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Rental Nightmare
We were contacted by the neighbor of a 78-year-old Vietnam Army Veteran in Littleton, Colorado, regarding a severe plumbing problem in the Veteran's home. It was caused by a malicious tenant living in the Veteran's basement. The tenant was several months behind in rent payments. After being confronted by the Veteran, the tenant left in the middle of the night, taking with him several household items, food from the basement freezer, and other personal belongings of the Veteran and his wife. His final act of spite was pouring a bag of quick-set concrete down the bathroom shower drain, which also affected the bathroom toilet and sink drain.
The Veteran is blind due to a failed eye surgery. Rarely did he or his physically disabled wife go downstairs. They were not immediately aware of the basement flooding caused by the clogged drains. We contacted the Littleton Home Depot with the issue and scheduled a time to assess the situation. When the investigation revealed the concrete in the bathroom drains, we applied for a grant from the Home Depot Foundation.
We did get the funds; this project took several months because the concrete had to be thoroughly drilled out and replaced with new pipes and drains, a new shower assembly area, a new shower door, a new sink and toilet, and new flooring and walls in the bathroom. In addition, the basement area damaged by the flooding had to be cleaned up and renovated. This project is one of many home modifications we've completed by partnering with Home Depot.
“Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.”
- Helen Keller
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