NWR: Leak in apt

OK... WE LIVE IN WOODMERE!!!!! THEY ARE DEADBEAT LANDLORDS ABOUT TO HAVE A LAWSUIT OR SOMETHING HEADING THEIR WAY.

Anytime it rains we get a leak, this started last winter, right after we first moved in with the first snow of the season. The super initially thought that it was from the dog upstairs, very obviously NOT. We have called each & every time this has happened, as well as including it in our letters to the gatsby company that we also sent to the Nassau county housing comission, and NOTHING has been done!!!! Last time was over a month ago when I was home sick from work, I called at least 3 times that day and the receptionist promised me that someone was going out and it would be fixed (obviously NOT the first time FH and I had heard that). Well, here we are, with 2 inches of rain in various buckets, paint peeling off our walls from the rain dripping down the wall, pictures ruined, mold beginning to grow, and again NOTHING. My mother is speaking with her lawyer tomorrow to get some information for us.

In the past 10 months since we moved in the following has happened:
- Late oil delivery (Nov 2009)
- Leaky ceiling (Dec 2009 - Present), pictures can be provided.
- Broken oven (Nov 2009)
- Faulty electrical outlets (Nov 2009 – Present)
- Running toilet in the bathroom. (Nov 2009 – Present)
- Lack of cold water pressure in kitchen sink (Nov 2009 – Present)
- Fruit flies and lady bugs infestation (Nov 2009 – Present)
- Front door lock problems (Feb 2010 – Apr 2010)
- Expired elevator inspection, every 6 months (Last inspected on Aug 2009)
- No hot water (May 2010)
- No water at all in July 2010

OMG

so sorry honey!!

that's horrible!!!

just wanted to say... you should take out your first sentence (never rent with them, etc.) or your thread is gonna get pulled!

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Posted by brittndave

that's horrible!!!

just wanted to say... you should take out your first sentence (never rent with them, etc.) or your thread is gonna get pulled!

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Thanks! Yeah, we are contacting a lawyer today as this has been going on since we moved in 10 months ago. Oh, and this is NOT the only issue we've had. We've already written the nassau county dept of housing & intergovernmental affairs twice. The most recent time that it leaked was the last huge storm back in the beginning of July, I happened to be home because I was CRAZY sick. I spoke with the receptionist 3 times that day and she said that someone was being sent out to check it out. Well, a month + later and the leak is now worse. I would LOVE to be able to get some money back from them. At the very least it would be great to live there rent free for the next 3 months so that we can move at the end of that time. Any real estate/slum lord lawyers on here????????

THat is unacceptable and against the law!

I hope you guys win and get paid

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Posted by mybabylovesmoi

THat is unacceptable and against the law!

I hope you guys win and get paid

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Thanks... FYI I left 3 messages last night and requested to be called by a manager, it is now 9:45 am and NO return call!

this is terrible. i'm so sorry that you're dealing with this.

my management company sucks also. i haven't had nearly as many problems as you have, but there was a leak in my bathroom from the people upstairs. we left numerous messages for them to fix it without receiving a call back. we even wrote letters. after a few months, they came to fix it. however, they did a crappy job b/c the problem came back a few months after that. by that point, we had mold on the ceiling. after another few months of calls and letters and getting the run around, i got really nasty and screamed at the receptionist, telling her that they were going to have a real problem when my ceiling caves in and i sue. needless to say, the problem has been fixed and hasn't come back yet.