Tenant landlord question
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Anonymous
| If you were renting a house and the refrigerator stopped working (one that was known to have problems), would you expect your landlord to compensate you for the lost groceries? |
Anonymous
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At first read, no I wouldn't expect it. But I'm not one to keep a well-stocked fridge either.
As I stopped and really thought about your question, my answer doesn't change. It's unfortunate, but I can't see how the landlord should be held responsible. And I hate this answer, because I'm a renter and I really wanted to side with the renter. |
Anonymous
| No. If you have renters insurance, you may have a provision. You may not. As a homeowner, when I lost everything in two fridge-freezers in the derecho this past July, my homeowners insurance did not cover contents insurance in fridge-freezers. Call your insurance company but not your landlord. |
Anonymous
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I have a great landlord and value our excellent landlord tenant relationship so, no, I wouldn't bother him with this petty request.
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Anonymous
| I'm a renter as well but agree with 21:25. |
Anonymous
| No, I think that's really a stretch. How would you even go about that? Do you keep your grocery receipts? |
Anonymous
| No. |
Anonymous
| This happened to us twice with the same fridge, and we lost hundreds of dollars in lost groceries. But we didn't ask the landlords to reimburse us. I WAS kinda pissed, though, especially the second time. |
Anonymous
| No. Appliance breakdowns happen. All the landlord is obligated to do is fix the appliance within a reasonable timeframe, not indemnify you to have 100% working appliances all the time. |
Anonymous
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No, something like that is not the landlord's fault. I don't know if renter's insurance would cover that kind of loss.
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Anonymous
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No way and I rent. We lost our groceries during the derecho. My landlord has no control over Pepco and Mother Nature.
The only thing I have ever requested is when our oven elements broke was to overnight the replacement parts (offered to help pay) because I cannot eat out at many restaurants due to the fact I have Celiac Disease. For me, "reasonable timeframes" are different than others. |
Anonymous
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We had this issue while renting in a large apt building. At first we did not ask them to pay for the groceries, but they really slacked off on fixing/replacing the fridge (took almost a week, even though other empty apartments in the building had working fridges that we could have used) and bc of their ineptitude, we lost a considerable amount. We do keep a well-stocked fridge and freezer.
We took an inventory of what we lost and they (begrudgingly) paid for half of it. |
Anonymous
| What do you mean by it was known to have problems? Because if the LL knew it was in disrepair and didn't get it checked out, they might be responsible for the loss of food. |
Anonymous
| Nope, sorry --- |