On 12 Jul 2006 11:10:05 -0700, wrote:


Oren wrote:
On 12 Jul 2006 09:37:58 -0700, wrote:

Thanks, Abe, that's what I was looking for, some real world actual
experience, as opposed to "it's your own fault, what do u expect,
yaddda yaddda yaddda.

Don't like responses you get here - to bad. My comments were real
world. I know the difference in a "new smiling tenant" and one that
later shows "true colors".

Oren


What the hell are you talking about now? A new smiling tenant and one
that shows true colors? It was the landlord's water heater that
sprang a leak and caused the problem. I've seen plenty of cases in
small claims where a tenant had property damaged do to a pipe breaking.
And in just about every case, the landlord wound up responsible and
had to pay for the damages. Or are you the kind of landlord that
doesn't replace a 23 year old water heater and then says it's all the
tenants fault?

Read my thread. I said the landlord should fix the water heater. Read
my thread where I said I kept an emergency fund for major things like
AC, water heater .... meaning things essential to a tenants well
being. So don't give me a phriggn lecture, as I may day dream.

Anyway the person billed should pay the bill. No claim for property
damage from the tenant? No the sump pump worked, so get a date.

You may be this tenant, so back off if you think I will sign-off on a
way out of a water bill or the landlord's responsibility.

Oren