Manual Labor Required By Tenant to Maintain Rental Property? (limits?) - Was required to perform 24/7 labor, with a water issue.

[not2cleverRed]

If you call your city building inspections and they come out and condemn your apartment then whether your landlord likes it or not your lease is over and if the LL attempted to sue you for rent money after you vacated because city condemns it so NO ONE can live there and you brought to court a copy of the condemnation order the LLs claim would be denied.

That's what I was thinking...

...And that they should have funneled the water to a drain (not sure if that's legal) or outside.

I have had roof leaks in the kitchen of an apt. - albeit in Iowa and Texas, not IL. In both cases, I was given a partial refund on rent to cover damages. But those were relatively minor leaks.

 

[quincy]

That's what I was thinking...

...And that they should have funneled the water to a drain (not sure if that's legal) or outside.

I have had roof leaks in the kitchen of an apt. - albeit in Iowa and Texas, not IL. In both cases, I was given a partial refund on rent to cover damages. But those were relatively minor leaks.

I have some concern about a ceiling collapse with the amount of water said to be coming from the leaks. The water buckets might have prevented some floor damage but the property owner is likely to have expensive roof, attic and interior repairs ahead.

I hope the owner reported the snow storm damage to his insurer.

 

[xylene]

I would have let the place get trashed. That might have subjected me to damages, but it would be worth it.

 

[quincy]

I would have let the place get trashed. That might have subjected me to damages, but it would be worth it.

If I were the tenant I, too, would not have lost any sleep over the leaks - once I made sure my own personal property was out of the "flood zone."