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Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill
by Polly (Mo)
on July 27, 2010 @18:25
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Whatever it is, your "as is" line is about as dumb as it gets.
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Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill
by Anonymous
on July 27, 2010 @22:38
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PollyMo, doesn't your lease state that tenants rent the place "as is"? I suppose you offer to fix every last thing for every last tenant every last time they ask!
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Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill
by Monipenny
on July 27, 2010 @22:50
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Polly has a point. landlords have to maintain their properties, fix broken pipes, faulty wiring, A/C, furnace, hot water tanks, sewer lines and septics, etc. apart from the lease reading "as is" that does not apply to neccessary repairs. You can't confuse neccessary repairs with unneccessary cosmetic things like different paint colors, new cabinets or added features like a dishwasher, C/A or new carpet if theses things did not exist before renting the place, "as is" applies to these.
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Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill
by Regena (Arkansas)
on July 28, 2010 @10:44
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Under Arkansas Landlord/Tenant Laws, Office of Attorney General, Landlords are NOT required to maintain or repair property unless it is specifically stated in a written lease agreement. Even with a lease, tenants have very few rights in Arkansas. As a property owner, of course you would fix the water pipe but the tenant is responsible for the ENTIRE water bill . PERIOD ! . They must be possibly uninformeds not to have noticed . that is nearly 2 years of water for the "average" household . it is a HUGE amount not to notice something amiss . .
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