If your renting a property is it the owners resposibility to take care of all maintnance issues?

Question

or does the renter have to call all repair crew set up times and do all the work?

There is nothing in the lease about repairs done on the property

Answer 1

I agree with the above person. It will be detailed in your lease. Don't call a repair person to do anything until you know how it must be dealt with.
The owner may not reimburse you, the lease may say it is their responsibility, but they need to be called and will take care of the repair themselves or hire their own repair person to do it. So you can't always hire someone on your own.
Again, check your lease.

Answer 2

What state do you live in? Each state has its own laws when dealing with renters rights.

Try a google search for "Your State" "renters rights" and see what comes up.

I can only tell you what the deal is in CA:

Yes, the lease should mention the proper channels for any repairs that need doing.

If it is specified that the landlord should be notified of any repairs or work then that means the landlord is responsible for getting the work done.

Notify the landlord in writing of all repairs that need attention. CA law generally gives a landlord 30 days to attend to the needed repairs. Of course, some repairs may take longer, so the 30 days is not set in stone -- BUT work on the repairs should have at least been started. Repairs that affect the safety of the renters don't fall under the 30 day rule for obvious reasons. The landlord is responsible for initiating work on those types of repairs within a reasonable amount of time (depending on day of week they receive notice of repair/workman's schedule/etc.).

The CA rules concerning this go on, however, I don't want to put in information that doesn't affect you.

I've included the link for the CA renters rights guide -- just in case -- but you should really look up the rules and laws for your state if you don't live in CA.

Answer 3

If it is routine maintenance it is usually the owners responsibility. If it is something that the renter caused then it would be the renters responsibility. Check your lease. Usually the landlord is responsible and should give you notice that they will be entering the property for work to be done. If it is in the lease that the work is the responsibilty of the landlord and (s)he refuses to do the work, get the work done yourself and make sure to get reciepts for the amount and when you pay your rent next month, subtract from your rent the money that you paid for the work and submit a COPY (keep the originals) of the reciepts. That way if the landlord comes after you for not paying the full months rent you have justification for why you paid the amount that you did.

Answer 4

You need to look into what is states in your lease agreement. If it says nothing about maintenance work then you might be on your own. If I were you I would check with the land lord first.

Answer 5

laws vary by state but if it effects habitability or reduces the quality of life of what you have rented (ie: view ) then yes they are required to fix problems in a timely manner. if it's a broken blind then probably not their thing.

Answer 6

Check your lease. It should be detailed in it.