What is the name of your state? TX
Hello,
I moved into my current unit back in April of last year and since then I've had leaks in May, June (3x), September (2x), October, November, January and March (2x now). The property is barely over a year old so construction has been out 3 times now. The first two times they tried a few quick fixes, no luck. This last time they were out for pretty much a week and tore up the outdoor lounge area above my apartment, attributing the sealing of the flooring to the issue. They also came in my unit and tore several spots of the ceiling out and did some work and re-plastered. Throughout all of this, the most they've done is offer to put me up in a hotel the week that construction was here due to the fact that they would be drilling and the noise would be extremely loud but they had just charged me rent for the month so I declined. On top of that, they had the construction guy in my unit by himself for the first day so I ended up canceling everything I had planned to stay in my unit with him since he's not a member of the staff (he's technically external from the construction company based out of state). My question is, do I have grounds to sue because I've been more than patient and after I had more and more of these leaks little things in the apartment hint that this wasn't the first time this was an issue (like circular spots in the ceiling where you can tell work may been done previously -- I can't prove any of this and they could chalk it up to initial construction).
Additionally, last night part of the ceiling (where there was previous water damage) - had more water damage and because of the wet and dry repetition part of the ceiling plaster caved in and was all over the floor this morning. If I have grounds to sue - what would the grounds be and what would I sue for (amount-wise)?
I do want to also add, it's been really stressful and frustrating because when it rains, most of the time it's not a matter of IF it's going to leak it's a matter of WHERE and HOW MANY? So you kind of have to drop everything and head home to make sure the buckets are in the right place and to make sure the leaks aren't under anything of value. At one point I had 4-5. I try to take photos and videos of the bad ones but I don't always remember to but I do have some evidence recorded.
Hello,
I moved into my current unit back in April of last year and since then I've had leaks in May, June (3x), September (2x), October, November, January and March (2x now). The property is barely over a year old so construction has been out 3 times now. The first two times they tried a few quick fixes, no luck. This last time they were out for pretty much a week and tore up the outdoor lounge area above my apartment, attributing the sealing of the flooring to the issue. They also came in my unit and tore several spots of the ceiling out and did some work and re-plastered. Throughout all of this, the most they've done is offer to put me up in a hotel the week that construction was here due to the fact that they would be drilling and the noise would be extremely loud but they had just charged me rent for the month so I declined. On top of that, they had the construction guy in my unit by himself for the first day so I ended up canceling everything I had planned to stay in my unit with him since he's not a member of the staff (he's technically external from the construction company based out of state). My question is, do I have grounds to sue because I've been more than patient and after I had more and more of these leaks little things in the apartment hint that this wasn't the first time this was an issue (like circular spots in the ceiling where you can tell work may been done previously -- I can't prove any of this and they could chalk it up to initial construction).
Additionally, last night part of the ceiling (where there was previous water damage) - had more water damage and because of the wet and dry repetition part of the ceiling plaster caved in and was all over the floor this morning. If I have grounds to sue - what would the grounds be and what would I sue for (amount-wise)?
I do want to also add, it's been really stressful and frustrating because when it rains, most of the time it's not a matter of IF it's going to leak it's a matter of WHERE and HOW MANY? So you kind of have to drop everything and head home to make sure the buckets are in the right place and to make sure the leaks aren't under anything of value. At one point I had 4-5. I try to take photos and videos of the bad ones but I don't always remember to but I do have some evidence recorded.