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I think you had better talk to your attorney about this. There have been numerous decisions around the country setting legal president as long as the rent is retained after a notice when the tenant notifies the landlord in advance, and there is a serious problem such as a supplied appliance is not working or a plumbing problem, etc., the judge will go with the tenant, as long as the rent is available to pay the landlord as soon as the problem is solved.
In fact some judges have ruled there is no rent due till the problem is solved.
Attorney's recommend this as a solution to tenants.
It depends on the state. Some states lean very heavily toward tenant rights.
Getting two coil-top stoves to shoot sparks is like winning the lotto without buying a ticket - i just don't see how its possible - I'd agree there's a definite hazard if it happened like that & after hiring a pro electrician to rule out the house wiring, as a landlord, I'd be looking to evict the tenant. Maybe the tenant is cursed or an ex is trying to kill them & blame the stove. Shooting sparks is not a normal "failure mode" for electric stoves. Dead burners, uneven heat in the oven, or no heat. But not sparks shooting out of it. The stove manufacturers would get sued to oblivion if that happened often, or even "rarely"..
Most of the people that buy them used buy the ones that are rusted from sitting out side for years and are 30 years old.
Personally I would never move into a rental that didn't supply basic appliances like a fridge and stove/oven. Part of the convenience of renting is not having to buy or maintain things like appliances, not to mention installing/uninstalling and lugging them around. And only $5-$10 off rent a month is certainly not enough to make up for that.
Most of the people that buy them used buy the ones that are rusted from sitting out side for years and are 30 years old.
Not really. I almost always buy used for my places. Stoves, washers and dryers are easy to find less than 2 years old by people who constantly move from job to job and from divorces. Just take a look at craigslist.
Last week I received a text from my renter that the day before the oven started on fire and is trashed.
Per the renter (and apparently the cop that put the fire out) it is because the coils were bad. I never had problems with the stove while I lived there or heard anything from previous renters.
I replaced the stove/oven with a used one. When I stopped by the house on Friday to take photos of the junked oven and check for other damage, the renter started in about how the door slams shut on the "new" oven and she hopes the glass doesn't break. When I looked at it before buying I did not have any problems with the door, and it didn't slam shut on me.
Sunday I received a picture that the door fell off the "new" oven and it is all in pieces.
I am very skeptical that the door just fell off because of "stripped screws on the handle" and am wondering, how many times do I have to replace this oven?
You have a renter wanting out of the lease or contract....They're trying to start a fire or abuse property to MAKE you throw them out....Just don't renew their contract and when they ;eave, get a nice cheap stove and get good renters instead...
Most of the people that buy them used buy the ones that are rusted from sitting out side for years and are 30 years old.
Things must really be worse than I can imagine in Florida?
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