I myself have lived in 8+ plus apt complexes in my life, and I read the contracts I sign. At the same time, this is a business I will not let the tenant take advantage of the situation. I am a fair person, so I will do right by the tenant within reason. If I had let this "36 hour" verbiage in the contract, tenant could make up anything and be legally right to terminate the contract. I am not paying for an emergency Sunday repair for that.Īnd I have no idea what the tenant's motives could be. I will most likely have my repairman go out on Monday or Tuesday. However, if some minor bedroom door handle breaks late Saturday afternoon. If it is a broken furnace in the middle of winter, that requires an emergency response. I pride myself in responding promptly to my tenants based on the reason for the problem. The unit has brand new stainless steel appliances throughout (fridge, dishwasher, microwave) and new front loading washer & dryer. At the utter farthest outlier, it should provide a prorated rent abatement.Īlso keep in mind that, depending on where you are in IL, there may be local ordinance that, while not proscribing certain time frames, may give you tenant additional rights depending on what's wrong and what you do about it.Ī bit of a stretch there, from me asking about the definition of "timely manner" to slumlord. Also, I would shy away from anything that says it's going to be a material term of the lease like you seem to have it. If anything, it's something like "landlord will respond to tenant's notice of a problem within 24 hours" or some such. While I don't find your prospective tenant's time frame unreasonable, I'd never put in a specific time frame because there just isn't one. And, as a rule, if your not procrastinating, you're doing it in a timely manner. What'd be a timely manner for a pipe breaking on a holiday weekend would be different than the HVAC not quite cooling as well on summer afternoon.Īnother way to look at it is that there's not necessarily a definition for timely manner, but it tends to be clearer when something's not done timely. It's like reasonable force or due process of law. If you believe one of your posts has been caught by the spam filter or unfairly removed, please do not hesitate to message the mods. If your post is not visible, check the new queue. A mod will review it and take appropriate action. If you see spam, report it & send ModMail with a link to the post, downvoting doesn't always work, because blogspammers use bots. Here are some other subreddits you may enjoy: Investment Property Formulas to Familiarize Yourself With: ![]() Solicitors and advertisers will also be banned. Please report folks who are doing this so we can remove their posts.
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