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So, we're renting this house with the option to eventually buy, and the way things are going, I'm ready to run away now!!!
We're in a 1.5 story house with the upstairs having two of the kids' bedrooms, bonus, and bath. The AC unit for the upstairs died at least a month ago. WIthout it, it's been 86-92 degrees. The property owner had a big name company come in and the said it needs a new TMX or TBX?? (this house is less than 10 years old and service worker says it's a top-line unit out there). Price quoted was about 1,000 for the big company, so landlord called in a smaller local guy and price was more! So, she hasn't committed to having it fixed and I'm tired of my kids having to sleep downstairs-our sofa has been a sleeping bag-covered bed now for 4 weeks! They cant spend time in their rooms, have friends over, etc because it is so HOT up there! Well, they could, but they would be very uncomfortable.
Does this sound like a reasonable cost? If anyone has had a company do this for less, please give me the name so I can give to landlord. This situation is frustrating, to say the least.
Not cheap, partly due to the time required to drain and refill the coolant.
I don't know if the pricing is right, but fooling around with Google, I saw $725--$1500. Of course some of the forums were old, and you don't know where they are in the country.
But, to me, the bottom line is that your landlord should pony up and get it fixed.
Do you have a written lease?
Not cheap, partly due to the time required to drain and refill the coolant.
I don't know if the pricing is right, but fooling around with Google, I saw $725--$1500. Of course some of the forums were old, and you don't know where they are in the country.
But, to me, the bottom line is that your landlord should pony up and get it fixed.
Do you have a written lease?
TXV! That's it!!
We had a lease from 7/1/12 for a year. I told them about the AC when I hand-delivered the June rent. I was also told we'd sit down "soon" and discuss a new lease as they want to raise the rent.
They are not typical landlords. They had an offer on another, smaller, less expensive house and I think maybe they didnt want this sitting vacant. Talking to a neighbor, many homes out here have decreased values, making it hard for people to sell without coming to closing w/ money. (this happened where we lived, so did a short sale and cant buy for 3 years). SO, they've never been landlords before, and admitted they are not good at it, but the deal was, we'd maintain the property and they'd pay for repairs.
TXV! That's it!!
We had a lease from 7/1/12 for a year. I told them about the AC when I hand-delivered the June rent. I was also told we'd sit down "soon" and discuss a new lease as they want to raise the rent.
They are not typical landlords. They had an offer on another, smaller, less expensive house and I think maybe they didnt want this sitting vacant. Talking to a neighbor, many homes out here have decreased values, making it hard for people to sell without coming to closing w/ money. (this happened where we lived, so did a short sale and cant buy for 3 years). SO, they've never been landlords before, and admitted they are not good at it, but the deal was, we'd maintain the property and they'd pay for repairs.
You might point out to them that IF you move out, a month or two of vacancy will cost a LOT more than a TXV valve, which they will have to pay for sooner or later.
You might point out to them that IF you move out, a month or two of vacancy will cost a LOT more than a TXV valve, which they will have to pay for sooner or later.
haha-so true!!! Then they will probably have to pay for all of the other issues in this house too-like ceiling fans that don't work and are too high for us to reach, leaking showers, cracked grout in tub, etc.....
They should be able to pump the refrigerant down into the condenser no need to recover it.
You might have a case for withholding rent, check into the local tenant laws. In another state our furnace went out and it was getting COLD at night. Eventually it got to the point where I told the property manager we would no longer be paying rent and would be leaving if it wasn't fixed. A few days later we had heat again.
Never unilaterally withhold rent in NC. It is not allowed in landlord/tenant law.
You would have to have a judgment to allow it.
This is why I like CD, good info! Do you know of any recourse a tenant has? I can't imagine one would have to continue paying rent in a situation like I had, no heat in winter. How hard is it to get a judgement? Process?
And, I don't really know the process, but I'm thinking small claims.
I would be more the type to just get out of Dodge than trying to obtain a judgment and enforce it on my landlord. It just doesn't seem like it would promote a future harmonious relationship.
Absolutely not, but if under a lease is not the tenant required to keep paying? Of course if you have nothing to lose go for it, but I'd be concerned about being on the hook for the remaining balance of the term. It appears however that the OP is out of lease so not an issue, this time.
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