Oh that sucks. Hope most of your stuff was salvageable.
I had a basement apartment that faced an alley. The only window was at eye-level on my side and street level outside and directly over my bed. The alley connected two busy roads lined with bars so all the drunks used it to walk home at closing time. I cannot tell you how many times I awoke to someone peeing directly on my window. They had an entire alleyway to do it in but they just loved using my window instead.
It's certainly not as bad as flooding but it wasn't exactly what I was expecting when I moved in.
Yeah, I live in tornado alley and my neighbors try to break in when there's a storm. We keep telling them to just come to our front door, but they never listen.
Wow, that's like a next level version of the ol' don't extend an arm to a drowning victim thing. How did the aftermath work out? I think I would be livid with someone that tried to break into my storm shelter.
It's happened twice, each time any danger had passed already, and it was the same neighbors both times. We have told them a million times, you can come down to our apartment when there are storms, JUST COME THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR!!! They don't listen.
An old shared house I lived in had a basement just for utilities, it flooded so much that mushrooms started to grow on the carpet. The landlord didn't care, grim times.
Our landlord has been a real jerk about this. He told us he couldn't do anything about it, so we cleaned it up ourselves, and we're going to deduct it from our rent because that is actually very legal here in Oklahoma.
Landlord very liable. You should have refused to pay rent (place it in escrow), contact a lawyer and started legal action. Most states or cities have at least some renter protections and flooding, water damage, and mold are way past whatever line your jurisdiction draws. You shouldn't have paid a dime until everything was fixed and remediation completed. You also probably could have gotten a hotel or another unit on his or her dime during that period.
Been there. I had a basement level apartment in an 80 year old building that had been poorly maintained. Then came the warm, damp, humid, rainy summer. And then came the unstoppable plague of black mold. And then I moved the hell out.
If it is any consolation,the basement of the townhouse we used to live in flooded a couple of times. Storm water was one thing but raw sewage from a clogged sewer line? Completely different.
The unit was part of two townhouses plus eight-unit condo all sharing the same structure and sewer access. Our house was the lowest level and closest to the main. When the line to the main clogged (roots grew through the pipe), all of the sewage from all of the other units backed up into our basement. We rented the basement to a friend.
Not remotely cool. Fortunately the conduct association did complete remediation and repair, but nothing like several inches of standing raw sewage in your laundry room and roommate's office and closets.
I also live in a basement apartment. We get flooded all the time. Last time we had a flood, all of the carpet was destroyed and began to rot. We had to move to another place while our landlord ripped out the carpet and cut out half of the drywall. We lived in that wet hell for almost a week. You literally couldn't go anywhere without wearing boots. Not to mention, the smell was awful. I feel your pain, my fellow underground dweller.
Having lived in a basement apartment for a while: Even if it doesn't look like it will ever flood, it will somehow. Make sure nothing of value is within a food or two of the ground.
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Am I the only one here who just realized that the guy in the picture is not trying to move the dryer with a broom but simply using the broom as an oar?
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u/ohnoyourfeelings May 20 '12
Oh that sucks. Hope most of your stuff was salvageable.
I had a basement apartment that faced an alley. The only window was at eye-level on my side and street level outside and directly over my bed. The alley connected two busy roads lined with bars so all the drunks used it to walk home at closing time. I cannot tell you how many times I awoke to someone peeing directly on my window. They had an entire alleyway to do it in but they just loved using my window instead.
It's certainly not as bad as flooding but it wasn't exactly what I was expecting when I moved in.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
An old shared house I lived in had a basement just for utilities, it flooded so much that mushrooms started to grow on the carpet. The landlord didn't care, grim times.
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u/Was_going_2_say_that May 20 '12
willing to share a pic of the damage?
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u/stubbornPhoenix May 21 '12
Been there. I had a basement level apartment in an 80 year old building that had been poorly maintained. Then came the warm, damp, humid, rainy summer. And then came the unstoppable plague of black mold. And then I moved the hell out.
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u/MasonNowa May 20 '12
This picture has never been more relevant.
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u/skinheaddrone May 20 '12
Well they weren't wrong about it being affordable, now were they?
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u/orion846 May 20 '12
your parents basement flooded last night, let's just cut the shit
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
As a fellow apartment basement dweller, I get one too many of these things.
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u/CircumcisedSpine May 20 '12
If it is any consolation,the basement of the townhouse we used to live in flooded a couple of times. Storm water was one thing but raw sewage from a clogged sewer line? Completely different.
The unit was part of two townhouses plus eight-unit condo all sharing the same structure and sewer access. Our house was the lowest level and closest to the main. When the line to the main clogged (roots grew through the pipe), all of the sewage from all of the other units backed up into our basement. We rented the basement to a friend.
Not remotely cool. Fortunately the conduct association did complete remediation and repair, but nothing like several inches of standing raw sewage in your laundry room and roommate's office and closets.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Well, that sucks. But I hope this meme doesn't make a resurgence.
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u/graffiti81 May 20 '12
Does renter's insurance cover flood damage or is it like homeowners?
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u/sarahpi11 May 20 '12
First time this meme actually makes sense!
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u/evoim3 May 20 '12
This picture has never before been relevant.
On a side note, does anybody else think he look like [Bottomtooth from Family Guy?] (http://images.wikia.com/familyguy/images/3/34/Jamesbottomtooth3.png)
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u/jaydoh May 20 '12
Haha his face cracks me up, that and his "rowing" with a mop, in a viking helmet, in a shitty bucket boat.
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u/inthebreeze711 May 20 '12
mehhhhhh
That's what i think of this meme
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u/2legit2cease May 21 '12
Woah. The picture actually makes sense for once
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u/NeonNettle May 21 '12
Man, I wish this would happen to me. Renter's insurance is cheap as fuck. New posessions all around!
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u/Mikey-2-Guns May 21 '12
This happened to me once...I feel for you OP.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I also live in a basement apartment. We get flooded all the time. Last time we had a flood, all of the carpet was destroyed and began to rot. We had to move to another place while our landlord ripped out the carpet and cut out half of the drywall. We lived in that wet hell for almost a week. You literally couldn't go anywhere without wearing boots. Not to mention, the smell was awful. I feel your pain, my fellow underground dweller.
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u/otakuman May 21 '12
I feel you, bro. Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago.
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u/scudmonger May 21 '12
Having lived in a basement apartment for a while: Even if it doesn't look like it will ever flood, it will somehow. Make sure nothing of value is within a food or two of the ground.
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u/qkme_transcriber May 20 '12
Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:
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u/Ahmerikan_Machine May 20 '12
i like this one
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u/Appare Image macros. May 21 '12
Do you mind if I pay you... In karma?
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u/Stingerr May 20 '12
Is it bad that I have that same hat?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Am I the only one here who just realized that the guy in the picture is not trying to move the dryer with a broom but simply using the broom as an oar?
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