Walk It Through: The Water Heater
No hot water, a written notice, three business days, and repair and deduct.
The water heater in a rental fails, and the shower runs cold.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A tenant current on rent and a defect the tenant did not cause. Conditions that make the unit uninhabitable and a tenant who leaves over them are left to their own page.
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.