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lanlords and working appliances? — Brooklynian

lanlords and working appliances?

apartment blues
apartment blues
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
My refrigerator/freezer broke yesterday (it is a single unit). It looks like the motor broke again. This happened a few years ago and it took my landlord a full week to fix it. I had no refrigeration for that week. Now it is broken again. Does anyone know how long a landlord has to replace it?

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  • carmen
    carmen
    My microwave has been broken for two weeks (built in unit) the landlord is ignoring all of my maintenance requests. Not as serious as a fridge, but still highly annoying.
  • syd
    syd
    I'm not sure. Check tenant.net - they know a lot about tenant rights.

    Also, if you have renters insurance, your spoiled food is likely covered.
  • apartment blues
    apartment blues
    Flexichick wrote: I'm not sure. Check tenant.net - they know a lot about tenant rights.

    Also, if you have renters insurance, your spoiled food is likely covered.
    Flexi,

    Thanks. I am pretty sure that my deductible is too high for the spoiled food. But your suggestion is good and I guess it can’t hurt for me to call my insurance company and double check. I also like the Tenant.net suggestion. Thanks.
  • danh
    danh
    You're welcome. A fridge of wasted food actually adds up to a LOT of money - if your fridge and freezer are anything like mine, you have half-used salad dressings, condiments, frost-burned frozen meat and all kinds of crap in there. If you had to replace it all, you are talking several hundred dollars...at least. Might be worth taking an inventory
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    I'm pretty sure your landlord is completely responsible for a working Fridge and waiting a week is too long.

    But yeah, check tenant.net
  • hunter.gatherer
    hunter.gatherer
    I don't know, you might have to check the fine print of your lease. I think the standard Blumberg one for under 6 units says the landlord provides appliances but tenant may have to replace.

    But most landlords will do it anyway, in a New York landlord minute (aka whenever they get around to it).
  • robnyc
    robnyc
    I think we have the same landlord! Actually, yours sounds pretty attentive compared to mine. Our kitchen sink has been broken for a couple of years now. We just gave up asking for them to fix things.

    I just decided to give up on that shit and bought a place. If all goes as hoped I'll be out of there next month.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    RobNYC wrote: I think we have the same landlord! Actually, yours sounds pretty attentive compared to mine. Our kitchen sink has been broken for a couple of years now. We just gave up asking for them to fix things.

    I just decided to give up on that shit and bought a place. If all goes as hoped I'll be out of there next month.
    I think I've asked you this before, but are you *Rob* from Brownstoner?
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