What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Tennessee
My wife and I recently broke our lease and moved into a new apartment complex. Here is why. After living in a 1 bedroom apt for about a month, a pipe burst in our kitchen wall. It leaked water all down one side of our apt. Affected rooms included the kitchen, dining room, hallway, and bathroom. The water also started reaching into our living room before it was finally shut off and cleaned up. We had to move most of our stuff from the kitchen and dining room into the living room. So all of those rooms were unusable. We had to stay in our bedroom for about a week while they were cleaning up and fixing the walls. We asked to be moved to a different unit, but the office said that was not an option because it was something that happens all the time and they can't do anything about it. After everything was fixed and we put all our furniture back, my wife started smelling mold. We pulled out the stove a found it growing behind the stove and inside several cabinets. We informed the office and someone came out to take care of it. We had to call them back two more times to take care of more mold we found. We asked again if we could be moved into another unit. I told them that I thought there was mold growing within the walls. The manager told me there was no possible way that could happen because they had taken care of the leak. And there was also no way to move us because we were not eligible for a transfer yet.
I found out from our neighbor on the other side of the flooded wall, that our unit had flooded about 4 months before we moved in, and that was why the previous tenant had moved out. Also, after we had found a different apt, we went back to clean this one and found A large water stain on the wall that had started growing mold. The same neighbor told me that the unit upstairs had broken a water heater. That's 3 water leaks/floods within 6 months time. But of course they don't refer to them as floods. Just minor water leaks. Sorry but if I have to move all my stuff from half of my apt, and the other half is unusable, its flooded.
So my question is, since it seems that they know about their bad plumbing, and seem expect this to happen in all of there units, aren't they basically selling me bad goods? Could I take them to court and get most if not all of my money back from them? Plus Sue for the cost of finding a new apt, moving, and other expenses? My wife and I are really struggling to make ends meet because of having to get a new apt.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
My wife and I recently broke our lease and moved into a new apartment complex. Here is why. After living in a 1 bedroom apt for about a month, a pipe burst in our kitchen wall. It leaked water all down one side of our apt. Affected rooms included the kitchen, dining room, hallway, and bathroom. The water also started reaching into our living room before it was finally shut off and cleaned up. We had to move most of our stuff from the kitchen and dining room into the living room. So all of those rooms were unusable. We had to stay in our bedroom for about a week while they were cleaning up and fixing the walls. We asked to be moved to a different unit, but the office said that was not an option because it was something that happens all the time and they can't do anything about it. After everything was fixed and we put all our furniture back, my wife started smelling mold. We pulled out the stove a found it growing behind the stove and inside several cabinets. We informed the office and someone came out to take care of it. We had to call them back two more times to take care of more mold we found. We asked again if we could be moved into another unit. I told them that I thought there was mold growing within the walls. The manager told me there was no possible way that could happen because they had taken care of the leak. And there was also no way to move us because we were not eligible for a transfer yet.
I found out from our neighbor on the other side of the flooded wall, that our unit had flooded about 4 months before we moved in, and that was why the previous tenant had moved out. Also, after we had found a different apt, we went back to clean this one and found A large water stain on the wall that had started growing mold. The same neighbor told me that the unit upstairs had broken a water heater. That's 3 water leaks/floods within 6 months time. But of course they don't refer to them as floods. Just minor water leaks. Sorry but if I have to move all my stuff from half of my apt, and the other half is unusable, its flooded.
So my question is, since it seems that they know about their bad plumbing, and seem expect this to happen in all of there units, aren't they basically selling me bad goods? Could I take them to court and get most if not all of my money back from them? Plus Sue for the cost of finding a new apt, moving, and other expenses? My wife and I are really struggling to make ends meet because of having to get a new apt.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?