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hi this is Anita from Real Estate crunch
you know this month I'm talking a lot
about tenants and landlords and
different things between tenants and
landlords because it seems that there's
a you a lot of questions out there a lot
of people get themselves in trouble as
both landlords and tenants because they
don't do a few simple things which is
read the lease agreement or have a
proper lease agreement
so the question we're going to answer
now
is do landlords need to provide you with
an air conditioning unit you know if
you're living in a hot climate or is you
know summertime when it's hot question
you might ask yourself does a landlord
need to give me an air conditioning unit
this really like so many things in real
estate is not a simple yes or no
especially for the entire United
States because there are some parts of
the United States where this could be a
law and other parts where it's not so
some parts of the United States the
landlord does need to give you an air
conditioning working air conditioning
unit and in other parts they do
not so there's several factors which
determine whether or not your apartment
or home or wherever you're renting must
come with an air conditioning unit the
first is a lease
agreement the first place to check for
information about your air conditioning
unit is your lease agreement there's two
places that you can really look for this
one would be the amenity section under
the amenity section should be listed as
an amenity which usually you includes
some of the appliances heating Plumbing
that type of thing if the air condition
is mentioned there then it could be
legally binding under the contract that
the air conditioning system needs to
work you can look under maintenance and
repair the leash should also specify
who's responsible for maintaining and
repairing the air condition now this
really is a huge one because you could
rent a building with an air condition
unit but if suddenly the air condition
unit breaks and you have to repair it
because it's in your lease agreement
then that could be a huge expense and a
huge amount of money so before you rent
a building you need to check and make
sure who's responsible if the AC stops
working generally the landlord is
responsible to make sure it's a working
order but make sure there's not a clause
in here that says that you as the tenant
are
where you're located can actually
determine whether or not under the local
laws an air conditioning unit must be
provided for in the rental agreement
this can differ not only by state but
also by county and by City Most states
do not mandate an air conditioning so
now here's where it gets kind of
interesting when it comes to asking this
question about whether or not you have
to have an air conditioner if you rent
and there are some state laws and the
state laws are generally some states
require air conditioning such as Florida
which is known to be hot and humid it
mandates that landlords provide air
conditioning and rental units Nevada has
can have extremely high temperatures
requires landlords to ensure air
conditioning is available and functional
and
Arizona um has a law that says that
requiring landlords to provide air
conditioning so you know you should
really check this out and you know your
your state could be changing it as as
now it's starting to become you know
where there's more more heat waves
coming up throughout the you know United
States and other places laws or local
counties or cities could actually be
changing these laws and saying look if
you're going to rent to somebody you
need to provide a working air
conditioner so the best thing you can do
again is check your local laws for this
because you know your County ordinance
or your city ordinance may actually
State now that an air conditioner is
provided even if you're not on one of
those States also find out what it says
in the lease agreement about who's
responsible for repairing the airon
because this could really make a
difference if the land just has to
provide you with a working airon but you
have to pay to repair it this could be a
huge bill because airons do break down
and you don't want to be stuck with
having to repair somebody else's airon
and so the question that that people ask
to let's say you know let's say I I'm in
one of those States and my air
conditioning unit's been broken and my
airon you know the the landlord hasn't
fixed it can I withhold the rent and and
then force him to fix the airon again
you know the thing you should do is you
should you should consult a lawyer you
know you need to document the issue you
need to notify your landlord you need to
make sure you have a documented don't
just call them up you know make sure
that you write it down that it's
somewhere written down if you text them
keep a copy of the text make sure you
keep a copy of the text that he answered
just so that you have it documented that
this was something that you discussed
and then seek legal advice consult a
real estate lawyer for your area tell
them the problem and explain it to them
Consulting a lawyer will cost you money
it can save you from significant legal
issues in the future especially if you
do something illegal your landlord comes
after you and you end up having U bigger
problems you know the number one thing
that we recommend that everyone should
do and we cannot stress this enough is
review your lease
agreement check your local and state
laws communicate with your landlord you
know try to have a good relationship
with your landlord it's important that
you two have a working relationship that
you can be able to work together this is
important it's essential you know have a
good you know relationship with your
landlord and this is where I think it
comes into doing like maybe some little
things if it's U you know holiday time
and you know maybe you you bring them
something little or you you know give
them a note or something like that so
that you have this good relationship and
you two can talk and and not you know
not basically get together and start
shouting at each other um you know
document if there's issues and seek
legal advice if it's necessary I've
written a blog post called do landlords
need to provide you with air
conditioning I'm going to put a link in
the description for this uh blog post if
you want to get more information please
do check it out and read it we'd love to
hear from you you know if you have any
comments or questions we'd love to have
you comment love to have you question us
we hope that if you're a tenant and
you're having problems with your air
conditioning unit that you find a way to
be able to solve this if you are a
landlord that you yourself will
understand what your rights are when it
comes to providing an air conditioning
unit for your tenants this is Anita from
Real Estate crunch thank you so much for
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