I live in NYC. I recently moved to a new apartment and the pilot light in the stove is broken and will not light. Is this a fire hazard? If so I can request that the landlord be responsible for the cost to fix the stove. When I asked him about it –he just said to light the stove with a match.
2006-10-09 04:23:00 · 7 answers · asked by Bridget S 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
ALWAYS! ALWAYS! ALWAYS!
Write letters. Conversations and phone calls can always be denied and it's one word against another.
Always send them registered with a return receipt request. This establishes legal claims and if necessary will support breaking of a lease.
Include any conversations and dates, copies of any correspondence.
Read your lease for fine print. It should state that everything is in proper working order.
If the auto ignition is not functioning, it may also be true that the gas auto cutoff may not function at sometime in the future, even if is functioning now. That can be deadly.
If a gas buildup occured in the oven.!......
don't even think about it.
WRITE LETTERS!
Let him know in your letter, by your letter, that his insurance would have questions if something happened.
The possibility of a Gas explosion places the entire complex in danger. I've witnessed a gas explosion.
2006-10-09 04:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the stove was included in the apartment when you rented it, then the landlord IS responsible for the upkeep & repair of the stove as well. Can it be a fire hazard?? I do believe it can be & it can also be a death hazard if the gas is seeping into the apartment. I would contact whom ever it is that regulates rentals & landlords.....
2006-10-09 11:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just so happens i look after two apartments for my sister, and we fix any damages or thing that break down in the apartment other than what damages is caused by the tennents.So yes your landlord is reguired to fix it you can also find out information about this try looking up the landlord and tennent act for your state it tells you everything the landlord is responsible for.
2006-10-09 04:37:57 · answer #3 · answered by redraven004 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he is responsible!I know here in CA, tenants can fix broken property 2 times a yr. and give the reciept for ther"ye cost to the landlord.The landlord will have to take the cost out of ther"ye rent.I would find out the law in NYC.If it is similiar, I would hire a handy man,and present the bill to my landlord.Goodluck!
2006-10-09 04:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by Gin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is his stove he's responsible to fix it...i take it it's a gas stove?...you better hope there isn't gas coming out of there you will get really sick...that happened to us once.
2006-10-09 04:27:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
FIRE HAZARD!!!! He "MUST" fix it. If not , call the Fire Department and they will make sure he fixes it.
2006-10-09 04:26:08 · answer #6 · answered by bugear001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read your contract!
2006-10-09 04:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by babysis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋