My apartment is $2800 a month. Our washer broke down about 5 months ago. The maintenance guys said we would need a new one and informed the landlord. We have also included a note with every month's rent reminding him to buy us a new washer. In the meantime, we're forced to do go to the laundromat, which is not only tiresome, but also expensive (at $2 a load and 6 loads a week we pay about $50 a month for laundry.) This is unfair since our rent should have covered our laundry expenses. And now he says WE need to find a washer ourselves -- he'll pay $200 and we'll pay the difference. The problem is, the cheapest washer out there is $300, not including the shipping and installation. I think it's unfair that we should have to pay $100+ for a washer that's not even ours. Isn't he obligated to pay the full price for a new washer? How can we get him to buy us a new washer? I don't know anything about tenants rights. Can we sue him for the extra $250 we spent so far on laundry?
2007-05-23
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