Remodeling our apartment but manager wants us to work alongside the movers and help? How logical is this?
March 21st, 2008 | by admin |We live in California (South bay area) and our apartment needs repair so the manager evacuated the entire 1st floor and paid for our stay at a hotel.
Repairs:
Basic remodeling
Overall painting
Carpet removal and replacement
Now she tells us they are one man short on the crew for moving around the furniture in our apartments. Thus, she gave US an option of paying for an extra workman OR we can come in and help ourselves. Well, what if one of us gets injured? How will that play out legally? Everyone has a job to go to, how are we to help? This makes no sense.
Doesn’t this sound ridiculous? How legal and rational is this for them to give us that option?
Also, shouldn’t our rent be discounted since we’ve not been able to use our apartments for a couple weeks now? The electricity is still on and viable but we don’t have access from 8am till 8 pm.
Thanks in advance.
Question posted courtesy of: Arnold
One Response to “Remodeling our apartment but manager wants us to work alongside the movers and help? How logical is this?”
By Remodel GC on Mar 24, 2008 | Reply
I used to work in the apartment business for about 8 years and if we had to do major work we would have offered to relocate the tenant to another unit or possibly lose them to another complex. As to them offering you the option to help move furniture around seems a bit strange but if you have nice furniture you may want to be there to make sure it is being taken care of as well. I would check with the Landlord Tenant Law It may answer any other legal questions you have as well. Also if you accepted there paid stay at a hotel then you might have no recourse on any rent discount since you are being taken care of for your lose of time. That’s a rough road! Good Luck! Let us know what comes of your experience? Take Care.