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Originally Posted by STT Resident
What's the "chapter" it's referring to? What "exemption"? State landlord tenant laws are virtually uniform in the majority of rights and responsibilities and, as I believe I said before, there are certain minor exemptions applicable to private landlords over multi-unit owners but the things that you're posting about aren't amongst them.
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STT, the chapter is 13.2 of the VA Code, more commonly known as the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act: <"http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+TOC55000000013000020000000]LIS"> Code of Virginia
The exemptions are LLs who are exempt from the VALTA, unless a provision in the lease explicitly makes it applicable. The VALTA covers most common tenant solutions, from rent escrow arrangements to constructive eviction to what are considered basic/necessary repairs. It is much more broad and tenant-friendly than the basic fallback provisions in the code, which are probably pretty much like those in other states. (Here is a pretty simple overview of where the VALTA augments the code: <"http://greatexpectations.vccs.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tenant-Rights-in-VA-2-6-3.pdf">)
I'm guessing most of the problems here fall under what is "fit and habitable" and when the LL can have access, but I guess the only solution I can really pursue is trying to get them not to do that anymore. Like I said, that's ok, but maybe I should be trying to think of a way I can ask to have licensed workers on electrical or plumbing issues, or at the very least, not to have those guys (or guys just as inexperienced/careless) banging around in my house? =/