Air Conditioning Problems

[tenantmd]

Maryland - I am a tenant in a complex that has all utilities included. This is normally a great feature until it is time to switch on the AC or Heat. Well this past memorial day, the temperatures rose into the 90's and the complex remained without AC. Tuesday was designated as the day of relief and as of Wednesday, May 31st I am still without AC in smothering heat. What form of litigation can I pursue against the landlord? Management is constantly enacting fees for rent, trash, and anything else they see fit but I find it an injustice for a tenant that pays rent timely to have to endure such conditions. Does anyone have any insight into how I can approach this matter immediately besides letter writing, I have done that?What is the name of your state?

 

[JETX]

What form of litigation can I pursue against the landlord?

You can pursue any litigation you want... after all, anyone can sue almost anyone else over almost anything.
However, you have NO case against them.
In fact, your state has NO specific requirement for AC at all... though there is a requirement that they:
"Maintain all electrical and plumbing equipment and furnished appliances (stove, refrigerator, etc.) in good working condition."
and
"Keep all rooms adequately lit and ventilated."

Heck, your state doesn't allow you to 'repair and deduct' as a remedy.

 

[xylene]

You can pursue any litigation you want... after all, anyone can sue almost anyone else over almost anything.
However, you have NO case against them.

Come on Tex, you can do better than that.

Why not also betrate this tenant for not mentioning exactly what is in their lease.

OP- what does your lease say concerning AC/Heat.

And how can the landlords raise fees - what does the lease say about that?

 

[JETX]

Come on Tex, you can do better than that.

Sorry, I don't make the laws... I just know them.

Why not also betrate this tenant for not mentioning exactly what is in their lease.

Don't need to. In attorney or legally educated/qualified person would already know that it would be VERY unlikely that the lease would include anything that would impose an unnecessary obligation on the landlord.

OP- what does your lease say concerning AC/Heat.

Read above... you proved my point.

 

[xylene]

Sorry, I don't make the laws... I just know them.

Mnn Hmmm.

Don't need to. In attorney or legally educated/qualified person would already know that it would be VERY unlikely that the lease would include anything that would impose an unnecessary obligation on the landlord.

So you know what the lease says? I find that VERY unlikely. I also find it VERY unlikely that a lease for a residence that includes heat and air conditioning does not exactly define the terms under which they will be provided.

I highly doubt that the OP's landlord is in violation of them.

Read above... you proved my point.

You complete me too.

 

[JETX]

So you know what the lease says?

You need to go back and finish that high school education. I said "it would be VERY unlikely that the lease would include anything that would impose an unnecessary obligation on the landlord.".

I also find it VERY unlikely that a lease for a residence that includes heat and air conditioning does not exactly define the terms under which they will be provided.

Then you need to read more than one or two leases.

 

[xylene]

You need to go back and finish that high school education. I said "it would be VERY unlikely that the lease would include anything that would impose an unnecessary obligation on the landlord.".

I'll be sure to bone up on my revisionist reading comprehension, because you actually said this:

Don't need to. In attorney or legally educated/qualified person would already know that it would be VERY unlikely that the lease would include anything that would impose an unnecessary obligation on the landlord.

"Don't need to." "would already know"

Is that not a clear claim of knowledge of what is or is not in the lease?

Then you need to read more than one or two leases.

I am grateful for the opportunity to learn. I found reading the MD landlord tenant laws very interesting.

I am unsure of what you are so upset about. Try some camomile tea. Clearly the OP's landlord has done no wrong. If as your expert opinion guides you to believe the lease is silent on the subject of HVAC than clearly the OP has no recourse. If as I surmise the lease spells out a distinct heating and cooling provisions... then why would the landlord willfully violate them. It is even possible that cooling season does not start until 6/21 (the first day of summer...)

I would truly like to understand your viewpoint, because the logical conclusion is that a MDlandlord could provide AC one day a year and claim that AC was included in rent.