Roof leaking bad! Lawyer?

[Jan]

In my apartment I've been having a leaking problem. I've told the landlord many times and he laugh and says something to fast that I can't understand. A few times in the last 6 months he did say he'd fix it and it keeps getting worse. Water comes out of the fuse box area. Now it coming out of the wall and through the ceiling in the bedroom and kitchen.
My question is, If I get a lwayer does it cost alot or will the landlord have to pay if I win? Or should I just open a bank account and put the rent in there and tell him thats what I'm doing?
The mod on the wall is starting to mess with my alergies bad and the paint falling from the celing is getting to be a real pain.
(and don't say to move, I don't have the money to move to another place right now)

[adrianb]

Originally Posted by Jan

In my apartment I've been having a leaking problem. I've told the landlord many times and he laugh and says something to fast that I can't understand. A few times in the last 6 months he did say he'd fix it and it keeps getting worse. Water comes out of the fuse box area. Now it coming out of the wall and through the ceiling in the bedroom and kitchen.
My question is, If I get a lwayer does it cost alot or will the landlord have to pay if I win? Or should I just open a bank account and put the rent in there and tell him thats what I'm doing?
The mod on the wall is starting to mess with my alergies bad and the paint falling from the celing is getting to be a real pain.
(and don't say to move, I don't have the money to move to another place right now)

Fix it yourself and deduct it out of the next rent. If he causes problems, either move, or just accept it. There are cost savings for living in the DR, and there are expenses. This may be one of the expenses.

[miguel]

Originally Posted by Jan

In my apartment I've been having a leaking problem. I've told the landlord many times and he laugh and says something to fast that I can't understand. A few times in the last 6 months he did say he'd fix it and it keeps getting worse. Water comes out of the fuse box area. Now it coming out of the wall and through the ceiling in the bedroom and kitchen.
My question is, If I get a lwayer does it cost alot or will the landlord have to pay if I win? Or should I just open a bank account and put the rent in there and tell him thats what I'm doing?
The mod on the wall is starting to mess with my alergies bad and the paint falling from the celing is getting to be a real pain.
(and don't say to move, I don't have the money to move to another place right now)

I am so very sorry that you are going thru that. Maybe he is not fixing it because he knows how much it will cost him. From my experience, when I had my home rented to Ramon, the roof leaking was tremendous. I had someone looks at it and the roof needed to be done all over again. I paid RD $30,000 just for the roof on June, 2003. I am sure that it's probably double that since I got a bargain from a contractor that was married to a friend(althought he noticed at the end that it was a bargain and tried to charge me more, but no way since we had a contract). Good luck and hope for the best.

[Jan]

I hope he does something. I'm not gonna pay money for a place that I rent.
But if he doesn't do something soon its really going to cost him alot. The one wall has all this paint and concrete bubbling out with water oozing out of the cracks. Even some of the tiles in the kitchen are lifting and cracking from water coming in under the floor.
I'll for sure be outta here before it falls in. Just don't understand why let something go this long when it becomes 3 times as much money to repair? Go figure.
But in the mean time I'm hitting the street now for the partying!

[Ladybird]

Ive been told that there is a special health department for enviromental problems here and that is definately affecting your health maybe you can find how to contact their office and get them to do something with the landlord, if anyone knows where their office is please advise as I need them also., especially in Sosua

[trina]

Originally Posted by Ladybird

Ive been told that there is a special health department for enviromental problems here and that is definately affecting your health maybe you can find how to contact their office and get them to do something with the landlord, if anyone knows where their office is please advise as I need them also., especially in Sosua

I'm so sorry all this is happening to you Jan... I think the above advice is great, hopefully something will come of it, you can't live under those conditions.

[Hillbilly]

If it is concrete: Is it flat or angled?

It might be easier to get a 5 gal bucket of sealer from one of the hardware stores, deduct it from the rent of course, and hire some man to spread it on-with you watching.

HB

[PJT]

Do as H.B. advises and have the nature to inflate the rent deduction over and above cost to make up for the aggrevation you have experienced.

Regards,
PJT

[Robert]

Originally Posted by Ladybird

Ive been told that there is a special health department for enviromental problems here and that is definately affecting your health maybe you can find how to contact their office and get them to do something with the landlord, if anyone knows where their office is please advise as I need them also., especially in Sosua

Never heard of it and I think you have ZERO chance of getting anything done via them if they did exist.

Withhold your rent, place it in a bank account until he fixes the problem.
Start being Dominican about it, and you might find he actually does something.

[AnnaC]

You haven't had running water in the apartment for how long? And now you have running water where you don't want it running. I would never tell anyone to do anything the wrong way but in this case listen to Robert save your money and if he kicks you out you'll have saved money to move somewhere else. Time to move Jan. I don't want you to get sick.