I live at an apartment town with wife and two little daughters, which the landlord (apartment company) calls "garden style apartment".
For last 3-4 months, our family lost more than 40 pairs of socks, which were placed in a laundry plastic bag. We used to put the bag in the closet in the kitchen. As the laundry room for joint use with other tenants is located in the basement, I used to take the laundry bag to the laundry room when it is filled with laundry. Some of socks began to disappear after being washed in the machine. I had suspicion that somebody might have picked them.
One day, about three weeks ago, at midnight I saw two mice in the kitchen. When I walked to the kitchen at some rustling noise, two mice came out of the closet where the laundry bag is placed, disappearing behind the oven.
Six days later an apartment employee came to our house and when he pulled out the oven, dish washer, and refrigerator, we saw terrible messes. Mouse holes, large or little, were seen on the wall, and astonishingly our lost socks and even underwear were placed in mess with mouse droppings. I cleaned out all the messes and the apartment employee blocked the mouse holes.
Every month I pay $1403 to the landlord as rent. It was $1,348 until March 2011. I wouldn't have agreed to the 5% increase if I had known this mouse problem. Rather, I'd have moved out. Our family had emotional distress for six days and even now we bother with the possibility of reappearance of mice, so we keep the kitchen light on all the day.
Here I have a question. I wonder what I claim to the landlord. In fact, I sent a letter with some photos of the messes to the apartment manager, claiming the similar statement above, but there was no response.
For last 3-4 months, our family lost more than 40 pairs of socks, which were placed in a laundry plastic bag. We used to put the bag in the closet in the kitchen. As the laundry room for joint use with other tenants is located in the basement, I used to take the laundry bag to the laundry room when it is filled with laundry. Some of socks began to disappear after being washed in the machine. I had suspicion that somebody might have picked them.
One day, about three weeks ago, at midnight I saw two mice in the kitchen. When I walked to the kitchen at some rustling noise, two mice came out of the closet where the laundry bag is placed, disappearing behind the oven.
Six days later an apartment employee came to our house and when he pulled out the oven, dish washer, and refrigerator, we saw terrible messes. Mouse holes, large or little, were seen on the wall, and astonishingly our lost socks and even underwear were placed in mess with mouse droppings. I cleaned out all the messes and the apartment employee blocked the mouse holes.
Every month I pay $1403 to the landlord as rent. It was $1,348 until March 2011. I wouldn't have agreed to the 5% increase if I had known this mouse problem. Rather, I'd have moved out. Our family had emotional distress for six days and even now we bother with the possibility of reappearance of mice, so we keep the kitchen light on all the day.
Here I have a question. I wonder what I claim to the landlord. In fact, I sent a letter with some photos of the messes to the apartment manager, claiming the similar statement above, but there was no response.
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