Landlord runs public washer and dryer from my hot water tank!

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dcatherine

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I am a nineteen year old girl who signed a 1 year lease with the devil two months ago.

We have a public washer and dryer that my neighbors take advantage of. One of the renters in my building even lets his ex wife come over and do laundry. I take my laundry to my mom's house out of convenience, so I rarely go to the basement. One day while checking out the basement, I noticed that there are only enough water heaters for each tenant, so out of curiosity, I traced the pipe from the washer... right back to my water tank!
I talked to my landlord about it and he told me I was being petty, and he said he didn't know what I expected him to do.

Recently, people have been doing at least one load of laundry a day and do laundry continuously on the weekends. Someone even left the laundry room sink on for several days [I wondered why I couldn't take a hot shower!!!] Between my first month's gas bill and my second month's, my bill has gone up FIFTY dollars! This injustice is cutting deeply into my funds. Can I prove that I deserve restitution? Ad how can I get him to stop bullying me?
 
You tell your landlord that what you expect from him is that you no longer pay for the others using the washing machine with your hot water.

He can either install another hot water heater, personally reimburse you for the gas used to heat the water or remove the washer.

Seems like it would be fairly easy to show in court (should you consider a lawsuit) that you've been paying for the water being used. Take pictures of what you've found.

Gail
 
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