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gas cut off in appartment
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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Re: gas cut off in appartment
use the search function and read the faq. this question has been asked so many times.
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Re: gas cut off in appartment
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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 ! [/ QUOTE ] where do you live, and what university? |
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This appartment is in New York City and belongs to a large university (lots of buraucracy, housing office division, etc...) [/ QUOTE ] 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. [ QUOTE ] Additionally, since we have no dryers we might have to start sending out our laundry to the local laundromat. [/ QUOTE ] 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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Re: gas cut off in appartment
Columbia. practically in harlem.
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Thanks for the reply. I guess its time to make some lifestyle changes.
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Columbia. practically in harlem. [/ QUOTE ] 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. |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additionally, since we have no dryers we might have to start sending out our laundry to the local laundromat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ QUOTE ] your not going to get any sympathy for that, most people in the city don't have laundry in their building. [/ QUOTE ] That's irrelevant considering this is factored into the rent. |
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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). |
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