When we first moved into this house, our shower wouldn't drain. It would overflow before we even got out of the shower so we figured it was clogged. Well, we told the landlord and she bought some draino. About 3 weeks later our bathroom started smelling of really bad sewage and this grayish dirt looking stuff would back up into our shower. We told the landlord because we thought maybe the septic tank needed emptied and she said it had been emptied 7 yrs prior to us moving in so she ignored the problem. Well, it began to get worse. Anything we poured into our sink would end up in the shower. Before we could even take a shower we had to clean it out because it had all that gray dirt/rock in the floor of it. We had to use buckets to get the water out or it would sit there for about an hour before draining. Anyhow we didn't pay rent for 2 months and now she is taking us to court. She gave us 2 weeks to get out! There was also mold growing in the bathroom. Will we end up losing at court?
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I couldnt fit this in the 1st half.. but we also had our baby living there (she was 6 months old at the time).. and I was pregnant. We couldnt move because we had no money. My husband was out of work due to medical reason and we were waiting on Housing to offer us a voucher to move. Also, when it would rain really hard, our bathroom would flood due to water coming back up through the shower. The landlord didnt want to fix it because our town was getting sewage put in next year!! (its all septic right now)....But she is taking us to court to try to get back rent which was 2 months.. We took a lot of pictures of the bathroom and Im wandering if we could win this case and not have to pay?? I mean, she is a slumlord and that proves it. We also called the health dept. after we moved out and Im not sure if they ever looked into the house but it's been 4 months and it still isnt rented out.