As a landlord I will say this. He must meet local codes for life safety, Health, and access. The bathrooms being down without a alternate place to go breaks most health codes that I am aware of and the local authorities must close the building to occupancy if the landlord does not provide a alternative or have repaired. This is can be a lease issue but you would be much more rapid if local health officials gave your landlord a call.
Kevork On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > Ugh, that sucks, and I know how doubly stressful it can be to not have a > straight answer to tell your members, either. That's the worst. > > So there's definitely the fallback of knowing what your lease says - > that's where you'd go when nothing else works. > > Have you specifically talked to your landlord about the fact that the > water has been off for 24 hours and *the bathrooms are inoperable, making > it unusable for your members?* > > I add that last bit because I've been amazed how often our landlord just > doesn't think about how a problem with the building actually affects us. > Once I say it out loud, they'll get it fixed. > > Sometimes I've even offered to hire an expert to come out and fix it and > send them the bill. That usually gets them to send their people out pretty > quickly :) > > Obviously every landlord is different. If you get radio silence or > pushback, consult your lease and a lawyer...but if this is an isolated > incident I'd put a bit of effort into trying to open the lines of > communication with the landlord before you slap them with "THIS IS YOUR > RESPONSIBILITY." > > Hope this pans out quickly and easily! > > -Alex > > > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Jensen Yancey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> To fix a leak, our landlord had the water shutoff yesterday at 10AM, the >> work was supposed to be finished by 1PM that day, but it's been 24 hours >> now and the water is still off. The landlord did not bother to get any kind >> of alternatives for bathrooms, and there's nothing nearby that's >> particularly convenient for our members to use. I saw the plumbers when I >> came in at 9, but when I went to go talk to them 30 minutes later they and >> their van was gone, so who knows how much longer this is going to last. We >> have a good relationship with the landlord so I don't want to start >> threatening her over things that aren't really her fault, but this seems >> pretty unacceptable. Is there anything that a landlord is required to do in >> a situation like this? >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
