Woot! Kitchen situation done!
8 years ago
We had 2 handymen/contractors/fixers came in yesterday to take care of the stuff that was mentioned in my previous journal regarding of the kitchen. Behind the wall, there was no wetness or leakage from the pipes. The only place where the leak would have been is from the old dishwasher and it only leak into our kitchen sink cabinet, BUT NOT BELOW THE FLOOR. They examined the pipes and there was no visible signs of cracks or drippings from them. They also checked our bathroom, toilet and bathroom sink that is on the other side; they even made a hole around the pipe that is connecting the toilet into the inside wall, just to double check and there were no leaks. The only culprit of any sort of leak was, again, the old dishwasher, which the leak just moist our kitchen sink cabinet and the small cabinet next to the dishwasher. The workers also confirm that the leak could not make it down to the floor below us.
We asked them to please write down what they did on a paper and dated it. I took 6-7 photos of the area. I printed out the photos and also made copies of the letter. I kept one copy. Mom has a copy. And a 3rd copy along with original are going to be sent to the condo association. Mom will call the representative tomorrow to inform her the situation and also that 2 letters will be sent. We also have copies of the written consent from condo association that permit us to fix and repair our issues.
The neighbor actually bumped into our workers earlier today and dragged them into his unit to show the leaks. Our workers said what they have found in ours and there doesn't seem to be anything from ours that could cause the leaks in his. The neighbor verbally chewed out on them and was very boastful that it was impossible for him to cause leak in his on unit and bragged about how amazing he is and how he maintains his home and such. The two times that there was a bad leakage was when there was heavy rain here (he called me after the rain). The neighbor explained that there are several locations throughout the kitchen that has some leak and kept blaming us, despite what the workers have found in our place. He even claimed that we have wooden floors that he had his inspector view in his camera; but we have concrete.
This isn't the first time this neighbor try to blame us for any sort of leak issue. He tried to blame us of our A/C unit was leaking. We had maintenance guy came over to examine our unit and reported that ours was dry. Now, we had workers opened up our kitchen wall (and remove all the lower cabinets, sink, and stove) to show that our inner walls are dry and no leaks from our pipes. We sadly had to throw away all those cabinets, sink and stove. The workers commented to me that from what they saw in his unit and they know the leaks aren't caused by us at all.
We have a new kitchen sink, but no stove. But we have some small kitchen appliances like a 4-in-1 grill, a versatile slow cooker/stew maker, microwave, and toaster. Our fridge and oven are fine because they are away from the rest of the kitchen; and we still have our kitchen island nook and upper cabinets.
So we got photos and report of proof to show to the condo association and we've kept copies. The workers have tested our new kitchen sink and also triple check the pipes (even checked the toilet and bathroom sink). They suggest we wait on the garbage disposal until tomorrow (but we're not going to use it at all since we're moving in a couple months).
And if the condo association representative wants to come see the place, then they sure can because we've showed and fixed our problem. Now the neighbor can fix his.
Edit: Also, the neighbor lied to my workers. My workers told me that the neighbor complaint about the leak for months when we have official documents saying that the complaint was notified on 4/24/17. So I know the neighbor is a f***ing bastard.
We asked them to please write down what they did on a paper and dated it. I took 6-7 photos of the area. I printed out the photos and also made copies of the letter. I kept one copy. Mom has a copy. And a 3rd copy along with original are going to be sent to the condo association. Mom will call the representative tomorrow to inform her the situation and also that 2 letters will be sent. We also have copies of the written consent from condo association that permit us to fix and repair our issues.
The neighbor actually bumped into our workers earlier today and dragged them into his unit to show the leaks. Our workers said what they have found in ours and there doesn't seem to be anything from ours that could cause the leaks in his. The neighbor verbally chewed out on them and was very boastful that it was impossible for him to cause leak in his on unit and bragged about how amazing he is and how he maintains his home and such. The two times that there was a bad leakage was when there was heavy rain here (he called me after the rain). The neighbor explained that there are several locations throughout the kitchen that has some leak and kept blaming us, despite what the workers have found in our place. He even claimed that we have wooden floors that he had his inspector view in his camera; but we have concrete.
This isn't the first time this neighbor try to blame us for any sort of leak issue. He tried to blame us of our A/C unit was leaking. We had maintenance guy came over to examine our unit and reported that ours was dry. Now, we had workers opened up our kitchen wall (and remove all the lower cabinets, sink, and stove) to show that our inner walls are dry and no leaks from our pipes. We sadly had to throw away all those cabinets, sink and stove. The workers commented to me that from what they saw in his unit and they know the leaks aren't caused by us at all.
We have a new kitchen sink, but no stove. But we have some small kitchen appliances like a 4-in-1 grill, a versatile slow cooker/stew maker, microwave, and toaster. Our fridge and oven are fine because they are away from the rest of the kitchen; and we still have our kitchen island nook and upper cabinets.
So we got photos and report of proof to show to the condo association and we've kept copies. The workers have tested our new kitchen sink and also triple check the pipes (even checked the toilet and bathroom sink). They suggest we wait on the garbage disposal until tomorrow (but we're not going to use it at all since we're moving in a couple months).
And if the condo association representative wants to come see the place, then they sure can because we've showed and fixed our problem. Now the neighbor can fix his.
Edit: Also, the neighbor lied to my workers. My workers told me that the neighbor complaint about the leak for months when we have official documents saying that the complaint was notified on 4/24/17. So I know the neighbor is a f***ing bastard.

PyrotheFolf
~pyrothefolf
I don't know why people are such jerks... Like seriously, how do people take pride in being mean and demeaning to those around them. Glad things are working out more and more, sorry about the neighbor of course.