I just moved into this apartment in California and the air conditioner doesn't work.?

Question

I didnt think to check to see if the air conditioner worked, everything else in the apartment was fine. Can I ask the landlord to fix it or replace it?

Answer 1

It is the landlord's responsibility to keep their equipment in good working order. Do not replace it or it will become a permanent fixture and a part of the apt.

Answer 2

of course you should ask your landlord to fix or replace it. he was with you when you first saw the apartment, yes?

there is nothing much that you as a tenant could have done to make the air conditioner not work, right? what would you do to break it?

if you live in the hotter part of CA, all the more reason for you to have the comfort of air conditioning. you are responsible to pay the electricity, correct?

your landlord can tell you no, but then you should try to talk him into providing you with comfort in your place, which is owned by him.

i see this as a very reasonable request. go for it.

Answer 3

seems such as you have an UNINSULATED domicile!!. you will choose a $one million,000-3,000 of insulation & $4 hundred of caulk, to get the gas bill right down to the place must be. Is the air conditioner in a window OR for the duration of the wall? If in a window, get a screwdriver & eliminate it. do no longer ask, do exactly it! If it relatively is a for the duration of the wall, removing that's going to easily provide you a huge sq. hollow. Is the air conditioner set for interior or outdoors air? this does not count number, no count number if that's working or no longer.Set for outdoors air, it relatively is a hollow interior the wall!!!! One layer of stable plastic ought to kill the draft (air leakage). further layers won't do something for insulation (warmth loss) purposes. deploy the warmth shrink plastic over the domicile windows! (non everlasting, kill the air leakage!!!!) If it takes to the air the paint, they did a nasty activity of portray the domicile windows. They painted over undesirable / greasy / excessively grimy paint. it relatively is all the warmth shrink would do to the domicile windows. If it reasons a nasty moisture / water subject concerns, they have some relatively crappy domicile windows (The domicile windows must be upgraded!!!!). Weatherstripping, in case you install & then bypass away it, is an improve, they are in a position to no longer say something approximately this!. You made the domicile / place of living greater powerful, at your person rate!! in case you have been to place in weatherstripping,(many times everlasting, no longer non everlasting) then eliminate it, they might say some thing approximately this! Sorry on the subject of the warmers, The national electric Code demands one 15 amp circuit consistent with six hundred sq. ft (20 ft via 30 ft), minimum. . a transportable heater, irregardless of actual length is approximately 1500 watts or 12.5 amps. 2 WILL holiday a 15 or 20 amp circuit.

Answer 4

Unless your lease specifically says that the air conditioner doesn't have to work, he must fix or replace it in a timely manner.

Answer 5

The landlord is responsible for making sure all the systems in the property are in working order unless you have agreed in your lease that you will handle repairs.

Answer 6

It's an apartment, not a condo or a house. There probably is something in your contract that says whether or not it's your responsibility or his/her's. Read it and then see if you'll have to pay for it. It still should be his/her's responsibility to fix it, but it may still cost you and may be more expensive going through him/her.

Answer 7

Yes, ask nicely, and see what his response is. Then you can take it from there, as to your next move.

Answer 8

I sure would, I know rent in Ca is high so tell him you want it fixed

Answer 9

are you leasing?
are you renting?

what is your term and conditon of the rent/lease?

Answer 10

Dont ask DEMAND