'Guess whose sink was fixed within 48 hours?': Tenant stops doing favors for his landlord after his maintenance requests get ignored for months, ends up getting his apartment fixed lickety-split

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  • Landlord ignored my maintenance requests, so I stopped his packages babysitting
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  • I rent in a small building where my landlord also lives upstairs. For months I'd been asking him to fix a leaking sink in my kitchen.
  • It wasn't just a drip it was bad enough that I had to keep a bucket underneath and empty it every day.
  • I texted, emailed, and even reminded him in person. Every time, he brushed me off with, *"*I'll get to it soon, it's not urgent*."*
  • Meanwhile, the leak kept getting worse. Here's the kicker: delivery drivers constantly rang my bell because he was never home to sign for his packages.
  • Out of kindness, I always accepted them and left them safely in the hallway for him. Sometimes it was small stuff, but other times it was expensive equipment and big boxes.
  • One day, after yet another ignored message about my sink, I decided: **not my problem anymore.** The next week, I stopped answering the door.
  • Delivery drivers left "missed delivery" slips, and a couple of his packages got sent back to the depot.
  • He was *furious* and asked why I didn't take them in. I just smiled and said, *"*Oh, I figured since my sink leak wasn't urgent, your deliveries weren't either*."*
  • Guess whose sink was fixed within 48 hours?
  • Independent-Song2963 Brilliantly petty and honestly, fair. Sometimes the only way to get action is to treat their priorities like they treat yours. Well played.
  • _Taft_ . If you have a landlord or property management who is not responding to needed maintenance issues, contact your city inspector and file a complaint. Your city inspectors office is there to help you.

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