Mother Nature’s Eviction Notice

A windstorm ripped off part of the roof of our apartment building yesterday. The ceiling in the living room and in our daughter’s bedroom is caving in and the fire department has declared the building uninhabitable.
So, it looks like we’re out of a home and looking for a new apartment.
We’re about to spend the rest of the day packing our belongings into a U-Haul and moving them to a storage unit. We’ll (hopefully) be staying with friends for the next week or two while we hunt for a new place to live.
Everyone is safe and we have not suffered any serious property damage. One of the ceiling cave-ins happened right over my desktop, but we moved it before any water came through.
Don’t know how much you’ll see me online for the next few weeks. My cell phone still works just fine if you need to contact us, and I’ll have at least occasional access to e-mail depending on host home.

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  2. That was a nasty, nasty storm that came through here. My niece and her husband were flying home to Utah from Italy and their connecting flight at O’Hare was cancelled until today, so I went and brought them to stay at my place last night. And our power was out for hours. It was as powerful a thunderstorm as I think I’ve ever seen.
    I hope things work out well for you, Jack.
  4. I’ve updated this post with some photographs of the damage.
    We’re all moved out and our stuff is in a storage locker about a mile from our apartment. The guys from Paul’s church really turned out to help us pack up our stuff and move it out, and the first counselor in the bishopric is being super-nice and letting us stay with him for a few nights.
    I’m slightly worried about our landlords. Paul talked to them today and it sounds like they aren’t going to let us out of our lease easily. The repairs will take 30-60 days though, and our lease is up in just over 60 days. It’s not like we can find another landlord who will rent to us for 30-60 days and then move back in.
    I don’t see any other solution but to let us out of our lease and give us back our security deposit as well as the remainder of this month’s rent. I’m really sorry this has happened to them, but we can’t stay with friends for 30-60 days.
    Anyways, if you pray for us, please pray that our landlords will give us back our rent and security deposit and let us out of our lease without a fight, and that we’ll be able to find a new apartment soon. I’m hoping on-campus housing hasn’t completely filled up yet.
  5. Read the contract fine print.
    Find out if there’s a Renter’s Arbitrator or Advocacy group in your area. There also might be an Ombudsman at your University. The Ombudsman at BYU helped one woman there with a failure to deliver mail bought goods.
    30-60 days to repair? Are they working on it 5 minutes a day?
    Prayers being sent.
  6. Holy Moly Jack,
    I’m so sorry to hear this.
    Let the lawyers give their say, but shouldn’t the apartment place provide either another rental unit or rent at a hotel until the unit is fixed?
    I’ll pray too.
  7. I’m glad nobody got hurt and that your belongings are fine. And I hope your lease ends up not being a hassle. I don’t know anything about Illinois landlord-tenant law, but you should have some rights in a situation like this.
  8. The storm was absolutely insane: I have an unobstructed north-facing view from my office on the 58th floor in downtown Chicago, and I watched the whole thing blow through. I’ve never seen anything like it: it moved so fast and the clouds swirled around like you wouldn;t believer. When it hit us, my windows kept popping–I was a little afraid they were going to blow out–and I would feel the building swaying.
    I’m not surprised it did that kind of damage, Jack, but I’m sure sorry that it happened to you guys. Let us know if you need anything, okay?
  9. Jack,
    We had a some major bathroom repairs that had to be done. Our home owners insurance paid for a hotel for 6 weeks while the work was going on.
    Do you have renters insurance? If not, it could be that the landlords insurance will put you up in a hotel.
  10. So, on-campus housing called me today. They might be able to offer us a 2 bedroom apartment in mid-July. There are 4 apartments becoming available and we’re fifth on the waiting list, so we need at least one person to say “no” to living on campus in order to get in. Two of them have till tomorrow to accept the offer or they’ll be returned to the bottom of the waiting list, so we may know by tomorrow.
    Please keep us in prayer. Also keep my landlords and the other tenants in prayer as well.
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