Walk It Through: The Ceiling Leak
A leak over the bathtub, written notice, twenty days, a plumber the tenant hires, and a lease that can end.
Water drips through the bathroom ceiling of a second floor apartment whenever the upstairs tenant showers.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A leak the tenant did not cause. Heat and hot water, code enforcement complaints and damage the tenant caused are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.