I am a tenant and I renting the property through real estate agent. Last week I discovered that carper in a living room is wet. I reported the issue to the real estate agent. But they do not treat this as an emergency case.
There is a suspicion that it is a burst water pipe causing leak. By today over half of a living room has been affected, carpet is wet and extremely smelly. A living room has became absolutely uninhabitable. It has been almost 5 day but the issue has not been resolved.
Maybe tomorrow the leak will be fixed. However, the agent does not want to do anything about wet and smelly carpet which obviously has to be replaced because of potential health risk.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Can I terminate my lease because the property became uninhabitable?
Can I ask for any compensation for inconvenience caused, for example free rent until the issue fully resolved?
There is a suspicion that it is a burst water pipe causing leak. By today over half of a living room has been affected, carpet is wet and extremely smelly. A living room has became absolutely uninhabitable. It has been almost 5 day but the issue has not been resolved.
Maybe tomorrow the leak will be fixed. However, the agent does not want to do anything about wet and smelly carpet which obviously has to be replaced because of potential health risk.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Can I terminate my lease because the property became uninhabitable?
Can I ask for any compensation for inconvenience caused, for example free rent until the issue fully resolved?