r/ApartmentMaintenance

hello, I’ve been living in the same apartment for two years now and we’ve had so many issues with our plumbing because they claim our plumbing pipes below are made out of porcelain and apparently they are prone to getting clogged so anyways I’ve had to call maintenance to get my toilet clogged at least four times already this year and every single time it takes them about a week to come and fix it. Are they purposefully ignoring me or do they just feel like this isn’t an emergency because I do personally feel like it’s an emergency. I can’t even use my own bathroom and my rent is $1600 a month. And the last time they had to come and unclog my toilet, they left my bathroom a complete fucking mess. There was literally handprints of poop on my walls, and they just didn’t bother to clean it up and then whatever they pulled out of my toilet they just left on the floor literally a giant pile of shitty toilet paper. It was so fucking disgusting.

If so how did the company treat you after? Is this my best time to ask for that raise I was speaking of last week? HOLY GUACAMOLE

Editing to add: I am currently living in Michigan, if that affects my options moving forward.

Hi there, title explains most of the question I have. Recently moved into a new townhome with my boyfriend. The Dryer we have is an old GE gas dryer that is at least a decade old, possibly more. This is the third time now I’ve had to report this dryer for a gas leak in the month I’ve lived at this complex. All three times have gone though the gas company first (which I’ve been told to do by my complex, and all three representatives have told me to tell them they need to just get me a new dryer from the amount of gas leaking out of this machine. Obviously the complex has not listened.) and I am at my metaphorical end of my rope. How do I drive home to my complex the severity of the situation to make them do something about the dryer? I’m tired of having to line dry literally every single thing I own, when I’m paying nearly $2500 a month for a townhome. Thank you in advance for any advice or condolences you can provide towards the situation. Bright side, I no longer have the family I complained about a couple years ago taking up parking spaces with their kids bikes. Now it’s just with additional cars lol.