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Walk It Through: The Broken Air Conditioner

A dead air conditioner in July, a written notice, 14 days, a repair visit, and a rent increase that follows.

The air conditioner the landlord supplied stops working in July. Calls go unanswered.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A repair the landlord owes under the lease law. A condition the tenant caused, a single family home where the tenant took on repairs, and repairing and deducting are left out.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.