This is our second time asking our landlord to fix the air conditioning in our 4 bedroom house, the first time he refused to cover the air ducts in the recommended way the ac tech advised, he just basically laid a blanket over the air duct. Our electricity bill is sky high and our thermostat is set to 68 degrees, it reads 80 as the room temperature, keep in mind it is 113 degrees outside. Even the tech said that the ducts werent connected to certain rooms, so basically the air is going into the attic or outside...We asked again to have someone come out to look at it, he doesnt want to tell us what is wrong, he says dont worry about it, what rights do we have as far as compensation or breaking our lease due to negligence?
2007-08-15 14:43:14 · 4 answers · asked by ineedtoknow! 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Do you have a written report from the AC company as to what the problem is? If not, call an AC company out and get a written report along with an estimate to fix the problem.
Then send your landlord a certified letter, return receipt, requesting he take care of the AC that you have reported to him twice. Enclose a copy of the AC company report and estimate.
Check this site:
http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/Research/Guides/landlord_tenant.cfm?page=research
Arizona does require the landlord to keep the AC in good working condition.
2007-08-15 15:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by bdancer222 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
AC isn't a renters staggering. In some states you could legally withhold lease until a controversy has been fixed, yet in no way are you able to unilaterally confirm which days of lease you will or won't pay. In different words you have not have been given the main appropriate to not pay for the 7 days of lease. it incredibly is punctiliously criminal to your landlord to evict you for failure to pay lease. That being suggested it incredibly is realistic you have in all probability been compelled to head out of your house to bear the warmth with out AC and assuming your AC replaced right into a factor of your condominium settlement you would be able to desire to sue your landlord for all expenses you incurred as a effect of shifting out of the unliveable situations, yet this could could desire to be a separate action out of your condominium settlement to pay lease in finished each and each month.
2016-12-15 16:29:15 · answer #2 · answered by yasmin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Double check your lease and the laws in AZ. I know in FL the law states that landlords must provide adequate HEAT for a house, but it states NOTHING about AC.
Good luck!
2007-08-15 15:01:32 · answer #3 · answered by jjdriskel 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is a slum lord! Report him to Housing Authorities for the State of AZ. It is a health and safety violation. Good luck!
2007-08-15 14:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by LAgirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋