On Sunday at 7am we were awoken to the sound of gushing water. The pipe to the hot tap had sprung a leak and was shooting water at the back of the door .. or my eye when I opened the bathroom door. There’s nothing in the apartment itself that will turn the water off .. it eventually turned out that there’s one outside but the tap head was gone and the stem had been wrung, so nothing we could except wait for the plumber. When he turned up there was another argument with the landlord who wouldn’t pay for the preventive repairs (about $200). Just the necessary one. In the end I think he did the work, probably to make life easier for himself in the long run. We got him back in during the week to do some cosmetic stuff so he got back some cash. He’s a nice guy so I think we’ll put some business his way and hopefully he’ll make sure we don’t get any more surprises!
