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Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill by Monipenny on July 27, 2010 @22:50

                              
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 [ Reply ]
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 . .
    Re: Broken water pipe-high water bill by Monipenny on July 28, 2010 @11:05 [ Reply ]
    First of all I can't imagine there not being some kind of code, law or even health dept. regulations that does not require landlords to maintain habitability with their rentals.

    I am not argueing the point of who is responsible for the water bill or why tenants havn't noticed the leak and who is responsible for that. Only giving information regarding what "as is" means and when it applies. And if you want to argue that point, then I may as well take it a step further in this case. Tenant rented the unit as is, and at the time as is had working pipes with no leaks.


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