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  2 0 If you live in Seattle, you can call the Department of Planning and Development (206-684-8600) and request a non-emergency code inspection. However, if the DPD finds a code violation, they will contact the property owner and request that the owner fix the problem. Sooner or later, your landlord will become involved. Is there any reason you don't want to get them involved now? Or have you reported the electrical issues to them already? rickibot answered in House & Home about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I think your first step should be to contact your landlord - write a letter detailing the issues you have with the electricity in your apartment and keep a copy (just in case). Generally in situations like this you, as the tenant, will be much better off if you can prove that you contacted the landlord first about issues with the property before calling the city. Landlords are responsible for maintaining electrical systems in their property, but if they aren't told there is a problem it's easy for them to claim they didn't know. I had friends who went to mediation with their landlord over a lack of heat in winter - they didn't want to have to pay rent for the time the heat wasn't working, but because they didn't follow the proper procedure by sending written notice to the landlord the mediator basically sided with the landlord. The loose socket is an easy fix (just needs to be replaced) but old buildings don't have the capacity to handle a lot of electrical appliances at one time - even though they are small, the grill and coffee pot can draw a lot of electricity and overload the system. This might be more of an inconvenience than a code violation, but I'm not an electrician. Of course if you smell burning or see smoke by the outlets that is a problem. If your landlord doesn't respond within a reasonable amount of time, like a couple of weeks, follow up with a phone call to them and then contact the Dept of Planning. Also just FYI here is the Seattle Information for Tenants flyer . asteria answered in House & Home about 1 year ago | Report 2 comments by PowerfulDot and legomyland… 0 0 Our manager has been completely ineffective, and even in denial, about a couple of important issues, and is starting to accuse us (without saying it) of being oversensitive or just bitchy. If there is an actual problem with the electricity, THEN I will bring it to their attention, of course, but I don't want to have any more "issues" than have already been brought up. We had similar issues in another apartment in the same building, so don't know if it's the whole building that screwed up or what. PowerfulDot commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 You have to write the letter and send it certified mail (say it nicely, you have rights!) The landlord then has 10 days exactly to have begun repairs. legomyland commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 call your local fire marshall and health department its free to you Jamar Russell answered in House & Home 6 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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