Tell him you're cold and want the heat turned on. Get him to send the handyman over while you are there so you can make sure that he gets the furnace working. Tell him that you have a state law right to have heat in your place and are considering pursuing legal remedies if it isn't on soon. Don't get mad or be a jerk though, that won't get you anywhere.
Does he own a compression sock?
um, this person has been calling for two weeks. They have come two days and you think it is excessive to withhold rent? If there is below zero temperature and the landlord is not coming what would you do??? You are obviously not living without heating, it is ILLEGAL to do this. I would say threaten to withhold, notify the state and if necessary pay for the repair yourself and deduct it! The law is behind the tenant...if the landlord breaks their agreement why should the tenant hold up their end?
Open the oven, set it to a warm temperature and have that heat your house. However, don't let it run too long, or it will blow the circuit breaker and set a fire.
Do you know where the landlord lives?
Look up the term "constructive eviction".
That is your case.
tenant wrote:
um, this person has been calling for two weeks. They have come two days and you think it is excessive to withhold rent? If there is below zero temperature and the landlord is not coming what would you do??? You are obviously not living without heating, it is ILLEGAL to do this. I would say threaten to withhold, notify the state and if necessary pay for the repair yourself and deduct it! The law is behind the tenant...if the landlord breaks their agreement why should the tenant hold up their end?
I'm guessing that the issue has been resolved one way or another by now, given that it's been more than two years since the OP posted the thread.
They are usually laws stating that landlords have to provide heat. Call the city department responsible for enforcing this.
Les wrote:
They are usually laws stating that landlords have to provide heat. Call the city department responsible for enforcing this.
I wonder if OP's landlord ever fixed the furnace eight years ago.
It's not the management company. It's the handyman. He's telling them it works, but it's not.
property manager wrote:
You should be grateful that you have a landlord that is making an effort, there are some real deadbeats out there, your landlord doesn't sound like one of them.
WTH? Renting for should be banned. Landlords do nothing useful except artificially drive up the prices of housing making it more expensive for everyone to buy a home. If you live in a home and you are paying for it then you should be entitled to ownership of that home, period.
Burn the house down and then abduct landlord, put him in a duffle bag and throw him in a lake.
Next...
The first step is to put your up to date request in WRITING, preferably in print, and keep a copy for yourself.
Detail your request from the beginning, to the present.
squeaky wheel gets oiled....find the right person to endlessly annoy and the job will get done....they will take the path of least resistance and if the path of least resistance is blowing you off they will do that....if you make that path hard for them they will choose another path, the one you want
don't get lawyers involved.....too expensive and possibly not effective
Withhold rent until its fixed. Depending on the state where you're, you can deduct cost to fix the furnace from your rent.
property manager wrote:
What you do is to continue calling the property management company so they send the handyman out again. If he's been out twice before obviously they are making a good faith effort to get this repaired.
Withholding rent seems excessive, they are being responsive. Every time something breaks you want to withhold rent? Newsflash - things break. You should be grateful that you have a landlord that is making an effort, there are some real deadbeats out there, your landlord doesn't sound like one of them.
I agree with the concept, but it's hardly good faith if they are not fixing the problem. Merely sending a repair guy over to leave a note isn't good faith. That's called putting up smoke and mirrors to protect yourself legally. If the OP tried to take legal action, the landlord has evidence they are trying their best. When in reality, they are not.
For the OP, when my heater wasn't working last year, I just lit the pilot light myself. Just go to the furnace and light the pilot yourself. There should be plenty of online instructions for whatever model you have if you are not familiar with home repairs.
Move the switch on thermostat from 'Cool' to 'Warm'.
Les wrote:
They are usually laws stating that landlords have to provide heat. Call the city department responsible for enforcing this.
You resurrected an ancient thread cos, why?
[quote]tristate wrote:
It's not the management company. It's the handyman. He's telling them it works, but it's not.[/quo
Have you considered this?