Is it my responsibility to clean mold/mildew that was hiding underneath the bathroom floor?
eddie asked:
I have been living in the same one bedroom condo for two years now and noticed cracked caulking along the bathtub and where the bathtub meets the linoleum flooring. After I told the property manager about it, he sent a repair man to fix the caulking and he noticed black mold all over the wooden baseboard underneath. The property manager told him to just re-caulk it and they were going to call ME with questions as to how this has happened. Should I be responsible? If so how much is it going to cost?
The source is from cracked caulking all laong the bathtub separating the bathtub from the linoleum and the water is from the shower.
I’m the tenant
What should I do if the property manager says it is my fault? Can he make me pay for it? I’m worried
Property manager insists the shower the shower curtain is not low enough. I think it is. He doesn’t watch me take a shower.
Addendum to my lease that I signed states: “Any water damage done to bathroom floor due to tenant negligence (including but not limited to: not using a shower curtain) will be charged to tenant. Repairs include but are not limited to replacing linoleum, the subfloor and resetting the toilet. It is the tenants responsibility to immediately notify us of any suspected water damage either at the time tenancy begins or during tenancy.”
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I have been living in the same one bedroom condo for two years now and noticed cracked caulking along the bathtub and where the bathtub meets the linoleum flooring. After I told the property manager about it, he sent a repair man to fix the caulking and he noticed black mold all over the wooden baseboard underneath. The property manager told him to just re-caulk it and they were going to call ME with questions as to how this has happened. Should I be responsible? If so how much is it going to cost?
The source is from cracked caulking all laong the bathtub separating the bathtub from the linoleum and the water is from the shower.
I’m the tenant
What should I do if the property manager says it is my fault? Can he make me pay for it? I’m worried
Property manager insists the shower the shower curtain is not low enough. I think it is. He doesn’t watch me take a shower.
Addendum to my lease that I signed states: “Any water damage done to bathroom floor due to tenant negligence (including but not limited to: not using a shower curtain) will be charged to tenant. Repairs include but are not limited to replacing linoleum, the subfloor and resetting the toilet. It is the tenants responsibility to immediately notify us of any suspected water damage either at the time tenancy begins or during tenancy.”
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OH EMM GEEE! yea it’s gonna cost $5,000 to fix. good luck!
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Yes it is, but you don’t need to be the person to do it. You can hire somebody and you possibly could get your house insurance to cover it.
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who owns the condo unit? you? whoever owns it – is responsible for it…
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Triple Edit, lol: since you do not own the condo, it is the SOLE responsibility of the landlord –
as far as him (or the manager, if that indeed is a different person) trying to scare/coerce you into paying for *any* of it? – don’t fall for it!….because, unless the *landlord* takes you to court AND can *prove* to a judge that YOU *intentionally* caused the damage (and the chances of that happening are next to impossible), you are not responsible for ANY of the damage, nor the cost of the repairs….
don’t cave in to any deceptive tactics the manager and/or landlord may try to get you to pay for any of it – it’s the *landlord’s* responsibility to see that maintenance checks are done on a regular basis – not yours.
btw, if the manager and the landlord are two different people, i’d contact the *landlord* – *immediately*, and inform him *in writing* of the facts – including that you informed the manager about the problem in the first place, and that the repair man said that “they” would be “calling with questions as to how this happened”….this will very likely put an end to it.
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landlords responsibilty not yours you dont own the apartment
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Landlords responsibility. This is why landlords periodically check their units to make sure that everything is working fine and that there’s no problems. As I see it, you just noticed the cracked caulking and called the landlord immediately ~ so you did your part.
It’s quite possible that the black mold/rot whatever was there prior to you moving in and wasn’t noticed before.