apartment problems

[msp35]

Anyone have any experience with completing maintenance issues in apartments.
Here's my situation:
About 2 months ago I noticed that my garage ceiler is leaking throught the light fixture and through a "patch" someone has made prior to me moving in. To this date I've placed 7 phone calls to the maint. dept. I have had the supervisor, or I think he's the supervisor here 2 times. The first time he believed me about the leak and offered to send a tech here the following Mon. I left my car outside, and the garage open. No one showed up until wed, when I decided I'm not leaving my car out on a chance they will show up. We return home from work to find a note that a tech was here but noone was home....okay. This was prior to Thanksgiving. After 2 more weeks I placed a follow up call and had the supervisor here that night to look at it again...this time he wants to argue with me that the ceiling is not leaking (WTF). After my car sat in the garage all day it was soaked and the plaster/drywall is bubbling and falling onto our cars. He says he'll send a tech here the next day. Okay one more chance, I leave the car outside with the door open all the way. Again we return to find a note that they were here but noone was home. So, I call and leave a very distressed message laying out that noone will be here as we both work all day, but we'll leave the door open to the garage and no car will be in there. For the past 3 business days I've left this message. Needless to say I have no idea where to turn.
If you completed this little background, I'd appreciate any advise, legal or otherwise as to how to handle these fuckers. Oh, and we have noted the dates of my messages and all communications with the maint dept, just in case.

Thank you
-tim

 

[pro00]

Jeez. I don't know where to go from here. is there another manager or supervisor besides him? I don't know that taking legal action is going to help much (very expensive). you could sue on the basis that the water is corroding your paint on the car and that you are paying for a rent and that isn't working right. You may also want to stay one day and wait for them. if they need to get into the house or something, thats why they leave a note. other than that, keep harrasing them till you get their attention.

Good luck!

 

[tsunami]

try calling the land lord instead of the maintenance company to tell them you are having problems with said company and that their service is subpar etc etc etc...??

 

[peepsalot]

Just a quick snippet I copied from another site:

Your local building or housing authority, and health or fire department, can provide information on local housing codes and penalties for violations.

Try searching for renter's rights. Get legal on their ass.

 

[InFeXIoN]

ha s***, in my friends apt he has this spot on his wall and he felt it and it was wet. Then it started growing a lil mold on it so he called and told them. So when he got home whenever they had already come. They wrote with a sharpie on a Paper towel they got from his roll. It said Repaired wall and repainted it, which means i think they only painted over it. Replaced air filter, which happend to be to big. ******* ghetto ass apt's lol

 

[genericuser]

heh.. get that taken care of soon.. this is what can happen if you don't.. I moved out of this place almost two years ago, but they kept on doing stop gap fixes and this is what it got them.

 

[msp35]

This is it now. Obviously repaired before right?? Or an attempted repair.

 

[romecandleboy]

It looks like they patched the ceiling but neglected fixing the source of the leak. This could lead to serious problems with mold, etc. Are there living units above the garage?
If so, leaking water like this will result in mold growth which can = lawsuit -especially if people are becoming ill... -not to mention a ceiling collapsing on your car.

 

[Diehonda]

http://www.lsnjlaw.org/english/placeilive/rent/tenantsrights.cfm#promises

Hope it helps. (thumb)

 

[msp35]

ahhh....success!!
The maint. managers were just here. They promised me that they'd have a crew here tomorrow to work on it.....we'll see how that goes.

-thanks for all the info, and Diehonda, great link.

-peace

 

[zoomzoom02]

I was going to post, I have my real estate license and thus knowledge...but looks to be taken care of. Hope it works out!