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My landlords keep turning off the AC?

So I live in a basement apartment with very tiny windows... We are extremely good tenants always pay our rent on time help them out with yard work... Last summer we moved in here when we moved in there where some issues with the landlords such as turning off the AC all the time because they are very cheap people...they also told us we wernt allowed to do laundry here anymore because we where " wasting their washer and dryer" how i dont know we only do 2 loads of laundry a week ... anyways my husband told them that fine we wont do laundry here but please keep the AC on we have very small windows with limited airflow and it gets musty and dense air in here very fast.... They agreed... This summer we had days that where 45 degrees and we couldn't breathe down here... we had to beg them to turn the AC on.. It is extremely frustrating because AC is stated on our lease... The air is very dense and I cant even cook because it makes me sick... What should I do?

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  • 8 years ago

    Landlord and Tenant Issues

    A landlord is not required by law to provide air conditioning to tenants, even if an air conditioning system is already installed in the rental property. You should carefully read your lease to ascertain whether it provides which party is responsible for maintaining any existing air conditioning system in working order. If the lease does provide for air conditioning and your landlord refuses to make the needed repairs, contact Consumer Protection for further direction. You should not withhold your rent since doing so will provide your landlord with the right to pursue an eviction action against you.

    Also I may recommend that you look into buying a portable ac unit they have very small fixtures for the windows and is what i currently use for my basement they are wonderful, only cost around 200$ and also have a dehumidify setting so that it will chill and remove moisture to get rid of the basement smell you described. Good luck to you sir.

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  • 8 years ago

    Whatever is included in your lease, "A/C and insite laundry usage" if their both on the lease I would literally tell them off! You have the rights in that matter, otherwise what good is a lease! If you document this stuff you could sue the crap out of them if for say your apartment becomes uninhabitable because of mold or something worse and you are allergic to mold, most people are! It just depends on how bad it has to be. But overall I would go talk to a lawyer, I don't know what your rights are, every city/state and country has their own laws for tenants. Go to google and type in "tenant rights for (wherever you live)" example "tenant right for manchester,NH" and you will usually find the answer and you are in the right about the A/C idk why they are shutting it off but they shouldn't be in your apartment without you there and saying its ok! If they want to enter they need to formally give you 24 hours notice! They can't just pop in whenever they want and **** off the a/c, unless there's an emergency atleast. Good luck!! Most landlords are cheap! Sucks you gotta actually live next to them! Uhhhh I don't envy that!!

    Source(s): Personal experience
  • 8 years ago

    Depends what area you live in.

    You can probably sue for violating the lease and creating "hostile living conditions". You'll be entitled to most of your money back plus legal fees.

    Get a real estate attorney.

  • 8 years ago

    You really should say what country you are in. 45 degrees is very cold. Why would you want a/c? I assume you are using celcius which means you are not in the US so we cannot help you unless we know where you are.

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  • 8 years ago

    You find how to turn it on yourself and do that. Or move out.

    I've never been in a place that deliberately restricted use of the utilities.

  • 8 years ago

    I would move out, in other words stop helping them with the extra income from you.

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