Washington State, Amerikkka

We moved into a unit that was unfinished with only being told that it wasn’t renovated. When we moved in, we didn’t have function light bulbs in many places, pantry was broken, not cleaned, and had a huge gaping hole at the base of the roof. Also, the carpet had been peed all over by the previous tenant’s cat and it smelled awful. I even offered to lay down hard flooring for free if they removed the carpet because I didn’t want my baby crawling around on cat pee. Instead they just cleaned it and I’m sure you cat lovers here know, you can’t get that out.

Now, we just thought we could push through it bc my wife didn’t want to move again after just giving birth a few weeks after we moved. It’s been 8 months and if the fixes took longer than 5 minutes they never did them. Our electrical was so poor we kept tripping breakers running more than one small AC because our entire upstairs was tied to a single 20 amp for EVERYTHING (yikes)! Thats 3 rooms and a bathroom. Started talking to the rest of the other units on how they were running all their ACs in every room. They are RUNNING EXTENSION CORDS UP THE STAIRS!!!

So I go to her to break the lease because they broke it first for not fixing anything, which she promptly does without a fight. But I bring up how her units are about to be set a blaze due to the building get the Slumlord special from everyone who touched this building the last 50 years, but because its so old it technically doesn’t have to be up to electrical code. Which I told her, but also that it gets super hot upstairs with no insulation in the ceiling. Neighbor had grounding issues and flickering lights and about 3 extension cords running up their stairs as a permanent fixture. After uniting the building, everyone sent request for electrical inspections. You know? So they wont die in a fire. Also that extension cord setup is hugging the wall on my stairwell so we are fucked if it went up in flames.

They instead get NOT an electrician to parade around as one with the Slumlord Couple in tow, telling everyone, “It’s your responsibility if the place burns down and you (tenant) have to pay to run another wire. Which requires a permit” I found out the next day dude hasn’t been licensed in anything but a Electrical Trainee that expired 15 years ago. So instead of fixing anything, they just

Need to get back to work, will update part 2 tomorrow.

  • LanyrdSkynrd [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 days ago

    One thing I’ve learned is that landlords love to tell lies about the renovations they’re going to do after you move in. The only time slumlords are ever motivated to fix shit is when they can’t rent it.

    Not trying to victim blame, it shouldn’t be this way, but in the future demand the renovations before you sign the lease. I realize that’s hard when you need somewhere to live immediately.

    Have you tried calling your local health department? A lot of health departments will do an inspection upon request, and they usually include safety items like unsafe electrical systems. In Massachusetts they have the power to issue fines and revoke the ability of the landlord to rent until they fix stuff.