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From: jlw@lznv.ATT.COM (J.L.WOOD)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Inside Telco wiring
Message-ID: <1511@lznv.ATT.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 88 22:27:50 GMT
References: <1032@naucse.UUCP> <24447@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <8678@mhuxu.UUCP> <3557@mtuxo.att.com>
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In article <3557@mtuxo.att.com>, sama@mtuxo.att.com (XMRH6-S.ANZELOWITZ) writes:
: In article <1509@lznv.ATT.COM>, jlw@lznv.ATT.COM (J.L.WOOD) writes:
: > 
: > I think that there can be no question that in a rental property that the
: > responsibility for inside telephone wiring is with the landlord.
: 
: In response to some of the statements currently on the net involving
: inside wiring and tenants and landlords, I thought I'd share the following.
: 
: We own and manage a rental property which we purchased new, and without
: benefit of telephone wiring. That's what happens nowadays when
: builders decide not to pay the extra money (to the phone company) to
: have phone wires installed while the building is being built. Realizing
: this, and prior to the first tenant taking occupancy, I decided to
: install the wires (and jacks) myself. Trying to make sure that
: sufficient jacks were available to the tenants, I installed them in the
: kitchen, livingroom, bedrooms, and even one in the garage. Since the
: walls were already up, it was tough going. Fortunately, I was able to 
: utilize an otherwise unused 4" pvc conduit for one of the two main
: entrance wire.

: We then found the "problem". Approximately two feet into the conduit from the
: utility room end, and still attached to the telephone wires, was my
: tenant's son's "missing" gerbel.

: By the way, our Lease specified: NO PETS.

You were able to get some recompense from the tenant because the tenant
voilated the covenants of your lease, voluntarily entered in to.  If on
the other hand you'd found a dead mouse or rat in the conduit, you'd
have been stuck.

Joe Wood
jlw@lanv.ATT.COM