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repair clause
by Anonymous
on March 27, 2012 @22:41
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Potential tenants agreed to pay for minor repairs on their own. My question is that enforceable by law if it's on the lease.
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Re: repair clause
by Jack Klein (NY)
on March 27, 2012 @22:47
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It should be if it is agreed in the lease and it is not anything specifically against state law.
Then again try to enforce anything at all in court with a judge who is a tenant. Lol!
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Re: repair clause
by Jake
on March 27, 2012 @22:52
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Do you want your tenants to pay for minor repairs or to perform minor repairs at their own cost? Either way you will need a definition of minor repair. If minor repairs like drips are neither performed or paid for by tenants they will become major repairs to be paid for by landlords. No one will take care of your property like you will.
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Re: repair clause
by Abdon
on March 28, 2012 @20:11
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This is the thing: some tennants are used to renting apartments at a complex, where just about everything short of a light bulb is handled by a handyman: One of the ranges on the stove stop working, call the front office. Drain clogged, front office. Key doesn't work so well, front office.
I'm guessing this is not on an apartment complex but either a condo or a SFH. Basically you have to make sure they understand this, so their expectations are set at the right level. More often than not they are used to the apartment way, and feel that it is unreasonable for you not to come over and fix the heating element on the stove ($20 for a new element at the hardware store).
The way I play it is that they understand that it is their responsibility, but I keep an eye on the things that will damage the house. For example, they may be responsible to remove leaves from the gutters and keep the smoke alarms working but as part of the late fall checkup I send somebody to do an inspection and to take care of these things as well.
Sometimes those clauses are good to cover your ass but you have to make judgement calls.
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