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royreen
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california- san francisco
While moving out of our apartment in sf, we dicovered that a crack in the outside wall of our building had caused rain water to enter our apartment and seep under the floor where our bed lay. The bed being positioned directly on the floor, started to grow mold on it, from the damp floor due to the cracks in the building and the water seeping in. The apartment manager looked at the mold on the carpet and the bed and told us, we would not be responsible for the carpet damage due to this mold and that we would have to contact the property managers to get a reimbursement on a new bed.
After moving out, we wrote two letters and made numerous phone calls to the management, stating that we would like to get our reimbursement. After about 30 days, they sent us an answer saying that they were not responsible for personal property and cited to the lease saying that it shoudl be covered in renter's insurance. We never purchsed renters insurance, so this is not an option. I would think that under the Implied Warranty of Habitabilty, having a leak on the outer perimeter of a building causing water to seep into the sturture and develop mold throughout would be considered unfit conditions for living. I think that the building owers agree with the poor construction of the building since they are renovating the entire outside of the building as we speak.
We now do not have a bed because we had to discard of it and need to know what we can do to recover this loss. We have pictures of our one year old matress with the damage. I would think that property damage due to a landlord negligence is their liabilty. Is this correct? Do we have a valid claim if we take them to small claims court? Please help.
While moving out of our apartment in sf, we dicovered that a crack in the outside wall of our building had caused rain water to enter our apartment and seep under the floor where our bed lay. The bed being positioned directly on the floor, started to grow mold on it, from the damp floor due to the cracks in the building and the water seeping in. The apartment manager looked at the mold on the carpet and the bed and told us, we would not be responsible for the carpet damage due to this mold and that we would have to contact the property managers to get a reimbursement on a new bed.
After moving out, we wrote two letters and made numerous phone calls to the management, stating that we would like to get our reimbursement. After about 30 days, they sent us an answer saying that they were not responsible for personal property and cited to the lease saying that it shoudl be covered in renter's insurance. We never purchsed renters insurance, so this is not an option. I would think that under the Implied Warranty of Habitabilty, having a leak on the outer perimeter of a building causing water to seep into the sturture and develop mold throughout would be considered unfit conditions for living. I think that the building owers agree with the poor construction of the building since they are renovating the entire outside of the building as we speak.
We now do not have a bed because we had to discard of it and need to know what we can do to recover this loss. We have pictures of our one year old matress with the damage. I would think that property damage due to a landlord negligence is their liabilty. Is this correct? Do we have a valid claim if we take them to small claims court? Please help.