phone - the toilet is clogged, and "if he doesn't fix it right this time, we're going to call in a plumber and deduct it from the rent." I go over, take the toilet outside, and take it completely apart.

Inside the tank of the toilet - well, beyond the tank into the bowl: a small ball, too small to fit through the flush hole - had to be jammed through by someone. Their kid was too short or small to have done it. But, it's too big to make it from the tank into the bowl, so it was impeding water flow. After I removed the ball, there was an airplane in there. The kids mom: "ohhhh, that's where it went." Then, in the trap for the toilet, the main problem - there was a very large hair clip that someone attempted to flush down the toilet. The snake pushed the toilet paper through, but it didn't take long for it to catch enough toilet paper to clog the toilet off again. WTF!!! Again, a tenant caused problem that a reasonable person should have never done.
 
Same tenant: son is an ass, has fights with mom. Mom throws him out of the home, and locks the doors. Mom works at night. Son breaks into the house.

Front door: big antique plate glass beveled window: "it just fell out!"
Side door: cracked around the door where it was kicked in.
Kitchen door to the basement: ditto.
Back door: I installed this when I remodeled - the deadbolt was installed with very strong 4" screws that went right through 2 2x4's. The 2x4's framing the door were split in half. "Oh, the door closed and latched while I was carrying in groceries. I bumped it with my hip and it just cracked."
 
Oh, let's not forget the immaculate woodwork in the house - completely refinished. Hardwood floors - completely refinished. Plaster walls - pristine condition. Not after mom was at work and the kids had a party, complete with fights & holes in the wall.
 
Are these people still your tennants DrPizza? They would be out on their asses after the first issue unless I had a very good reason not to.
 
DrPizza said:
Tenant called to inform me that the ceiling in the kitchen was leaking when they take a shower. I'm there 2 days later - at that point, a huge portion of ceiling is sagging down significantly, saturated, and a lot of mold. This leak has obviously been going on for weeks/months; not a day or two. So, I get right to work - have to tear out the ceiling where it's damaged, realizing that *I'm* the person who installed all of the plumbing in that bathroom - both the supply lines as well as drain lines all the way back to the stack - the leak isn't where any of those water lines are.

As I get the ceiling torn off, I'm looking at plenty of water stains. Since the floors upstairs are wood floors (though the bathroom *had* linoleum until the tenants dog chewed it all off the floor), water is able to make its way through the floor fairly easily. The water stains told the story: water came down through the floor in the middle of the bathroom. "Did someone overflow the toilet?" Nope. So, I investigate. The dumbasses had replaced the showerhead with a $9 showerhead from Big Lots. They wanted one with a long hose, so they could take it down and do whatever with it. The mounting nut at the end was plastic - they cracked it when they installed it. If you turn on the shower, a SIGNIFICANT amount of water was spraying out sideways beyond the curtain, into the bathroom. WTF?! YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS?!! I was pretty irritated. I replaced the showerhead & left. "Aren't you going to patch the ceiling?" "Nope, the damage was caused by you. Now, the ceiling HAS to be left open at least for a few months until the wood has had plenty of time to dry out completely, else it might get mold in there, or the joists might warp."
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Yep and that's why folks, I inspect my units several times a year. Hope you drain their security deposit.
 
NetWareHead said:
Yep and that's why folks, I inspect my units several times a year. Hope you drain their security deposit.
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I just can't fathom how awful of a person you must be to do this to someone else's house. I get that accidents happen sometimes, but this kind of crap is ridiculous. I rent and would never do such things. The worst I have done was only primer over a wall I painted (because I thought that was all I had to do) rather than repaint it.
 
smackababy said:
I just can't fathom how awful of a person you must be to do this to someone else's house. I get that accidents happen sometimes, but this kind of crap is ridiculous. I rent and would never do such things. The worst I have done was only primer over a wall I painted (because I thought that was all I had to do) rather than repaint it.
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So his property doesn't get wrecked. You LEASE it, the landlord OWNS it. Want people off your property? Buy your own.
 
smackababy said:
I just can't fathom how awful of a person you must be to do this to someone else's house. I get that accidents happen sometimes, but this kind of crap is ridiculous. I rent and would never do such things. The worst I have done was only primer over a wall I painted (because I thought that was all I had to do) rather than repaint it.
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In many areas where scuba or things like polo are popular you have short-termers that don't give a fuck other than having fun and catering to themselves.
 
DrPizza said:
Oh, let's not forget the immaculate woodwork in the house - completely refinished. Hardwood floors - completely refinished. Plaster walls - pristine condition. Not after mom was at work and the kids had a party, complete with fights & holes in the wall.
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Why would you rent was is portrayed as a Historical House to deadbeats?
 
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