gas cut off in appartment

[Bubu]

Hi,

I need some help. A leak was found in the gas mains of the
builindg where I rent. Repairs should take 3 to 4 months
during which time there will be no gas for cooking or for
using the laundry dryers. The landlord has offered everyone a
20% rent abatement and supplied everyone with portable electric ranges.

The ranges work poorly - takes for ever to get water boiling.
The discounted rent works to savings of about $8 day - less
than the cost of cheap eating out/delivery for my wife and me.
Additionally, since we have no dryers we might have to start sending out our laundry to the local laundromat.

Are the landlord arrangements reasonable ? Can I negotiatie
a better arrangement, if so, then how ?

Final background info: My lease expires in December. This
appartment is in New York City and belongs to a large university (lots of buraucracy, housing office division, etc...)

Thanks !

use the search function and read the faq. this question has been asked so many times.

[pokerdirty]

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Hi,

I need some help. A leak was found in the gas mains of the
builindg where I rent. Repairs should take 3 to 4 months
during which time there will be no gas for cooking or for
using the laundry dryers. The landlord has offered everyone a
20% rent abatement and supplied everyone with portable electric ranges.

The ranges work poorly - takes for ever to get water boiling.
The discounted rent works to savings of about $8 day - less
than the cost of cheap eating out/delivery for my wife and me.
Additionally, since we have no dryers we might have to start sending out our laundry to the local laundromat.

Are the landlord arrangements reasonable ? Can I negotiatie
a better arrangement, if so, then how ?

Final background info: My lease expires in December. This
appartment is in New York City and belongs to a large university (lots of buraucracy, housing office division, etc...)

Thanks !

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where do you live, and what university?

[cokehead]

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This appartment is in New York City and belongs to a large university (lots of buraucracy, housing office division, etc...)

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you are most likely screwed if this is the case. normally when you rent from a university, u don't use a standard lease agreement, and you sign away a lot of your rights. If you want to try to negotiate, you will need to do it with everyone else in the building too.

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Additionally, since we have no dryers we might have to start sending out our laundry to the local laundromat.

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your not going to get any sympathy for that, most people in the city don't have laundry in their building.

[Bubu]

Columbia. practically in harlem.

[Bubu]

Thanks for the reply. I guess its time to make some lifestyle changes.

[mason55]

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Columbia. practically in harlem.

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You say that like the area around Columbia is a horrible neighborhood. I know a few people that live there and it's a fine place to live.

Harlem isn't even too bad any more, especially the parts near Columbia.

The only people you're fooling are people who have never been to NYC.

[djj6835]

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your not going to get any sympathy for that, most people in the city don't have laundry in their building.

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That's irrelevant considering this is factored into the rent.

[Bubu]

lol. I did not mean it in a bad way. My reply was for the NYU
fellow. I live on the demarcation line between Morningside heights and Harlem. For the non-NYers then a little disclaimer. Harlem is vast and diverse. The area near Morningside campus is great: quiet, safe, cheap - and now
increasingly getting trendier. Don't know if all the gentrificaion is such a good thing, but there is still some
old school Harlem around - say the Apollo or Showman's (nice
local jazz club).