Bathroom Tile Fell Down!

[YelloJacket]

Originally Posted by STT Resident

I only use return receipt certified mail as a very last resort. I have an excellent relationship with my current landlords but over the years, both as tenant and landlord, have been sure to confirm everything oral in an email following the conversation. It's a good habit to get into and courts do accept email transmissions as evidence if matters get that far.

In this case, in my opinion, an email letter would be fine to try and get things moving.

Well I kinda have an excellent relationship with my landlord too, and he promised again he would fix it. So for the moment I take his word that he is going to do something about it.

[STT Resident]

Originally Posted by YelloJacket

Well I kinda have an excellent relationship with my landlord too, and he promised again he would fix it. So for the moment I take his word that he is going to do something about it.

Still start getting into the habit of confirming in writing via email. It only takes a minute to write, "Thanks so much for promising to take care of the *****. Very much appreciate it!" Trust me, been there done that and even the very best relationship between LL and tenant can run afoul and oral communication doesn't cover you if and when it does.

[emm74]

Originally Posted by MrRational

Postal. Paper and ink.


Postal. Paper and ink. self addressed envelope.
Don't open it.

It's less bother and expense than the return receipt.

And doesn't prove that you mailed one to the landlord, it just proves you mailed it to yourself. If you ever have to produce proof that your landlord received it, you need the return receipt from the post office.

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by emm74

And doesn't prove that you mailed one to the landlord...

Prove to who? If it gets that far we're talking about a Judge, correct?
Rent Court Judges will know the game.

A tenant produces an unopened envelope with a date? He'll be fine.
A landlord might be held to the higher standard of the RR,
and I'm not saying it isn't more correct to use that,
but at this stage of things it is more than adequate protection
one notch above the "As per our chat yesterday my understanding is..." email.

Larger point here being that if you have real concern that your dealings
with your LL (or a tenant) warrant those deeper levels of self protection...
then you really should be focused on vacating and not the repairs.