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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 399791" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I hope you have figured it out as it would save you a lot of hassle. I can see why you would not accept a verbal answer from the woman. Often people who don't own a lot of rental properties do not understand their liabilities and the renter's, hence they act the way this person has, in a way that seems almost threatening. In a lot of things, if they do not have it spelled out in the rental agreement/lease then they cannot come at you. deliberate damage is of course different, but if they provide a faulty appliance "as is" then they cannot come at you if it causes damage unless you are able to reasonable expect the damage to happen and to reasonable prevent it. If the place falls into disrepair on things landlords are expected to take care of (like the furnace goes out, etc...) if it is not fixed in a reasonable amt of time you can withhold your rent and put that money into escrow (have it set aside in a separate account or set the cash aside) and send them notice that until the repair is made they will not be getting rent. In many areas they CANNOT evict you or impose penalites if this is done. You may need to check with an atty or legal aid to do this right. A friend of mine ended up doing this for the eight months it took to get her landlord to agree that fixing the plumbing and furnace were HIS job and not hers. He even tried to dispute his own lease to make her pay. He didn't know her Gpa is a judge and her dad is a lawyer, lol. She wound up with a good size settlement because she did have the rent $$ in an account and could prove tot he court that it was there to be paid as soon as the repairs were paid for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 399791, member: 1233"] I hope you have figured it out as it would save you a lot of hassle. I can see why you would not accept a verbal answer from the woman. Often people who don't own a lot of rental properties do not understand their liabilities and the renter's, hence they act the way this person has, in a way that seems almost threatening. In a lot of things, if they do not have it spelled out in the rental agreement/lease then they cannot come at you. deliberate damage is of course different, but if they provide a faulty appliance "as is" then they cannot come at you if it causes damage unless you are able to reasonable expect the damage to happen and to reasonable prevent it. If the place falls into disrepair on things landlords are expected to take care of (like the furnace goes out, etc...) if it is not fixed in a reasonable amt of time you can withhold your rent and put that money into escrow (have it set aside in a separate account or set the cash aside) and send them notice that until the repair is made they will not be getting rent. In many areas they CANNOT evict you or impose penalites if this is done. You may need to check with an atty or legal aid to do this right. A friend of mine ended up doing this for the eight months it took to get her landlord to agree that fixing the plumbing and furnace were HIS job and not hers. He even tried to dispute his own lease to make her pay. He didn't know her Gpa is a judge and her dad is a lawyer, lol. She wound up with a good size settlement because she did have the rent $$ in an account and could prove tot he court that it was there to be paid as soon as the repairs were paid for. [/QUOTE]
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