Repairs

Laurie,

This thing’s been there I think going on two years now. Yes, there certainly have been other serious mishaps to the building along the way. And yes I am behind in the rent. The law as I understand it does not the intend that the tenant should keep paying rent while awaiting repairs. However, I have in the past. We all appreciate that you are trying to capitalize the building on very limited resources. However, the law as I understand it, attempts to set a limit to the extent to which tenants of limited means can be required to do that. The repairs are made before payment is made. On the other hand, the law as I understand it, prescribes a definite protocol

Dave’s response to this condition threefold:

1) To express moral superiority in the form, “Doesn’t she know that if she let’s it go, the water pouring through the floor will weaken the structure of the building?” I should point out that most of the bailing that was done to prevent that was done by me. However, it the purpose of this moral superiority is anything but clear to me, since:

2) He insists that aside from informing you, I should take no further action. i.e. live with it. This is convenient for Dave because:

a) He’s rarely here.

b) He doesn’t cook. At best, he reheats.

Basically, once he’s gotten his moral superiority cookies, it’ no skin off his nose.

We each have our own idea about where the preponderance of nuttiness lies. I have invited a number of people into the discussion to get our widely differing views to converge.
You thought the tub needed caulking. I thought that the leak in the roof still wasn’t fixed. We were both

wrong.

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