What can I do to get rembursed from property damage caused by landlord neglegance?

Hi, I have been in the same house for alomst 8 yrs and never late on rent and no compliants are made from me.I have a two car garage and the back was a sloped down wall with dropped ceiling and so if you park a car in there the hood goes under that portion inorder to fit inside.It was leaking real bad and had ruined all my priceless baby books and my gifts from my kids through the school years were ruined beyond repair. I told him and he had a guy come repair the roof, but didnt fix the leak. I had cleaned and organized the garage after the first leak and had it nice and neat and room to go in a work out on a bag. I put a 60 gallon fish tank in the gargae, it rained and the tank filled to the top. I called the landlord and he said he’d fix it but didnt for three months. He then called me on a wednesday and left a message for me to call so i did,he told me thursday that he needed me to move my things 3 feet away from the wall so he could put a new one up and a new roof. So I told him ok that night i had school so Id do it on friday after a Dr. apt. So I was ready to go in and move my things, cover them, and take in what I didn’t want broken. I went out to the garage and the workers moved all the stuff and just threw it in a huge pile. Tons of tree cuttings, roofing crap, and nails are now EVERYWHERE inside boxes and covered all over and he wont make his workers clean it. I found out my fake x-mas tree was broken by them piling shit on top, my baby crib I was going to hand to my grandkids is now ruined from water too. the garage also does’nt look stable, the foundtion is cracking and the whole garage is leaning forward. I am really upset about this. I know i probably should have renters insurance but who can afford it. I am a good tenant and been here alomst 8 yrs and due to my current situation I don’t want to move because of my kids in school, and needed places in walking distance are here for us. I also got 3 feet in length taken away from my property size and im not sure a car will fit in there anymore. well it is such a mess i cant even see if a car will fit. What can I do ? I asked him when they would have it cleaned he said, "oh you’ll have to do it just little by littel I guess," and I dont think thats is fair or right. What can I do??? I also have some repairs around the hosue that need to be taken care of he said he’d do it in a week and it’s over a month. I had repaired a few things by myself and before I did I called and called and he never returned my calls, so we deducted from rent the cost of the new garbage disposal and then he called right away! I am thinking small claims court? I don’t have lawyer $$. I was thinking deduct from rent what I think is fair but don’t think that will fly.I usasally get screwed. And just today i tried to clean out a space to walk and got cut on a rusty nail. please help, Thank you! here is a before and some after pictures:
http://s873.photobucket.com/albums/ab300/sk8in69/Decorated%20images/

The landlord is not liable for damage to your personal property. That is why there is renter’s insurance. It insures your property against damage. Sorry.

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  1. horsinround2do Says:

    The landlord is not liable for damage to your personal property. That is why there is renter’s insurance. It insures your property against damage. Sorry.
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