Lazy Idiots

[Jay_Bunny]

We pay for gas and electric but appliances are their responsibility. They are required to fix it if it is broken. We shall see. They said they'd replace it within the next few days, so if I don't get a oven within a week or so, I'm going to withhold rent and tell them I'm getting my own oven.

[TooManyToys]

In Washington, if the tennant is paying for the service then the landlord is required to fix it in a very short period of time. Send the manager something in writing that descsribes what you've been going through, and tell them that it is not repaired satisfactorily that you will deduct the cost of repair from your rent.

[nixer]

in cuba they would just build a fire in the middle of the kitchen floor

[Jay_Bunny]

So, they were supposed to be here this morning, but 1pm rolled around and no one had showed up. I went up to the office and talked to yet another person about it and I told her "I haven't had my oven since August. When I tried using it in August, it filled my apartment with smoke. We put in the request then, and they said they'd send someone out. No one came. Then our stove stopped working last week, they said they'd send someone out on Tuesday since I like to be home when people are doing repairs. No one showed up, so they said they'd send someone out this morning and this morning has come and gone and no one has shown. I need my stove to cook food. I haven't been able to cook food in my house since last week." Then she got snippy with me and said that someone would be out this afternoon to take a look at it. See when I asked about the guy coming this morning, she called the head maintenance man and he said to call the other maintenance guy. She called him and he said to call the first guy. When she told him that the first guy told her to call him, he said "Well I don't have a ticket for that apartment" so apparently we've been telling the office people to come fix or replace our oven, and they jot down little notes in our file telling us someone will be out, but it never gets to the people doing the job. Rah!

I'm going to take my lease to my mother and see if there is any way we can get out of it. (she worked with apartments a long time ago). In the lease it says we have to give a written request for any repairs that don't deal with emergencies like smoke, fire, gas, ect. The first request in August was not written but was because of smoke, so that counts. Last weeks was not, but we shall see what happens. If no one shows up by 4-4:30pm, I'm writing up a written request to have my oven REPLACED and if it is not done in an acceptable time period, then I'm getting my own oven, at my own expense and will take the oven with me when I move out. I have to have it in the written request that I take the oven with me and they have to agree with that otherwise according to the lease, they can keep "any improvements to the apartment, whether agreed upon on not, unless a written agreement is made."

This is so a bunch of donkey poo. I'm so pissed write now. I mean, I can't even cook food right now. We've been living off of sandwiches and eating with family and stuff for the past week.

[Jay_Bunny]

So I took my husband to work and came home to find a Service Report laying on my floor. (why the heck was it on my floor?) It reads:

"Report: Stove not working since the summer. Needs to be replaced.
Correction Made: Cleaned burner in oven. Can't change showerhead. Dog in bathroom."

What the heck? Cleaning the burner in the oven is not going to fix the stove top. And I never said anything about the gosh darned (trying to keep this pg) showerhead. The guy never should have gone upstairs. WTF!

I am so pissed right now I could scream.

Did you know that a when we moved in last year, we put on the initial report that our upstairs sink was clogged. They threw some draino down the drain and said it was fine. A few months later, after repeatedly getting stopped up, I decided to do my own repairs. I found a toothbrush from the person who lived here before me, stuck in the drain. I pulled it out and what do you know, no more stopped up drain. These people are no where near qualified to be doing repairs on anything!

[AaronP]

Did you know that a when we moved in last year, we put on the initial report that our upstairs sink was clogged. They threw some draino down the drain and said it was fine. A few months later, after repeatedly getting stopped up, I decided to do my own repairs. I found a toothbrush from the person who lived here before me, stuck in the drain. I pulled it out and what do you know, no more stopped up drain. These people are no where near qualified to be doing repairs on anything!

You Live in Stratford hills don't you? Cause seriously this sounds like my old place.

[Jay_Bunny]

I do and this place sucks! They have no organization, no communication with their maintenance staff and the maintenance people have no clue what they are doing. They are going to send someone out this next coming up Tuesday to fix the stove, but now they are saying they will fix it instead of replace it. These people are just so full of crap.

[AaronP]

I do and this place sucks! They have no organization, no communication with their maintenance staff and the maintenance people have no clue what they are doing. They are going to send someone out this next coming up Tuesday to fix the stove, but now they are saying they will fix it instead of replace it. These people are just so full of crap.

Yeah that sounds about right, my air conditioner broke a ridiculous number of times and the heater didn't work at all. I didn't care about the heater cause I just used my electric ones anyway. It took them 3 weeks to replace my dishwasher...

I was in 2246. Oh and I'm getting ready to sue them because they're trying to get 2 months rent out of me because I left when my lease was over! They're saying I didn't give 2 months notice....why would I give 2 months notice when I left when my lease ended...

Landmark Properties is the owner of all that, you may want to complain directly to them...also go on apartment hunting sites and bash them, trust me they'll fix your crap ASAP after that.

[Jay_Bunny]

We are going to either try and get out of the lease, or live here for another year and then move somewhere else next fall. I think anything they can get away with no spending money, they do it. If they can get away with "fixing" something, they will "fix" it rather than replace it.

The only problem is finding a place that will accept all of our animals.

[Montessa Python]

I would do a search for "pet friendly" places, local humane societies usually have links.
Also the craigslist in your area when searching for places you can click a small box that allows cats/dogs..If you click on that and find some, you can mention one or two snakes.
If they allow a dog or cat they usually allow other pets.
I would never mention all of the pets you actually have.
My land lords put in their contract that we can have only two "domestic" animals...
Although they know about our degu (related to chinchillas), we have birds and a beta fish.
One is absolutely terrified of snakes and creepy/crawly things.
Luckily I keep mine in a utility room off of my back porch and all the doors are locked with padlocks. There is no reason at all they should EVER have to go in that room.
And they have no idea I have snakes and tarantulas. They would never fix anything OR come on the property if they knew. LOL

Hope this helps.
Carol