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Re: Reasonable to request a rent reduction?
by Micah
on April 16, 2014 @09:17
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Why are you sleeping in the basement on a 1400 sq ft home in NH?!?
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Re: Reasonable to request a rent reduction?
by Stacey
on April 16, 2014 @09:25
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Because we are a family of 5 and the setup allows my children to have their own rooms on the main floor. We did not feel comfortable having one child on their own in the basement. The 1400 includes the ~500 in the basement. It was working wonderfully until the flood!
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Re: Reasonable to request a rent reduction?
by Stacey
on April 16, 2014 @10:27
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Dear Bill, I am not a slimy tenant out to live for free. Our family has been homeowners before and even were landlords. In our current situation while my husband is a grad student it made more sense for is to rent for the short term we will be here. For a room to flood and still have wet drywall 2 weeks later, mold is a real concern and can cause real issues particularly in young children of which I have 3. I'm sorry you have such a chip on your shoulder. We have no intention to withhold rent or stop paying. We do feel that we have been inconvenienced and only after becoming firm with the LL about leaving via a formal letter (despite numerous phone calls and texts) did he become serious with starting repairs. We are paying a premium to have a certain amount of usable space which we do not currently have. Why do you feel it is unreasonable to ask for a reduction during the time we don't have full use of our house?
In addition, I did not mention that starting in January a different (non-egress) window in the basement living area had a leak and we had to continuously bail the window out for 6 weeks every time it rained or the snow melted because LL dragged his feet for 10 weeks before finally figuring out a solution to the problem. Verbal, text and email requests were not addressed and we had to write a letter and it still took LL almost a month to fix. We were about to withhold rent the following the month until repair was made (which was legal) and he fixed that one March 28, 2 days before the bedroom flood. So LL is aware of house drainage issues.
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