If the central air unit of an apartment is not working and the landowner says it will take 2-4 month to repair?
Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at
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Tagged with: Apartment People • Boss • Break Lease
Filed under: flat renovation
the mistake that your boss made was taking the law into his/her own hands. what he/she should have done was gotten the township involved. it was not legal for your boss to simply withhold rent from his/her landlord for this reason. when he/she did this, he/she voluntarily breached his/her contract and the landlord had every right to send his/her case to collections.
unfortunately, your boss should have documented everything and sent the complaints to the landlord in writing. i’m betting that he/she did not do this. as a result, it’s going to become a “he said, she said” type of case. your boss made a real mess for him/herself.
They had no right to leave without a judge agreeing that the contract was breached. AC is not a requirement in Texas and that alone would not deem the property legally unfit for human occupation.
The tenant blew it and will be expected to pay the remainder of the lease, plus interest.
As far as legal terms, the landlord did nothing, the tenant abandoned the property and breached the contract if they failed to pay the rent.
NO! He had no right to break his lease! AC is NOT legally required in most states (even the hot ones), so you CANNOT break a lease over it.
He will have to pay what ever lease break fees were stated in his lease. They have every right to sue him for not paying.