Eviction 日記(2)

十月初，發現房客存了一半的房租到我的帳戶裏。問她怎麽回事，理由也沒有講，就說還有一半要14號付。我跟她說，這次late fee 不能waive 了。是多少多少。她馬上發過來一個很長的list 說要修的東西，比如說，地板太髒，要professionally deep clean.  事實上她搬進去之前，房子是prefessionally cleaned 過的。還有toilet 太舊要換之類。我告訴她，需要修的，我絕對回去修，但是upgrade ，我要考慮決定。但這些不是不付租金的借口。如果14號不付另外一半租金的話，就要啟動eviction 程序了。 她馬上回複說她不需要修了，但是lease 到期不會再續租。我告訴她不管租不租，該修的我會去修。然後跟她約的時間她都不行。

10月14號，房租沒有收到。打電話到手機和家裏電話都沒人接。結果她不小心pocket dial 到我的手機留了voice message, 在跟別人講她不會回我的電話。15 號早上郵件說14號沒辦法付，要到11 月1號付，然後付清。不想再跟她玩遊戲了，當天就去貼3 day notice.  然後第二天certified mail 寄去notice.  寄完之後，其實應該再自己填張表作為proof.  

在等三天的時候，找了一個attorney 和一個process server 公司。自己了解了一下eviction 程序之後就決定用process server 公司。收費比attorney 便宜一半左右。process server 公司動作很快，10 月20號business hour 一過沒收到錢，我告訴那個公司之後，當晚就準備好材料發過來。21號一早我把簽字的pages 發過去，當天就到court filed case, served, notice, and filed proof.  接著是又要等5天。process 公司把接下來如果她不file reponse 和file reponse 兩種材料都準備好了我也簽了字。

23號房客又發來repair request, 說bathroom stops up.  不知道什麽意思，也不解釋。 約好星期六25號10點。因為plubmer 臨時改時間，我想改到11點或之後，就再也打不通電話。

27號process 公司去一查，發現她filed response.   我當天就讓他們幫我又送了一張repair notice.  repari notice 必須in writing.  delivered as other notice.  這就是為什麽25號我沒有自己去修的原因。 

Nov 1, 今天去修發現她的問題極其荒謬。 下麵是我今天修完後的總結。給她發了一個copy.  

You and your son told me 4 issues:

 

1) Kitchen sink leakage and drainage

I checked and drainage worked perfectly.  I video taped it and I also don't see any leakage.  As you also agreed, I am not able to repair something that is not broken.

 

2) Bath tub keeps draining when taking bath while keeping the stop on

I filled in 1 inch of water and after 10 minutes, the water still there.  If I turn off the stop, it drains perfectly.  You reported that when water over the sensor, water starts to drain.  I explained to you that is for safely that water does not overflow.  I think you understand now and there is no issue with the bath tub.  

 

3) Soap holder fell off

We sticked it back on and it is now fixed.  Please not use shower for 24 hours from 3:00 pm today for it to dries up.  You can still use tub to take bath.  Please do not use soap holder to support your body weight when standing up as that cannot hold body's weight

 

4) screw on toilet is loose

we changed to a new screw and also put caulking and adhesive in there.  Please do not touch the screw for 24 hours for the adhesive to dry up.  it does not affect any toilet function.  

 

As a summary, all reported repair needs have been addressed today.  I asked you and your son, and both of you told me these are all the issues.