Our Rental Seems to Be Sinking?

I'm confused, why are you asking a group of strangers instead of contacting your land lord or even the zoning coordinator in your county? Maybe your land isn't zoned properly? Maybe you're on a sink hole? I don't know. You REALLY need to contact the fire department and ask them for help. if you have gas? They will want to know so they can avoid a fire.

I know that moving from an unsatisfactory (or dangerous, or hazardous) rental can be difficult. It can be hard to break a lease if the landlord is stubborn or clueless or worse.

Many cities, towns, or counties have some kind of tenants' rights association. If you can't find one by looking online, then call a realtor and ask if such a thing exists in your town or county. Or call the police non-emergency number and ask for their resources for tenants in unsafe situations with non-responsive landlords.

Then, start documenting. Keep track of how many times you've called the owner. When you say he's not interested, what do you mean? That's too vague. What were his exact words? Do you have a lease or anything in writing? Keep track of rent payments you have made. If you make them in cash, get a written receipt. Take photos of your car (when you park it, and then in the morning after it has sunk). Try to record the noises on your phone. Take photos of the sides of the home. Do this as business-like as possible. Keep any communication with the owner polite.

I hope you can stay safe and find a safe place to live.

I would contact the landlord demanding an inspection. If he/she declines get one yourself. If it shows the trailer is in fact sinking, send the invoice to the landlord and also let him/her know that due to safety, you will be moving out and want your deposit back. The landlord might threaten you but safety is priority.

I would also contact the county and have them come out an inspect as well. That will also help.

During the meantime, start looking for another place to live. Good luck!

If you are alarmed then leave (or better yet move asap) - the sooner the better.
Otherwise you'll be asking us what damage your insurance covers from the bottom of a sinkhole or after a mudslide assuming you survive.
Perhaps you could call the non emergency fire department number and see if you can get them to check it out.
They'd much rather warn you to leave ahead of time than have to rescue you.
I'm not sure who you could call in your town/county to check it out - perhaps ask the county clerk for advice on who to call.
If the property is unsafe and gets condemned (you have to leave) then it might be easier to break your lease.

I am not sure what you are asking here, but the key word I am seeing that is very important and perhaps a wonderful stroke of luck for you is that it is a RENTAL. You are probably on top of a previously dried out pond, perhaps on fill, near a well, stream, etc. and/or just a bad spot where the snow has done it's wintery deed -and that is not going to dry out. You are definitely being warned by mother nature that perhaps it is time to rent elsewhere. I am sorry. It's just that you need to be safe and you want the car to be useful. You can report this and get property inspection but do you have a lot of time to wait for this? If you do, wait it out and see what they say-otherwise as they used to say 'Get out of Dodge' now.

R.

Welcome to mamapedia. Now call your land lord and your county safety commission.

http://www.seattle.gov/public-safety-civil-service-commis...
https://www.auburnwa.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=11470638&a...

Your place needs to be inspected. Do I think you're safe? No. But I haven't seen your place, know nothing about your place and your weather - but what I read - and this year Seattle has experienced the most snowfall in over 50 years.

Get it checked out. HAVE YOU SPOKE TO YOUR LANDLORD?? if not - WHY???

Well doesn't sound good if your car is sinking and there's already damage to the home. If you are renting, then there should be an association you can call (tenancy or rental housing association of Washington State) to get advice.

Are you asking if you should leave? Obviously yes. As for how to proceed with regards to landlord .. call and ask the tenancy board.

i don't think you're safe at all.

there's got to be someone from your county you can call to come inspect this. the landlord can be as disinterested as she likes, but there are laws. if this home is situated on unsafe ground, the owner can't rent it out and yes, you should move.

khairete
S.

I have no idea what this means, but if it were me, I'd have the housing inspector for your town out there immediately. In my town, we can't even put up a garden shed to store the rakes and mower without the inspector checking it's location. I'd also have the town engineer and surveyors and anyone else who deals with geology and land management out there, with land records, to find out what else was done on that land in prior decades - what's underneath it, whether it's an old landfill or a place where fracking occurred or if it's on top of a fault line. Take photos and record, is possible, these odd sounds so someone else can hear them.

You do not mention the "history" here - how long you've lived there and how long this has been an issue.

I think the best thing to do is to get an official inspection done. Either from your town or from a private inspector like you would use if you were buying the land. That inspection will answer your questions and will create an official document that you can use if you need it for litigation against the owner.

Sounds like your mobile home might be on top of a sink hole. I lived on a property with sink hole and it could swallow cars whole. This could be an emergency situation. Get out while you can.