Does a Landlord Have to Pay for Appliance Repair if Tenant Broke It?
Gregory G asked:
It is a digital oven and tenant is getting an error message. Working fine previously. Tenant wants serviceman to come.
Ted
It is a digital oven and tenant is getting an error message. Working fine previously. Tenant wants serviceman to come.
Ted
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It all depends on where they live and what the lease agreement states. It is usually up to the tenants to repair it if they broke it. It wouldn’t hurt to ask the landlord.
if you broke it, you pay to have it fixed
yes the land lord has to have it repaired. it stopped doing it’s day to day function through normal wear and tear. they only way the tenant would have to pay is if it’s stated in the lease that the tenant would pay for up keep and repairs.
Have to pay depends on what your lease agreement says. there’s no law that I know of REQUIRING you to pay for any repairs, unless it’s in the contract.
Now..
Did the tenant do something abusive to the appliance, or did it Just break – denying the tenant use of appliances which the landlord provides might be grounds for a complaint on the tenants part. What if the water heater broke? I’m sure that your average tenant isn’t fussing with it, but would that also be his responsibility? Wait if a pipe burst in a wall.. would that be the tenants fault as well?
Unless you can prove that the tenant was negligent I’d say the RIGHT thing to do is for the landlord (the guy who should have insurance to pay for such things like this anyhow) should foot the bill.