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My landlord in NJ is raising my rent $25 a month and also adding into the new lease a $150 deductible for each repair! My family hasn't even been here a year and have made many improvements to the property such as new fence, toilet tank repairs, new working door knobs, shampoo of carpets (which were a mess when we moved in), painting, landscaped the yard ect ect. We take care of this property as if it were our own home. We lost our home from Sandy and finally moved back to our hometown and not ready to move again. Also we were promised a long term lease and we just found out that this property has been listed since last November! Very frustrating! What can we do? New to renting, thanks for any help provided.
I've signed a lease that had me responsible for the first $50 of repairs each month.
The landlord didn't want me to bother him. No biggy. I've always been a homeowner and a $50 repair take me about 5 minutes and $3 in parts. I wouldn't have called the landlord for anything simple like that, anyway.
I called him twice. Once when water was coming into the kitchen through the exhaust fan. I told him it might end up expensive and he might want to use his own people instead of me picking a stranger out of the yellow pages. He dealt with that, no charge to me.
The other time was a short in the basement and I tracked it down to a faulty sump pump. I replaced the pump, took the cost of the pump off the rent check and sent him the receipt with the rent. No complaints from the landlord.
Myself, I would not have an agreement like that with my tenants. If a repair is needed, I don't want the tenants doing it and getting it wrong. Worse yet, they might just ignore the issue while it destroys the house because they don't want to pay to repair it.
I want them to call me and I can get over there right away and get it fixed right
Not to mention, every tenant's only solution to anything is to buy a new one. I don't want them to be authorized to fix a faulty thermostat on the water heater by calling out a plumber to put in a brand new water heater.
Does anyone have a clause in their lease agreement for repairs stating you have to pay the first $75 or thereabouts?
No. I have no such clauses in my leases. I would never sign such lease with those conditions. You pay the rent and don't trash the place ill do the maintenance and repairs. I don't expect my tenants to pay for the repairs and I dont want them doing any repairs.
No problem with the rent increase but a $150 deductible on each repair including anything structural is a problem when this place has been here for over 25 years and I spoke with many people and said that is nuts. First he lied to us by saying his flood insurance went up but no one else in our townhouse complex had their insurance raised a penny. Oh well, guess I will see how this plays out.
My landlord in NJ is raising my rent $25 a month and also adding into the new lease a $150 deductible for each repair! My family hasn't even been here a year and have made many improvements to the property such as new fence, toilet tank repairs, new working door knobs, shampoo of carpets (which were a mess when we moved in), painting, landscaped the yard ect ect. We take care of this property as if it were our own home. We lost our home from Sandy and finally moved back to our hometown and not ready to move again. Also we were promised a long term lease and we just found out that this property has been listed since last November! Very frustrating! What can we do? New to renting, thanks for any help provided.
Is the lease up for renewal or is he wanting you to sign a new lease while you're mid lease on old lease terms? Does your lease say what the recourse is at the end if the lease? Renew. Month to month or year to year with same terms? $150 deductible? I would start looking for a new place.
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