Anyone I've talked to in the past few days knows the saga, because it's been all I've talked about. What does it take to get a simple faucet drip fixed? We live in a building without a super that is privately owned. We've had a light switch broken since about a month after moving in, but it's in the guest bedroom so we haven't worried much about getting it fixed. More recently, my shower faucet developed a worsening leak. I went to the web site my landlord recommended last Wednesday, booked a plumber, and emailed him the quote, only to find out that he has a contractor working in the empty downstairs apartment he wants us to use.
So I call the contractor, cancel the plumber, and find out that we're unable to be home within the week to let in the contractor to do his thing. So I get a call from my landlord on Saturday, where he tells me that this puts him in an "awkward spot" since we weren't able to run home on short notice to let this guy in.
Yesterday, I get a call from the plumber I originally made an appointment with, saying my landlord called him to call me for an appointment. So I schedule him for next Tuesday, and one of us will need to be home to let him in.
Then another email from my landlord this morning, saying he booked his contractor to fix the light and the faucet, which prompts the question, who should be fixing my shower?
I don't want to let the plumber fix it if my landlord is going to claim he didn't approve it and not reimburse the expense, and I don't want to cancel on the plumber again if this contractor won't return my call (2 voicemails for him since Sunday, and no response from him yet).
$#@! What would you do?
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