HEAT IN APARTMENTS

[LANDE]

Do I have to pay rent in my apartment when there was no heat. I have only lived here for 1 month. Heat was just fixed yesterday 11-29. Or could I ask to have this months rate be prorated?

 

[HomeGuru]

Negotiate something. Was the heat not on for one month If so, tell them that you were freezing your butt and want some money off of the rent.

 

[donnab]

HEAT IN APTS.

I have the same situation, my family has
been without heat for 6 weeks. I think that I should be able to withhold some of my rent to cover additional heating expences, or even a reduction in rent based on the fact that I can only use half my house, so I should pay half the rent.Heating is an essential service, do I have to follow the same procedures for getting a leaky sink repaired, of can I just deduct it from my payment with a letter explaining my situation?

 

[HomeGuru]

You must follow the same procedures as required by respective State Statutes.
So do your research and put the heat on these cold-hearted landlords.
Then after you get your landlord Chess, you can sing "Chessnuts roasting on an open fire"...

I'm dreaming of a blight Christmas,
just like the one I used to know.....

[Edited by HomeGuru on 12-01-2000 at 03:15 PM]