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I wouldn't call that rude. I've had way worse experience with real "rude" neighbors, like the ones that pound and hammer at 2 AM and tell you go to go hell when you ask them to quiet down... in today's world, a lot of people won't open the door for strangers. It's unfortunate but I can also understand why some people would be like that.
In your situation, I wouldn't bother with your neighbor at all. Send your LL a certified letter, as everyone else is suggesting, and basically tell him that he needs to fix the problem or you will fix the problem and withhold the amount spent to fix it from your rent.
i hope this didnt happen to you, that's just terrible if it did and a crap neighbor too.
i've been looking at the apartments my aunt moved into. i was over there different times of any given day and it was crazy quiet. but its way over my price range
None of this makes any sense. How do you know their shower curtain is outside the tub? How do you know they just let water all over their floor. It seems to me, logically there is a leak below the floor above the ceiling. I can't imagine any tenant just letting water stay all over their floor, it doesn't make sense.
tell the LL, he has to have the problem solved, and if need be, hold the rent. this really is a no brainer. Also by pounding on the tenants door like a maniac, what's up with that?? You do that to my door, I would have opened it, and I would have of put you in your place but oh so fast, your head would have of been spinning.
Most probably the tenants dont even know the water is leaking.
I can't imagine any tenant just letting water stay all over their floor, it doesn't make sense.
You'd be surprised at how stupid some people are. I can totally see some idiot showering with no curtain and letting the water splash everywhere. My younger sister used to do it all the time when she was a teen and it would leak downstairs if there was enough water. If the place is older, there could be some cracks for the water to seep through, but if the tenants simply showered carefully it probably wouldn't happen in the first place. The OP didn't say it was a everyday thing, so it must be only when they are careless.
None of this makes any sense. How do you know their shower curtain is outside the tub? How do you know they just let water all over their floor. It seems to me, logically there is a leak below the floor above the ceiling. I can't imagine any tenant just letting water stay all over their floor, it doesn't make sense.
tell the LL, he has to have the problem solved, and if need be, hold the rent. this really is a no brainer. Also by pounding on the tenants door like a maniac, what's up with that?? You do that to my door, I would have opened it, and I would have of put you in your place but oh so fast, your head would have of been spinning.
Most probably the tenants dont even know the water is leaking.
read a little more carefully. a police knock is a stern steady knock. loud enough to hear.
It might be that the tub itself isn't level. Our upstairs tub wasn't level and water would leak over the tub top even though we had the shower curtain inside the tub. We got some plastic shower splash guards for each end and no water has leaked since then. Like others have said though, the water shouldn't be leaking through the floor/ceiling either way. Both problems need to be fixed.
Is this a relatively new rental for you, or is it the same one where you had problems with noise, etc?
its new, but i guess all places have the same general problems.
the landlord came and checked it out and it would only leak when they showered or just got done.....right at the corner of their tub where you'd hang your curtain if you were crazy enough to hang it outside the tub......
he set up an appointment to go caulk the area between the tub and toilet....but surprise, they didnt answer their door and they were home.
but when you want to just be friendly and neighborly and inform someone they might have a leak or to watch their curtain, they get offended like mr ghetto bonehead did when i told him.
so in the long run if my ceiling collapses, he's probably going to lose his security deposit.
i never knew there were so many small things that could go wrong with a dwelling because of someone else's mistakes. its kinda odd.
It might be that the tub itself isn't level. Our upstairs tub wasn't level and water would leak over the tub top even though we had the shower curtain inside the tub. We got some plastic shower splash guards for each end and no water has leaked since then. Like others have said though, the water shouldn't be leaking through the floor/ceiling either way. Both problems need to be fixed.
thats a perfect idea for sure, but if you saw these people they'd probably force the curtain over the guard when they got done showering.
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