My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Michigan

Hi - First time poster. I'll try to be as concise as possible.

Good Friday (4/18/14) at 3:00a.m. the water heater broke open for our 3rd floor neighbor. It poured for about 30 minutes and destroyed the 2nd floor apartment and most of our 1st floor unit. We were able to move most of our belongings out of the path of the water, so none of our personal items were hurt by the water. Our living room, hallway, bathroom, and part of the kitchen ceilings and walls were all water-logged. Our belongings went into our bedroom, a corner of the kitchen, and our babies room (my wife is over 8 months pregnant). The landlord was onsite within an hour and had a professional restoration company on site by about 8 a.m. They tore out the walls and ceilings and left a bunch of fan and dehumidifier units. They had also covered our belongings during the tear down.

We called our renters insurance and they arranged a local hotel and asked about damages. We had no damages to report but needed somewhere to go. We were told that the usual maintenance man couldn't do the job - it's too big - so they would be getting estimates for repair from a few companies. The companies they found were all backed up 4-6 weeks, so I provided them a referral through a friend and they got an estimate from that company as well. They decided to use my friends company which offered a great price as a favor to my friend, but only for the upstairs unit that was more heavily damaged. They convinced their local maintenance man to do the repair on our unit. He seemed reluctant and told me "this is a big favor to the owner" when we ran into him on site.

04/27/ my landlord called and said the repair was done. We went in - nearly every wall he touched looks amateur at best. The sanding is not done well, the lines are visible. It looks very poor throughout the repair. I took photos and sent them to the friends contractor and he confirmed - not enough sanding and mudding. The cleanup was quite poor as well - there is dried mud on our appliances and it seems as though he didn't effectively cover anything. White dust clouds appear when sitting on the furniture. We specifically asked the babies room to be sealed including the vents and he said he would do that. We asked the landlord to stress this as well, but there seems to be a lot of dust on all of the babies brand new furniture, crib, rocking chair and such. When we were there, he did not have any plastic over the vent between rooms. Further, the carpet had not been cleaned or tacked back down yet. The closet doors were not back on the tracks, the tracks were not installed. The landlord seemed indifferent to most of the drywall issues but said he would have his guy look at some of them. He said he would have the carpet cleaned after it was tacked back down, but we haven't been given a timeline. My wife wants to get back into the apartment but wants the work to be done and a thorough cleaning throughout before we set foot back in. The renters insurance said that all of the cleanup is the responsibility of the landlord. Is this true? We're talking about just a general mess throughout the apartment. Our cupboards are even full of the dust. Our couches did get a bit wet during the flood, but now with the dust and general dirt they seem unusable. The renters insurance said if it's a result of the repair and not the water, the landlord is responsible. How should I approach this issue?

Stach