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who's responsible, me or the landlord, and what exactly do i say?
i rent a house. for the past 2 weeks the electric has been out. it started out that only half the plugs would work and the furnace that heats the house didn't work at all. but i was able to use space heaters and close off the rest of the house to stay warm in one room. the utility company and workers are dragging their feet trying to fix it, but in the meantime i'm freezing and i'm really inconvenienced. last night the utility company put a priority on helping me, but they had me waiting til midnight and they didn't come, i ended up sleeping with no heat of any kind last night. i am a very nice guy and don't want to push anyone. what should i do, and what should i have done? is it appropriate to ask the landlord to oversee everything and put me in a hotel until it's final? what to do?
the electrical issue is an issue with the breaker boxes in the house itself - a landlord issue.
did i mention the temps are at ground 0 right now where i live?
if the landlord isn't responsible for helping me out with another place to stay, does that mean i just stay in a freezing cold house? doesn't sound right to me. the kid is the only one who sounds correct here. getting another place to say my problem, my money? no, i think i paid rent to have a warm place to live, why be out more money at no fault of my own even if it means rent reduction to accommodate me having to find alternate shelter.
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- LandlordLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The breaker box problem is still the company, otherwise they would tell you to leave them alone.
You can ask the landlord to deal with them, but adding another party to make appointments with and deal with another schedule may really delay this further.
If it is landlord side he calls an electrician.
If you want to stay in a hotel that is your choice, you would pay for that.
- philospher77Lv 61 decade ago
Legally, I think that you can ask the landlord to prorate the rent for the time that the electricity is out and the place is "uninhabitable". That means that, if your rent was 300/month, and you couldn't live there for 5 days, you would be entitled to (300/30) X 5, or 50 bucks. This wouldn't be enough to cover your hotel for those days. So, if I were you, I would be seeing if friends would put me up for a few days.
- glennLv 71 decade ago
If this is truly an electric utility issue then it is not considered the landlords fault (at least in my state).
With half the plugs working it sounds like an electrical problem within the house- and that would be the landlords issue. Some landlords do not keep keys to their houses and in that case you would be responsible for giving the electrician access to your house.
What the landlord would have to do depends on your local law- but in our area they would not have to "put you up in a hotel"
- SlickterpLv 71 decade ago
You demand a rent reduction b/c of the inconvenience of not having electricity that the LL is LEGALLY OBLIGATED to provide.
You could also conceivably ask for a hotel room, yes.
