Anonymous wrote:I'm a landlord (rent out our Hill RH) and I can tell you I WOULD pay for a hotel if the A/C went out in this heat. I would tell you to find something reasonable (airbnb) and take it off next month's rent.

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Anonymous wrote:Tenants consider the cost of a fan to be an expense reimbursable by the landlord? Really?

Op-- it sucks not to have A/C but it sounds like your landlord is doing everything within his control to quickly fix the situation. If you owned the home as opposed to renting, what would you do differently?

OP here. Actually DH and I own a home in another state. The A/C went out last year during the summer. We purchased a portable A/C unit, but honestly we did that because the renter is DH's sister. A/C was fixed the next day after it went out and portable unit sits in garage. We do not have family in this area or have friends that we feel close enough to ask if we could stay at their house, so those things are not options. If I owned this home, I would do the same thing--purchase a portable A/C. And the reason I'm wondering is this a reimbursable expense is because I purchased four fans that cost about $125 in total. It would be different if this was my own home and I needed four fans but I don't. Nor do I have space to put four fans, maybe one, but not four.

This is just something that I have nightmares about. I lived in the deep south when I was a child, in a home with only window units. My room did not have one and it was like being in hell. Once I was on my own, in my own place, one thing I cherished was being able to control the A/C. Hey don't laugh. I have a real anxiety about it. I keep a cold house in the summer.


Anyway, I just took a cold bath and spent an hour setting in car with my toddler who finally went to sleep while we were sitting in idling air conditioned car. I just took something that i hope will put me to sleep or else I'm back to the car.

I don't think it's any different than if you owned the house. What would you have done if you owned it? Would you have paid the repair for the AC, gone to a hotel, bought fans?

Anonymous wrote:Did not read through the whole thread so not sure if this has been addressed but air conditioning is considered a luxury and therefore not required if there is no verbiage about it in the lease. However, as a landlord and to protect the relationship with my tenant I would remove the hotel charge from next month's rent, so I don't think there is any harm in asking. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:Tenants consider the cost of a fan to be an expense reimbursable by the landlord? Really?

Op-- it sucks not to have A/C but it sounds like your landlord is doing everything within his control to quickly fix the situation. If you owned the home as opposed to renting, what would you do differently?

OP here. Actually DH and I own a home in another state. The A/C went out last year during the summer. We purchased a portable A/C unit, but honestly we did that because the renter is DH's sister. A/C was fixed the next day after it went out and portable unit sits in garage. We do not have family in this area or have friends that we feel close enough to ask if we could stay at their house, so those things are not options. If I owned this home, I would do the same thing--purchase a portable A/C. And the reason I'm wondering is this a reimbursable expense is because I purchased four fans that cost about $125 in total. It would be different if this was my own home and I needed four fans but I don't. Nor do I have space to put four fans, maybe one, but not four.

This is just something that I have nightmares about. I lived in the deep south when I was a child, in a home with only window units. My room did not have one and it was like being in hell. Once I was on my own, in my own place, one thing I cherished was being able to control the A/C. Hey don't laugh. I have a real anxiety about it. I keep a cold house in the summer.


Anyway, I just took a cold bath and spent an hour setting in car with my toddler who finally went to sleep while we were sitting in idling air conditioned car. I just took something that i hope will put me to sleep or else I'm back to the car.

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Anonymous wrote:Tenants consider the cost of a fan to be an expense reimbursable by the landlord? Really?

Op-- it sucks not to have A/C but it sounds like your landlord is doing everything within his control to quickly fix the situation. If you owned the home as opposed to renting, what would you do differently?

OP here. Actually DH and I own a home in another state. The A/C went out last year during the summer. We purchased a portable A/C unit, but honestly we did that because the renter is DH's sister. A/C was fixed the next day after it went out and portable unit sits in garage. We do not have family in this area or have friends that we feel close enough to ask if we could stay at their house, so those things are not options. If I owned this home, I would do the same thing--purchase a portable A/C. And the reason I'm wondering is this a reimbursable expense is because I purchased four fans that cost about $125 in total. It would be different if this was my own home and I needed four fans but I don't. Nor do I have space to put four fans, maybe one, but not four.

This is just something that I have nightmares about. I lived in the deep south when I was a child, in a home with only window units. My room did not have one and it was like being in hell. Once I was on my own, in my own place, one thing I cherished was being able to control the A/C. Hey don't laugh. I have a real anxiety about it. I keep a cold house in the summer.


Anyway, I just took a cold bath and spent an hour setting in car with my toddler who finally went to sleep while we were sitting in idling air conditioned car. I just took something that i hope will put me to sleep or else I'm back to the car.