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Originally Posted by monster
If it's in his name, it's his problem, presumably you have recept/proof of all monies paid to him so it should be pretty easy to demonstrate his "oversight" in this matter.
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Yup.
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
Why can't you just use a cement colored paint, like gray, or something used on garage floors and repaint the whole thing. Re-cementing is a stupid and costly way to cover up paint on a cement wall. Resist.
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I've asked that question and have not gotten a response yet. My email server is down right now so she may have responded. I don't know. I will send an email from another address tomorrow morning if it does not go back up. But anyways, I talked to someone who works for a company that basically can destroy an entire house and build it back up again and he suggested painting as well. No one seems to know why we HAVE to cement it over. That is why my alarm is going off.
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Originally Posted by classicman
If there is water seeping in or the wall is moist nothing is going to fix that until that issue is dealt with.
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No water seepage.
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Originally Posted by dmg1969
I would recommend having an estimate from at least 2 or 3 PROFESSIONAL painters. Get their opinions and estimates and take them to the landlord. Tell them the plan to get the property back to a satisfactory condition and tell him that YOU and your roommate(s) are the ones paying.
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That's more or less what I'm leaning towards right now. My summer job doesn't start until next Tuesday so I've been keeping the house in very good condition and the maintenance guy said he was VERY impressed by it yesterday so at least I have that going for me. As for the basement, there is no doubt we will pay for a repainting of the basement. It was a very stupid mistake in hindsight, the porous cement makes sense now, and we will have to take responsibility for it. But, since the other half of the basement is falling apart from wear and tear I don't want him to take advantage of us and make us pay for cementing it over if he was going to be forced to do that anyways.
I will pay for painting over what we did. I am not paying (or at least will fight it) for him to remodel the entire basement. It looked like shit to begin with. That is exploitation. I realize we put ourselves in that position but there is a line.
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Originally Posted by classicman
Where is this roommate now? Was he on the lease when this happened?
Seems like he is culpable in this. After all his painting started the problem.
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I don't know where this is going so I am putting off a front like my roommates and I are on the exact same page. In reality we are not and it is getting extremely frustrating. So, currently, I am "protecting" the roommate as of now but in private we are making sure he puts in his fair share. But last thing I want right now is for everyone to start getting mad and blaming each other.