My damn landlord!

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Spooner

Lifer
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My garbage disposal has been f'ed for like 2 weeks now. This weekend, our refrigerator crapped the bed.

We have called my landlord like 15 times trying to get it fixed. What other action can I take?
 
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Jzero

Lifer
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Usually calling a repairman and deducting the cost from your rent gets their attention.
 
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brtspears2

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My landlord hasn't maintained his place for years. I just do all the repairs and deduct. He has no problems as it saves him the trouble of calling a handyman.
 
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Spooner

Lifer
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Originally posted by: brtspears2
My landlord hasn't maintained his place for years. I just do all the repairs and deduct. He has no problems as it saves him the trouble of calling a handyman.
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Can you legally just go ahead and do that?
 
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Spooner

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Spooner
Originally posted by: brtspears2
My landlord hasn't maintained his place for years. I just do all the repairs and deduct. He has no problems as it saves him the trouble of calling a handyman.
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Can you legally just go ahead and do that?
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Actually, we wouldn't be able to do this anyway...we already paid for this month and we're moving at the end of it :(
 
pyonir

pyonir

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Dec 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: Spooner
Originally posted by: Spooner
Originally posted by: brtspears2
My landlord hasn't maintained his place for years. I just do all the repairs and deduct. He has no problems as it saves him the trouble of calling a handyman.
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Can you legally just go ahead and do that?
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Actually, we wouldn't be able to do this anyway...we already paid for this month and we're moving at the end of it :(
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You got your answer for why he isn't doing anything.
 
pyonir

pyonir

Lifer
Dec 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: Spooner
You got your answer for why he isn't doing anything.
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i'd agree, but people are moving in right after us... this problem won't go away
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<devils advocate>Do you have a vested interest in the problems the people moving in have? Why do you care?</devils advocate>
 
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Spooner

Lifer
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Do you have a vested interest in the problems the people moving in have? Why do you care?
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We can deal with the garbage disposal, but not having a fridge is not cool.

Plus, maybe he's gonna try to fvck us and take the repairs out of our security deposit
 
pyonir

pyonir

Lifer
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Send a certified letter to him so you have proof that you notified him of the problems before you moved out (to protect your security deposit).

I hear ya about not having a fridge. And i guess not having one would be "not cool" :p
 
Iron Woode

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: Spooner
Originally posted by: brtspears2
My landlord hasn't maintained his place for years. I just do all the repairs and deduct. He has no problems as it saves him the trouble of calling a handyman.
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Can you legally just go ahead and do that?
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Yes you can.

At least here we have laws that dictate just how long it must take a Landlord to fix things. If he takes too long after repeated requests, you can get the repairs done by someone else and give the bill to the Landlord.
 
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DurocShark

Lifer
Apr 18, 2001
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For a deduction to be legal, you have to notify the manager in writing and give him a reasonable timeframe FROM THE TIME OF THE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION to perform the repair. 7 days is usually the standard, but depends on your state.

You can try just doing it, but you won't have much defense if the landlord says "Tough chit!"
 
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amnesiac

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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- Check with your local apartment association to see what rights you have and what actions you can take
- typically, it is stipulated that if there is a major problem, the landlord / manager must take action to fix it in a "reasonable amount of time," which in most cases is about 3 days for something critical.
- If after a "Reasonable amount of time" you are still having problems you may go ahead and repair it yourself, give the landlord a copy of the bill, and take it out of your rent yourself. If the landlord has a problem with this, refer them to the apartment association. THey have very good tenant protections in place.
 
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Spooner

Lifer
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Send a certified letter to him so you have proof that you notified him of the problems before you moved out (to protect your security deposit).
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Couldn't he just claim he never received it? Or does a certified letter require a signature?

What is the legality of a landlord providing repairs? Crap, I don't even know if we still have a copy of our lease.

We suck.
 
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Vette73

Lifer
Jul 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Spooner
Originally posted by: brtspears2
My landlord hasn't maintained his place for years. I just do all the repairs and deduct. He has no problems as it saves him the trouble of calling a handyman.
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Can you legally just go ahead and do that?
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Yes you can.

At least here we have laws that dictate just how long it must take a Landlord to fix things. If he takes too long after repeated requests, you can get the repairs done by someone else and give the bill to the Landlord.
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Not always. Greatly depends on the state. So check YOUR state laws before trying this.

But do as someone else said, send a ceterfied letter stating the problems. And also ask for rent back for the days you were without fridge.

 
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