<prompt> Human: I hope this is the right sub! I moved into a new rental house on February 7th. The landlord said that he keeps the water bill in his name and provides up bills to pay him, he then pays the water company. We gave him a 300 water deposit ahead of moving in in addition to our security deposit. Yesterday, February 26, we come home from work to find a note from the utility and our water shut off. We call the landlord immediately and he is super apologetic and gets us buckets of tap water to use to flush the toilet. My husband, myself, and my infant daughter got ready and off to workdaycare with no running water. Landlord called the utility and they said it will be back on within 24 hours meaning I dont know if there will be running water when I get home or not. My landlord has not offered or brought up a discount AT ALL! Only apologizing over and over again. Is it fair for me to push for a months free water? I know it was only one day but I had dirty dished, I couldnt cook dinner, couldnt shower or bathe my child for work. Even washing my hands was a pain in the ass. TL;DR: Water got shut off for a day maybe 2 days because landlord didnt pay bill. What kind of discountreimbursement should I request?EDITUPDATE: Thank you everyone for the feedback! My take away is that, yes, a months free water is way too much to ask darn!. My intention is to ask for the days without water removed from the rent bill. I pay 2300 in rent so accounting for 28 days in the month, that would 82 for each day or I could calculate 30 days. I want to add- I am on great terms with my landlord and will always strive to be a good tenant. Even though I am upset because I had a sink full of dishes and a washer full of baby clothes, and I can now smell myself at my desk due to no shower, Im a pumping mom so my pump stuff smelled like sour milk this morning and I had to wash it in the office sink, I wouldnt express this to him that way - always professional kind. We plan to live in this home for 3-5 years so I dont want to negatively impact that in any way.2ND EDIT: I should add that 82 or 164 will find out when I get home tonight will be at least equal to or greater than one month water bill, ha!Assistant: Water doesnt get shut off from a one month overdue water bill. He hasnt been paying for a long time, probably 60 or 90 days, so Id be concerned less about refunds and more about whether the mortgage and taxes are being paid.Look up your addresslandlords name in your county public records system and see if the house is in foreclosure, if taxes have been paid, if hes getting sued etc. If you find anything troubling this is when you start talking about getting out of the lease.Edit:OK, OK, all of your personal stories telling about how your water got shut off 2 minutes after the due date are great and all...and I believe you... but youre missing the point. Firstly, this is obviously not the case everywhere. Its not my experience nor is it that of many other people posting. More importantly, this persons landlord of less than a month IS NOT PAYING THEIR BILLS ON TIME. We dont know how much not on time is, but its still a RED FLAG that warrants further investigation to make sure they arent in for a bad time here.Human: I looked on redfin and found the price, when he bought it, etc but didnt see anything about a foreclosure. Ill look for more public record documents online but if you have any tips, let me know. Assistant: Ill look for more public record documents online but if you have any tips, let me know.Its usually as simple as searching for my county public records and youll find their system.You want to look for things in civil court as well as recorder of deeds and the tax assessors office. If theres anything property related it should be in one of those areas. Some counties have nicer systems than others and you wont have to go to three different parts of the site to do this search.But basically search on property address as well as the landlords name.Human: perfect, thank you!  <response>: Your countys property appraiser website will also be informative. Same idea: county property appraiseron google should do it. 