Noodler
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I have a weird situation that suddenly escalated when I tried to resolve it.
I live in a house that has some shoddy rental apartments behind it, that were probably built around 20 years ago. I've been having issues with variable water pressure and it turns out that although I am properly connected to the mains, these apartments have water pipes that are connected to my house and are tapping into the water supply. They do not have their own mains connection.
There have been water issues in the past and the landlord has sent his tenants to complain to me, making me answerable to tenants who are not mine. The tenants themselves are very nice, but I have repeatedly given them my number to pass on to the landlord. He has never called.
Today, I paid a visit to his office in person. I explained the issue I was having and asked if he could call Irish Water to see about resolving matters. I explained that IW had told me that if I have a shared supply, then the logical way to resolve the pressure issues is to stop the shared connection. I explained that I did not want to do this without discussing the matter with him, obviously. I did not want to leave his tenants without water.
He basically exploded on me for what he saw as me "threatening" him. He told me he'd be immediately serving eviction notices to his tenants, and that it would be because of me. I quickly got out of there, but left my phone number.
He later called me to threaten me with legal action if I did anything to imperil his "revenue stream". It was absolutely bonkers. I hung up on him.
I've talked to Irish Water, but they can only help so much as this is a "private matter". The suggestion was made (and this is likely accurate) that the property itself probably requires costly remediation in order to have a connection from the mains - and that this is likely why the request has provoked such an extreme reaction.
Any suggestions on what my next move could be? I just want normal water pressure in my house, but I can't compel this horrendous landlord to take action...or can I? Is it even legal for rental properties not to have a mains water connection?
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
I live in a house that has some shoddy rental apartments behind it, that were probably built around 20 years ago. I've been having issues with variable water pressure and it turns out that although I am properly connected to the mains, these apartments have water pipes that are connected to my house and are tapping into the water supply. They do not have their own mains connection.
There have been water issues in the past and the landlord has sent his tenants to complain to me, making me answerable to tenants who are not mine. The tenants themselves are very nice, but I have repeatedly given them my number to pass on to the landlord. He has never called.
Today, I paid a visit to his office in person. I explained the issue I was having and asked if he could call Irish Water to see about resolving matters. I explained that IW had told me that if I have a shared supply, then the logical way to resolve the pressure issues is to stop the shared connection. I explained that I did not want to do this without discussing the matter with him, obviously. I did not want to leave his tenants without water.
He basically exploded on me for what he saw as me "threatening" him. He told me he'd be immediately serving eviction notices to his tenants, and that it would be because of me. I quickly got out of there, but left my phone number.
He later called me to threaten me with legal action if I did anything to imperil his "revenue stream". It was absolutely bonkers. I hung up on him.
I've talked to Irish Water, but they can only help so much as this is a "private matter". The suggestion was made (and this is likely accurate) that the property itself probably requires costly remediation in order to have a connection from the mains - and that this is likely why the request has provoked such an extreme reaction.
Any suggestions on what my next move could be? I just want normal water pressure in my house, but I can't compel this horrendous landlord to take action...or can I? Is it even legal for rental properties not to have a mains water connection?
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
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