Rent Rebate?

[NoKids4Me]

What is the name of your state? Texas - I'm on day 9 of not having water. I pay my landlord for water. It's not a water utility issue - we've never lost service to the property as a whole, but some buildings in the complex have been turned off. Am I entitled to a rebate of some portion of my rent for the time I do not have water?

Please don't roast me for trying to profit from a natural disaster; that's honestly not what I'm trying to accomplish here.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state? Texas - I'm on day 9 of not having water. I pay my landlord for water. It's not a water utility issue - we've never lost service to the property as a whole, but some buildings in the complex have been turned off. Am I entitled to a rebate of some portion of my rent for the time I do not have water?

Please don't roast me for trying to profit from a natural disaster; that's honestly not what I'm trying to accomplish here.

Thanks in advance for your help.

What is the cause of the water outage?

 

[reenzz]

What is the name of your state? Texas - I'm on day 9 of not having water. I pay my landlord for water. It's not a water utility issue - we've never lost service to the property as a whole, but some buildings in the complex have been turned off. Am I entitled to a rebate of some portion of my rent for the time I do not have water?

Please don't roast me for trying to profit from a natural disaster; that's honestly not what I'm trying to accomplish here.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Can you prove that the landlords direct negligence is the cause if the lack of water?

What...exactly...are you trying to accomplish?

 

[adjusterjack]

some buildings in the complex have been turned off.

Why?

And who turned them off?

 

[NoKids4Me]

What is the cause of the water outage?

The official word - and I have no cause to disbelieve it - is that the freeze caused damage to some pipes and they have to keep the water off until it can be repaired.

 

[Just Blue]

Is the water included in the rent or a separate bill from the LL? If the later is it a % of the property water cost or just your water cost?

 

[NoKids4Me]

Can you prove that the landlords direct negligence is the cause if the lack of water?

What...exactly...are you trying to accomplish?

I'm not exactly sure - revenge maybe, although I'm not proud to admit it. I'm angry at them for several other things. Here's my favorite: a while back, I had to have major surgery. I wanted to have my mother come and take care of me while I recovered. They said no - my lease limits overnight guests to 3 days. If I didn't like it, I shouldn't have signed the lease.

So, like I said, I'm not especially proud to admit it, but I guess I finally see my opportunity to hold them to their end of the bargain, since they were so insistent on holding me to mine.

 

[NoKids4Me]

Oh, and, no, I can't prove their negligence. I doubt that any negligence exists.

 

[NoKids4Me]

Why?

And who turned them off?

Property management turned it off due to damage from the winter storm.

 

[NoKids4Me]

Is the water included in the rent or a separate bill from the LL? If the later is it a % of the property water cost or just your water cost?

It's a separate bill.

 

[NoKids4Me]

It's a separate bill.

And, sorry, it's a percentage of the overall cost to the property.

 

[FarmerJ]

The billing method is can be called apportioning ( In some places its a simple formula like a percentage of the master meters billed use. As to not having any water , do any of the LLs buildings have working water where you could go and draw bucket fulls from? As to a reduced rent if the LL wont then only a court could .

 

[Gail in Georgia]

Sounds like the water needs to be shut off due to broken pipes. My son lives in Houston (in a high rise) and was without water for four days; not because of broken pipes but because of no power for the pumps to get the water up to him.

Lots of folks in Texas are dealing with broken pipes and plumbers are working 24/7 right now. If you'd like to be the north end of a horse going south you can always demand a reduction in your water bill down the road but it's already been explained to you why the need to do this. Doesn't seem worth it to sue for what is likely a small amount.

Gail

 

[adjusterjack]

Property management turned it off due to damage from the winter storm.

If you owned your own home you'd have no water for a week waiting for repairs. I don't see any rent rebate in your future.

 

[NoKids4Me]

Some buildings have water, some don't, but they aren't offering to let us shower or wash our clothes in those buildings, which is what I'm most anxious about. I have bottled water to drink, and I've been hauling buckets of water out of the pool for flushing my toilet. Ultimately, it's a pain in the neck, but things could be far, far worse, and I recognize that.

Thank you all for your replies, even though they weren't what I was hoping to hear. I know that I need to exorcise the vengeance demon, and hopefully some day I'll be emotionally mature enough to do so.