Should I buy a new refrigerator (landlords, property, homeowner, residential)
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The ice maker water tube is broken inside the refrigerator? It's not the line to the fridge?
If the fridge is still working, I'd turn the water off and tell the tenant that they don't get an ice maker with their rental.
That would be unless it is a high end rental or the tenant specifically rented that unit because there is an ice maker (which is highly unlikely).
If you are going to be a landlord, ice makers are a no-no, That's something that breaks easily, causes service calls for no other reason than the tenant isn't using it correctly, and is costly to repair. Only buy fridges without ice makers.
Since you would replace th fridge with a fridge that doesn't have an ice maker, then just turn the water off and the tenant already has a fridge without an ice maker. Take the broken ice maker out to increase the room available in the freezer.
As a renter, if I rented a place with an ice maker and they later decided they didn't want to provide a fridge with an ice maker that would be a serious problem for me. That is one thing I cannot go without, and certainly something I check before renting. I'm sure if they wanted to it would be possible for them to break the lease over.
As a renter, if I rented a place with an ice maker and they later decided they didn't want to provide a fridge with an ice maker that would be a serious problem for me. That is one thing I cannot go without, and certainly something I check before renting. I'm sure if they wanted to it would be possible for them to break the lease over.
If the lease specifies a refrigerator with an ice-maker, that's one thing. If it doesn't, good luck legally with your assumption ...
As a renter, if I rented a place with an ice maker and they later decided they didn't want to provide a fridge with an ice maker that would be a serious problem for me. That is one thing I cannot go without, and certainly something I check before renting. I'm sure if they wanted to it would be possible for them to break the lease over.
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Originally Posted by STT Resident
If the lease specifies a refrigerator with an ice-maker, that's one thing. If it doesn't, good luck legally with your assumption ...
^^^This.
Not only is STT correct, but I actually laughed at your comment that no ice maker is a serious problem. You cannot go without? Oh right, it's like having no heat in the north! I'd like to give you a reality check in the form of ice cube trays.
When we moved in our house, we found the ice maker, which worked, was leaking from somewhere. Having a leak is a big deal - and a problem. So we turned off the water, removed the hose, and took out the space-eating maker in the freezer! I now have ice cube trays.
If having lots of ice is a problem for you, I suggest you buy yourself a small ice-maker, then you don't have to worry about the one the landlord provides which would actually concern me lots in a rental.
I would have removed the ice maker from our fridge even if it did work as I didn't trust our tenants to have taken care of it to make sure there was no mold or other stuff hiding inside. That is one of the most germ-prone area of a fridge - ewww, ice from a freezer that might at one time not have worked for whatever reason allowing disgusting organisms to grow inside, unseen, but making their way into your ice cubes. No thanks, not for me.
LL has no obligation to provide a working ice maker. Close off the tube, remove the apparatus to make more space in the freezer, and voila, your problem is solved.
Look around for a used appliance store, they often sell higher end stuff for very cheap, and I'm sure you can find a used fridge with an ice maker for a few hundred dollars.
Also these places will usually take the old fridge away for free
My mom bought a unit and put in a "new" microwave (mounted) and Fridge for less than $300.
As a renter, if I rented a place with an ice maker and they later decided they didn't want to provide a fridge with an ice maker that would be a serious problem for me. That is one thing I cannot go without, and certainly something I check before renting. I'm sure if they wanted to it would be possible for them to break the lease over.
You are lucky to have appliances at all.
The rentals I have had we had to provide all of our own appliances and hope there was a gas line run for the stove.
You are lucky to have appliances at all.
The rentals I have had we had to provide all of our own appliances and hope there was a gas line run for the stove.
Its not luck when you simply have standards. Don't want one without appliances? Don't rent one. God ill be so happy when I buy a place and no longer have to deal with functionally retarded landlords.
If the lease specifies a refrigerator with an ice-maker, that's one thing. If it doesn't, good luck legally with your assumption ...
A lease doesn't usually spell out every appliance and amenity, does it?
I would totally expect the landlord to fix or replace the existing icemaker. I feel the same way as the person above who said an icemaker is a high priority. I use a ton of ice, and everybody knows ice cube trays are a pain in the b***. I wouldn't say "no icemaker" would be a dealbreaker if I were renting a place, but if it had one when I rented, I would expect that it is part of the amenities, just like a self-cleaning oven or garbage disposal. BTW, I haven't had all the problems with icemakers that you all have had. (Knock wood....)
A lease doesn't usually spell out every appliance and amenity, does it?
Many do.
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