Our rental agreement has a section about drains, cleaning and maintenance, which includes this line: "Tenant agrees to pay for clearing the drains of any and all stoppages except those, which a plumber who is called to clear the stoppage will attest to in writing, were caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, or a result of weather."

Owner shall not pay to repair conditions caused by the Tenant, his guests or invitees or damage due to windows or doors left open, sewer/septic stoppages caused by foreign or improper objects in lines, or cosmetic items that do not impact the functionality or use of the item.

@Brock Bonnicksen It isn’t uncommon to put in a lease a clause that covers sewer drains that requires tenants to pay the cost for stoppages except for those that are caused by defective plumbing, tree roots, or acts of nature

Tenant will use appliances and fixtures in accordance with manufacturer instructions.DRAIN STOPPAGES/PLUMBING.As of the date of this Agreement, Landlord warrants that the dwelling’s sewage drains are in good working order and that they will accept the normal household waste for which they were designed.

I would GLADLY welcome the stoppage of all Section 8!!!

Up till two months ago both parties made their portion of the mortgage payment in a timely fashion for twenty years.The other owner to be spiteful has not made several consecutive mortgage payments from June 2020.The stoppage of payments is intentional.

Tenant agrees to pay for cleaning the drains, including toilet drains and pipes, of any and all stoppages, except incidents created by roots or structural defects.

Our house rules are referred to in the lease, which she signed, and they say expenses from drain stoppage are the tenants expense and also no flushing tampons.I am leaning towards paying the plumbing bill because of the roots but not paying for her hotel or compensating her.

The only non-MLS leads that I have come across were from conversations with neighbors while doing some rehabs and spotting postings on doors (tax notifications, work stoppage etc.).  

Being naturally curious.One of the other motorists was checking why there was a stoppage on the highway from the news.