RENTERS: Do you shovel snow or does your landlord do it?

Answer 1

Single family building your job - multi-family landlords job . From a practical sense I do it for myself and elderly neighbors. Mind you all this is probably not covered in your lease or rental contract.

Answer 2

If you rent a house it is your responsibility not the landlord's. If it is an apartment building or multiple housing place, then the landlord is responsible unless there is something in the lease that designates the responsibility. If you don't want the responsibility of a house then you should live in an apartment. A house that you rent is about like one you own, you have same lawncutting and roof sweeping responsibilities. Might need to check with landlord before cutting trees and that is something landlord may be responsible for. Can plant flowers but not take out bushes or shrubs unless you discuss it with landlord first. Big different between renting a house or an apartment.

Answer 3

If you really want to know who should remove the snow, the best place to look up is Tenants rights in your state or contact the Attorney General's Office. They can provide you with the correct information as well as what to do as in reporting. Since snow removal can depend on the type of housing, your lease, the specific rules and regulations provided by the state, which says who has to remove snow.

http://www.hud.gov/renting/tenantrights.cfm

I think Massachusetts requires landlords to shovel the walkway into the apartment building, other than that you are on your own for driveways and sidewalks.

Good Luck.

Answer 4

It depends on two things: the lease agreement and the type of property rented.
In apartment buildings, it is the landlord's responsibility. In single family homes, the tenant is responsible. In retail stores on public streets, the tenant has to shovel. In shopping malls where there are multiple tenants, the landlord shovels.

Unfortunately, in too many cases, no one does the shoveling.

Answer 5

Landlord

Answer 6

Heh, we have no snow here. However, with my property in the midwest, I've always managed to make an agreement with one of the tenants for them to mow the lawn and scoop the sidewalks, and I'd pay to have the driveway done, and then they got a break on their rent if they'd mow/scoop. People always jumped at the chance for lower rent. And since I had that cost already built in to the higher rent, if they didn't want to or couldn't do it, I'd still have money to pay a neighborhood kid to do it.

So it's always worked out well that way.

Answer 7

You are responsible for it just like keeping the yard mowed. Unless you live in an apartment complex. Check your lease.