2. Tenant acknowledges a running toilet poses a significant flood hazard and further acknowledges he or she assumes all responsibility for damages resulting from an overflowed toilet due to a toilet with running water. Such damages are not limited to tenant's apartment but include any other apartment or building area damaged by overflowed toilet.
3. Landlord acknowledges responsibility for fixtures provided by landlord as specified by main lease.
The building management has told us that the type of parquet flooring originally installed is no longer available and they are going to replace the entire floor with oak plank flooring (> $4200). We checked with our renters insurance and this is not covered. Our questions are:
- -Does the Landlord need to prove that we clogged the toilet?
-Are we liable for replacing the entire floor?
-Shouldn’t they use the same class of flooring (assuming parquet is cheaper than plank)?
-Would it be worthwhile to hire an attorney to help with this or am I at the landlord's mercy because I signed the rider? How should I go about finding an attorney?
Thanks!