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[quote=Anonymous]We are renting a SFH from a total A-HOLE who has apparently not done any maintenance on his house, maybe ever. The house looks great on the surface- however we have had multiple, multiple problems- carpenter ants, mice, black mold in basement (hidden behind the owner's boxes in the basement when we moved in), leaky ceilings, and numerous plumbing issues. The sink in the guest bedroom has never worked, the toilets clog on a dime, and we've had to have the sump pump replaced for multiple episodes of flooding in the basement. (also the hot water heater stopped working and flooded the basement. Oh and the heating system totally crashed last winter during the massive blizzard).

At any rate, our landlord has dragged his feet on every issue (the carpenter ants must be the fault of our housekeeping, for eg) and sends the same inept handyman over to fix every problem. This guy has tried to fix the plumbing 3 different times with no success. The other week the basement drain backed up and out when I started the washing machine, so I haven't used the washer in 2 weeks, thinking this would solve the problem. However, water continues to back out and now there is actual SEWAGE (feces, urine, toilet paper) coming out of the basement floor drain and covering the basement floor. I am beyond grossed out. There are like 2 inches of befouled water down there. How do we clean it? The inept handyman told me to sprinkle some chlorine down there and that would get rid of the germs. HA! He is insane.

We are in this lease until the end of June. What to do? About the sewage? Or the landlord? My husband just got some devastating news over the weekend and he is ready to have a nervous breakdown dealing with all of this. Sorry for the novel, thanks for any and all advice.[/quote]

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