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responsibility and leases
4 articles in this category
Appliance Lease Clauses Every Property Manager Should Have
An appliance schedule, a reporting duty, access, consent for tenant installs and fair damage language prevent most appliance fights. Here's sample wording, and what NYC law won't let a lease override.
Using Appliance Warranties in Rental Buildings Without Voiding Them
Manufacturer warranties can cover a rental unit's fridge, but some exclude multiple-family use and all of them need a receipt. Here's how to keep coverage across a building without voiding it.
Tenant Damage or Normal Wear? How a Technician Tells
Worn bearings and tired gaskets are the building's cost. A spoon in the disposal is not. Here's the evidence a technician looks for, and how to get it written up so a chargeback holds.
Who Pays for Appliance Repairs in NYC Rentals?
If the building supplied the appliance, the building generally fixes it. Here's where that duty comes from in NY and NYC law, when the tenant pays instead, and what changes in a rent-stabilized apartment.