Post by ~Bubba.Joe~ on May 17, 2011 10:10:11 GMT -5
I posted on the forum a while back about a small tornado just barely clipping the house. It dropped a tree on my carport and tore about half of it down. It was an aluminum carport with 4x4 pine posts supporting it and was no match for the tree. Well my landlord came out and looked at it and said his insurance deductible was so high they wasn't going to pay anything for it. So he told me he would come out and cut the tree up and cut off the half of the carport that fell so we could at least use our front door. The whole time we waited on him i had to go ahead and buy some blocks to make a quick set of stairs out the back door cause they tore down our porch and never replaced it like they said they would. Then my Grandpa wanted the wood from the tree to burn this winter so i cut up the tree and its stacked to the side pending his pick up. The landlord thanked me for the steps and removing the tree for him and was talking about saving up some cash to rebuild the carport. I was trying to be nice but at the same time tell him our house looks like it belongs in the ghetto side of town. I started listing repairs that need to be done and done in a reasonable amount of time. They have really let this place go. I ask him when he thought he could start on the carport and he proudly says oh as soon as we can get the materials bought they will be up here for YOU to work with ? Wait a minute... It says nothing in my lease about repairing the house or doing the upkeep. If he drags that stuff out here and just drops it off it will most likely just lay there until i find me a new house on a new hill. I don't mind helping him but i just dont feel like this job along with the front porch and trimming trees and all that is up to me. I tried to pressure wash the house but it blasted the paint and everything down to bare aluminum.... oppse. I told him about it and he said yeah one of these days y'all are gonna have to repaint it. This guy is really ticking me off. I think before all this becomes my job im going to move and he will be lucky if i don't sue him for part of my rent back for having to fix what i already have plus live with mold and mildew all over the outside of the house. I have been here now for about 6 years and thats going to be a lot of rent to pay back if he don't watch it !