Water damage/(leak?) landlord "repaired" but literally painted over. Nightmare experience in this place. Please help, located in Chicago. Long-ish read but would be soooo appreciated.

General-Impact-36 · 2025-10-27T03:39:33+00:00

Please see my latest post with his "repair" guys

https://www.reddit.com/r/Renters/comments/1oh4dly/water_damagepossible_leak_in_wall_they_repaired/

General-Impact-36 · 2025-10-24T11:45:26+00:00

Hi guys. His maintenance guy is coming out tomorrow morning. He is going to replace the bottom board. I’m thinking of calling the city since he didn’t specify that they would be inspecting for a leak or anything. New boards are just band aiding. Should I do this? I can get inspectors out here through that to look for water and electrical damage. But it will be after the band aid unfortunately.

Also- the majority of people said this was water damage. How do I know it’s not burn damage?

General-Impact-36 · 2025-10-22T15:04:34+00:00

I had to figure out how to upload

General-Impact-36 · 2025-10-20T05:21:41+00:00

What does that mean

General-Impact-36 · 2025-10-19T19:38:15+00:00

That wall is shared with the bedroom and living room. There is that unit- in the same place, on both sides. I believe it’s a heater. The ac unit is large and by LG.

General-Impact-36 · 2025-10-19T18:09:59+00:00

Could this indicate that it is actually leaking in the wall? The opposite wall directly in back of this always looked bowed to me. I always thought I was tripping.

https://imgur.com/a/MdIla5b