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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:The question still remains: how do I determine if the house is safe or not? I just wanna go home. HelloIAmYourHeart posted:E/N Smashed House Update: I think that your reaction is natural. You've lived here for 8 years, even if you are renting this disaster is robbing you of your home and that is painful and difficult to accept, especially if other parties aren't helping you to this realization. What are your parents saying about this? Have you talked to them? What about your friends?
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As for how you know when the house is safe to move into, this is what house inspectors are for. The repairs for the house will probably require a permit from the city, and that means that the city will send out inspectors to review the work. You should not move in until they say it's safe. In fact you should consider hiring your own inspector, just in case your city uses inspectors that phone it in or favor your landlord (who is indirectly paying their paychecks). Inspectors typically cost a few hundred dollars.
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GreenNight posted:Home grown bidet A little late to the party, but I've actually seen this in multiple places: it's for cleaning cloth diapers.
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pokchu posted:A little late to the party, but I've actually seen this in multiple places: it's for cleaning cloth diapers. Every bathroom I saw in Abu Dhabi had a spray hose like that. I don't think they were catering for the diaper crowd. 
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Jan 17, 2019 16:38
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I want to get a diaper sprayer just because it would be handy for washing litterboxes in the tub since I don't have a shower wand. Hose outside doesn't work too well in the winter when its 15f.
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Boogalo posted:I want to get a diaper sprayer just because it would be handy for washing litterboxes in the tub since I don't have a shower wand. Hose outside doesn't work too well in the winter when its 15f. I use this to wash my dog. It's very easy to remove the sprayer hose when you don't need it. https://www.amazon.com/Rinse-Ace-Sprayer-Showerhead-Attachment/dp/B000633XBE
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extravadanza posted:I use this to wash my dog. It's very easy to remove the sprayer hose when you don't need it. I just got one of those detachable shower heads with the hose. Does the same thing, has better control over water temperature, and improves my showers too.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I guess I will ask the landlord if the house is safe. If your ceiling caves in, you can be buried. If a tree falls on a power-line, it could result in a fire/electrocution. If a tree falls on the house, you are buried by the ceiling AND a tree. Don't end your life being smothered by burning rubble, please.
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Remember when a bunch of us said to ask your insurance about alternative living expenses? What did they say? They can get you into a "long stay" hotel tonight, probably help you pack up your stuff to prevent damage, then work out something of "like kind and quality" for longer term housing. Tell them your house is uninhabitable because water is literally melting the walls. See what they say.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I'm not moving into god drat hotel when I can stay with my parents! Jesus how many times do I have to say that. I'm pretty sick of staying here though, it's weird staying in my childhood bedroom with my husband. They will murder you if it makes them more money than not murdering you. Please don't try and play around with this, you can not trust landlords. You are going to die, buried under your poorly placed trust, Ice, and your now squished home.
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:never trust a landlord Even if your landlord is trustworthy, personally, never loving trust them. The insurance corporations wont and will gently caress you over if they get half a chance.
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Jan 17, 2019 23:30
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It doesn't sound immediately dangerous but it does seem very silly to spend winter in a house with a crushed roof.
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Speaking as a landlord, you don't have to be actively malicious and greedy to still make a bad call about the best way to care for you tenants and property. Temporarily moving out is a hardship, but living in a damaged house could be dangerous.
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The winds are gonna be 30-40 MPH this weekend and all that arctic air is gonna shoot right through those tree sized gaps
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there wolf posted:Speaking as a landlord, you don't have to be actively malicious and greedy to still make a bad call about the best way to care for you tenants and property. Temporarily moving out is a hardship, but living in a damaged house could be dangerous.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:The question still remains: how do I determine if the house is safe or not? I just wanna go home. You. You determine whether or not the house is liveable ("safe" is a very, very low bar). If the loss has resulted in the premises no longer being at the-quality-of-life level that you reasonably expected when you rented the place, then you don't live there...this includes the commotion & displacement of repairs, with contractor folks coming & going, etc. Having said that: if you're comfortable enough with the circumstances, and that includes accounting for the joy of living in a hotel, or with your parents, then that is up to the two of you. You do have additional living expense coverage through your renter's insurance. You don't have to have damage to your contents first. You simply tell your adjuster that the house is not in an acceptable condition for living, and that you'll be out until it's repaired, and that you'd appreciate it if they would find you, and your pets (yes, they will pay to put them up as well) reasonable temporary accomodations, then follow their instructions on how to proceed. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Jan 18, 2019 |
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I guess I’m not clear about this yet, has wrecked house dude called his agent at all to make a claim? Sorry if I missed it. it’s been days.
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Burt Sexual posted:I guess I’m not clear about this yet, has wrecked house dude called his agent at all to make a claim? Who knows. I gave up. I’ll throw a rope down, but they have to climb out themself.
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Burt Sexual posted:I guess I’m not clear about this yet, has wrecked house dude called his agent at all to make a claim? The OP said they closed the claim for some odd reason  at this point I am not even sure they really have an agent...
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schmug posted:The OP said they closed the claim for some odd reason We are going to find out that the insurance OP has is provided through a company their landlord owns and offers a discount on any house that is rented from said landlord!
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Tunicate posted:Stay Can I piss in it? 
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if you try it's not like the roof will stop you
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 Please stop being mean to me, I've never been in a situation like this before. All the holes in the house have been patched and it is in livable condition except the internet hasn't been hooked back up yet. I'm still at my parents' house because it's going to storm tonight and I'm a little apprehensive about that. All downed tree limbs have been hauled away. The roof will be fixed once all the snow clears up. I don't know what I'm doing about insurance right now. I'm a little distracted because I have a medical treatment every day for the next five weeks (transcranial magnetic stimulation for chronic depression) which is my main focus right now. I'm just kind of overwhelmed and doing the best I can, ok?
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:
We didn’t know dude, and folks were just joking or trying to give advice. Perhaps have your parents contact the agent? Good luck.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:
You're going to be okay, friend. People in this thread may be more familiar with insurance and bureaucracy, etc, than you are... And you're in a really stressful situation with a lot going on. I think staying at your folks place probably makes sense since things are so much temporarily, and people can help you figure out the next steps of what you need to do. I'm not an insurance expert or a landlord lawyer or whatever, but from reading the thread, it sounds like before you move back in, you get your insurance company to inspect the place and say it's safe. Is that right, experts? I really hope your treatment works. My best friend just did the same thing with great success, and I'm hoping for the same results for you.
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Chiming in to say the tough love comes from a place of concern, since the folks here legitimately don't want to see you get taken advantage of by a landlord & want you to have a home to go. Now, if you were to cut into your roof joists, then....
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To be fair people were really understanding until floor joice guy doubled downa bout how his sunken bathtub would make FEMALES demand his home adding 100s of thousands of dollars to his resale value(????)
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I'm just kind of overwhelmed and doing the best I can, ok? You’ve handled it better than most people would. This thread just got overzealous in advice and tone.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:
No one was trying to be mean. You told a story was looking for advise and we gave it. You decided to not listen because that's apparently what goons do. Hope it woks out, but you are still being incredibly naive.
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just make sure to take care of yourself and your family roofgoon. please dont blindly trust the landlord to look out for your interests.
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Turtlicious posted:To be fair people were really understanding until floor joice guy doubled downa bout how his sunken bathtub would make FEMALES demand his home adding 100s of thousands of dollars to his resale value(????) Goons are abrasive because we think that insults are humor, but we aren't usually being malicious unless you're being willfully stupid.
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what kind of brain comes up with this poo poo and says, yeah that should work?
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AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! NO
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This is the content I subscribed for.
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The fence gets the award for "least likely to kill multiple people"
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Motronic posted:Can I piss in it? Someone might need to post that again for the young'ins. Wasn't it "analogous thread summary theater"? Also, SE Asia: 
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kid sinister posted:Someone might need to post that again for the young'ins. Wasn't it "analogous thread summary theater"? It's always a good time to repost goon in a well. quote:OP: "Help! HELP! I'm stuck in a well!!!"
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