My landlord's fix for a leaky faucet cost me $200 in water bills

I live in a old building in Brooklyn and my bathroom faucet had this slow drip. My landlord came by and just tightened the handle, said it was fine. Well three months later my water bill jumped from $50 to $250. Turns out the washer inside was completely worn out and the drip was actually worse than I thought. I watched a 10 minute YouTube video, bought a $3 washer kit at Ace Hardware, and fixed it myself in 20 minutes. Has anyone else had a landlord do a half fix that ended up costing you more?

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the_margaret19d ago

I mean, $3 and 20 minutes of your time sounds pretty cheap for a lesson.

park.abby19d ago

Cheap lessons like that are everywhere if you pay attention, but most people just scroll past them thinking they already know everything. It's wild how the smallest bit of someone else's experience can save you hours of trial and error.