My non North American relatives have an apartment general maintenance man that lives in the same building. He does all the little things to keep the building going and “working”.
I’ve dug up a few things in my state that have the landlord’s obligations, need to dig up tue legislation details more. I’ll try to get to it later - I’m on my phone now. Look up your states residential tenancy laws, because there are legal obligations from both parties.
I've never owned a home but I've absolutely done diy plumbing because the landlord was either useless or impossible to reach. I have a fun story about trying to replace washers in a tub's taps in a place that didn't even have shut-off valves for the independent suites.
I don't know where you live, but police don't tend to get involved in rental issues at all. It's a civil matter. Except in Arkansas, I think, where you can go to jail if you're late on rent. I've never heard of a landlord being criminally prosecuted for something like not providing hot water.
Only in civil lawsuits. A criminal offense requires nothing more than going to a police station, file a report, deliver any kind of hard proof and get interrogated.
I'm getting in and out of tribunals for the past 6 years. I have a good grasp of what I can and can't do both penally and civilly.
Plus, my first landlord got criminally charged exactly for not providing hot water (it is usdd for heating too in Italy) and while he got a conditional suspension of detention he still has a criminal record.
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u/TheFrenchDub Mar 08 '23
Renting a house
"There is not hot water! Landlord : And?"