Um, Phil... No.

Phil is our new landlord.

On the 4th of July (3 days after moving in), we realized there was a major leak caused by our dishwasher/disposal.  Mike called Phil right away to tell him but assumed that given it was a holiday, he would not get back to us until the next day.  But Phil chose not to get back to us at all.

Mike called two days later when he noticed 2 inches of water under the sink.  Mike indicated the obvious to Phil, that a plumber needed to be called.  Phil's response, no joke, was the following: "Well, my plumber has brain cancer and went back to Poland."  Wow.  That's genuinely really bad news to hear.  But the issue we were discussing was that our appliances don't work and there is flooding going on.  Oh, and there are MANY plumbers in the Chicago metropolitan area.  Please call one of them.

Well good Ol' Phil chose not to call one of them but to just look at it himself two days later.  He made a sexist remark about how I must have done something while doing the dishes and said without any confidence that he thought he knew what was wrong.  He found a bolt in the disposal.  I am definitely not an expert, but I think a bolt would cause a noise, not a leak.  Unless it ruptured something while using the disposal, which it hadn't because the disposal had not been run with the bolt inside.  He placed a bucket under the disposal and left. 

Leak not fixed.  Surprised?  Neither were we.  Phil responded to our next phone call by saying he would call a plumber that night.  Mike said fine if a plumber would be by to fix it the next day.  Really?!?!?  Wait until the evening, with the weekend coming? 

Long story longer...

There was no plumber and no responsiveness from Phil. 

The following week, on Wednesday, Mike called Phil and his assistant Rick and asked to call a plumber himself, with the cost being taken out of next month's rent.  Rick agreed to this.  A plumber was called and the completely detached disposal was fixed. 

On Saturday, Mike was called by Rick and told that Phil was not willing to pay more than $50 (the bill was $98) because he had to call an electrician which cost $75 to fix something else in the house.

Um, Phil... No.