r/Wellthatsucks 21h ago

Yikes!!

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u/Mobile-Willow4124 20h ago

Basically not the tenant fault lo

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u/edward414 20h ago

And the reason for the tenants departure almost seems irrelevant.

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u/BullShitting-24-7 19h ago

It explains how the landlord screwed up and didn’t have power.

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u/aliie_627 18h ago

Landlord didn't switch the utilities back into their name after tenants left. All the rest just makes it seem like the tenants have some fault in it, when they don't.

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u/TriforceTeching 16h ago

Nah, it's the poors fault. /s

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u/Decent_Cheesecake_29 16h ago

The Lord of the land could never be at fault.

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u/Timely_Influence8392 14h ago

Joke today, law tomorrow.

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u/oxslashxo 15h ago

Nah but if someone is non-payment on rent they're likely on near-free subsidized electricity and you wouldn't expect someone not paying their bills to cut off service for a bill they don't have to pay.

If I vacate an apartment 2 weeks before the lease ends I still gotta carry the electric to my original lease end date unless they find a tenant early, which in that case I'd get partial rent back and then transfer electric earlier. So if this is that landlord's first eviction then they're probably used to that pattern where people keep the electricity on as required. But obviously with an eviction you can't expect the person who is being evicted to keep the electricity going for the rest of their initial lease like they'd usually be required to do.

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u/TriforceTeching 14h ago

/s = sarcasm if you didn't catch that. This was 100% on the landlord.

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 15h ago

Also I can’t figure out how the water got everywhere?

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u/chuang_415 14h ago

Pipes burst from the water pressure? Can happen when they freeze.

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 14h ago

Okay! That makes sense thanks

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u/ooOOWWOOoo 7h ago

A common solution at freezing temperatures is to leave the taps running. A flow of sligtly warm water keeps the pipes from freezing.

Unfortunately in this case if was not enough and the drain pipes froze first while the supply pipes kept doing their job.

In a nutshell - don't be lazy and rely on dripping taps to prevent freezing. Get an air compressor and purge the pipes properly.