Q: Hello I have been living in a rental house for 9 months paying $895. I ran into a situation to where our basement
Our basement has been backing up for 6 months as of November. Leasing company has sent the county to dig they did that left a mound of dirt in the front of the house then the plumbers came and tore up the basement floor to fix the inside issue but they left knee side of our basement floor open for the county to come out again since they didnt fix the problem the first time. So now here it is January 2 2019 the problem takes place again but the first issue was never completed so we still have a hole in our floor exposing the pipe and dirt and water, the debris from the last project is still in our basement along with the dirt and tarp no one has came out to clean or complete the project so here it is again our floor has water on the other side of our basement cause our basement has backed up AGAIN. WHAT can we do to break our lease pr what is the law for this type of situation. They still expect us to pay rent and be on time. We have 2 small children age of 3 years old. Please help.
A: The first thing to do is contact the landlord IN WRITING. Describe the situation and give them a deadline to fix it. No rent after that date until it is fixed. Hopefully that will get them moving faster to get the situation fixed.
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