I am living in this house that is a rent-to-own home. I am paying $600 a month, $100 of it goes to Renter's Insurance. It is pretty much a junky house, but I thought it had potential to be a really nice home. Since I moved in back in June, we have had to call the owner and have them send Epperson out to fix our furnace. The owner said he was going to replace the entire unit several months ago. Now he says he doesn't have the money. Just a few weeks ago, my heat went out, and if I turned on the air, the unit completely froze up with ice. As Epperson was fixing this, my furnace caught on fire. He was able to put it out quickly, but said it was dangerous, and needed to be replace, but it was fixed up for the time being. We have tried calling the owner, but we are unable to get ahold of him.
My two questions are: "Is the owner still responsible for things like this?"
And "If we have heat that works part time, are we still required to pay rent, and is he obligated to fix it?"
2006-11-02
12:07:11
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