Walk It Through: The Leak Over the Bed
A roof leak, written notice, 10 days to start and 30 to finish, and up to $400 taken off the rent.
Rain comes through the ceiling of a bedroom in a rented house in Camden.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A repair in a rented house the tenant did not cause. Heat and hot water, lead paint, and a city code inspection are not worked through here.
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.