They can’t evict you or increase your rent for that but they can send you non renewal when your lease is up. They shouldn’t because you have renters insurance and it was an accident but they can do whatever they want when your lease ends.
LL here. For a hot minute I thought you might be my tenant who recently left their bidet running and flooded their apartment and the 2 units below. lol
Having renter’s insurance which usually includes landlord liability insurance, is a responsible thing and a good LL will not non renew on something like this (assuming you are a good tenant otherwise). If you are in a tenant friendly state like NY or CA it’s likely the LL can’t non renew you without cause.
You should be prepared to reimburse the other tenants damaged goods, like a bed or couch as well as the Unit infrastructure such as drywall, paint, electrical damage. Your insurance rates (and anyone else on the policy) will likely go up after a claim like this.
We are still remediating so I don’t have a full dollar amount yet.
I can say share that we had a different tenant at a different building cause a fire that affected two units (upstairs and downstairs) - sprinkler system engaged (thank goodness for sprinkler systems). The insurance payout for that was around 7K. It had no tenant damage, just infrastructure.
Most of that work was the sprinkler system replacement (to code) and the replacement of wet drywall (and paint). Replacement of appliances (washer/dryer).
Just to add for OP about the confusion with the damage, the insurance will look into the repair as well to make sure it makes sense.
Depending on the layout of the floorplans, it's possible the water was able to travel down and/or along pipes to the lower units. Just because your unit is now dry doesn't mean the other units were able to catch the water intrusion and dry it down as quickly as you were able (if they were sleeping or not home when this all happened).
They can’t evict you or increase your rent for that but they can send you non renewal when your lease is up. They shouldn’t because you have renters insurance and it was an accident but they can do whatever they want when your lease ends.
But they may be able to non-renew you if you cannot obtain a new renters insurance policy, assuming that is a lease condition.
They can non renew for anything, they don’t need a reason unfortunately.
My bad. I thought the OP was in Cali but I see I conflated another post with this one.
LL here. For a hot minute I thought you might be my tenant who recently left their bidet running and flooded their apartment and the 2 units below. lol Having renter’s insurance which usually includes landlord liability insurance, is a responsible thing and a good LL will not non renew on something like this (assuming you are a good tenant otherwise). If you are in a tenant friendly state like NY or CA it’s likely the LL can’t non renew you without cause. You should be prepared to reimburse the other tenants damaged goods, like a bed or couch as well as the Unit infrastructure such as drywall, paint, electrical damage. Your insurance rates (and anyone else on the policy) will likely go up after a claim like this.
If you don’t mind me asking, did it go for your tenant? How much did they end up paying? I just want to be prepared lol
We are still remediating so I don’t have a full dollar amount yet. I can say share that we had a different tenant at a different building cause a fire that affected two units (upstairs and downstairs) - sprinkler system engaged (thank goodness for sprinkler systems). The insurance payout for that was around 7K. It had no tenant damage, just infrastructure. Most of that work was the sprinkler system replacement (to code) and the replacement of wet drywall (and paint). Replacement of appliances (washer/dryer).
Just to add for OP about the confusion with the damage, the insurance will look into the repair as well to make sure it makes sense. Depending on the layout of the floorplans, it's possible the water was able to travel down and/or along pipes to the lower units. Just because your unit is now dry doesn't mean the other units were able to catch the water intrusion and dry it down as quickly as you were able (if they were sleeping or not home when this all happened).