What are my rights when renting a house?
You have a document that lists specifically your rights: it’s your lease agreement. Read it and understand it before you sign it. Tell the rental company you’ll review the lease, and will return it to them later. Have an attorney look at it, and explain every flippin’ detail. You’re doing business with the lease company, not asking them favors. You get specific things and services for the money you spend. If you want the shower fixed, and the lease states that ‘landlord shall be responsible for reasonable repairs to fixtures and plumbing’, you simply write a note and ask that the shower be fixed by next Friday. You can tell them what days and times are NOT convenient for a repairman to come in, and you can ask that they notify you when the work is complete so you and the landlord can inspect the work together. Renting isn’t begging the landlord to fix the air conditioner or the stove. Renting is conducting business. The landlord makes a nice profit in their business, and you have a nic
