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EmmaNick
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Those With Tenants ....
That rent an apartment that is in your house..do you salt the stairs, etc. or is it your tenant's responsibility?
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Posted 12/14/07 1:34 PM  |
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
I think it's the land lord's responsibiity to be sure they are salted. If it's an absentee landlord, they should have preset arrangements for things like this - whether it's working something out with the tenant, a service, etc.
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| Posted 12/14/07 1:35 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
It's the landlord's responsibility.
we don't live in our NY house but have it rented out and we made sure to have a provision on the lease that stated that they (the tenants) were solely responsible for any and all upkeep/maintenance, including lawn care, removal of any debris/rubbish and removal of snow/application of salt.
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| Posted 12/14/07 1:38 PM |
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Mrs-D-Girl
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
It's the landlord's responsibility, you also have to shovel for the tenant.
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| Posted 12/14/07 1:41 PM |
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
I lived in an apt with an absentee landlord and was told before we moved in that we were responsible to shovel.
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| Posted 12/14/07 1:48 PM |
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Kara
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
What does your lease say? 
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| Posted 12/14/07 1:53 PM |
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EmmaNick
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
Posted by Kara
What does your lease say?
I don't have a lease that's why I was asking...to see what the "norm" is.
I've always lived in a development and management took care of it. This time around I live in an apt in a house, the LL lives upstairs. I have many concrete steps which were very slippery this morning, as was the entire walk and I was quite surprised he didn't at least salt and thankfully I didn't slip with the baby.
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| Posted 12/14/07 2:14 PM |
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kris01
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
landlord...
we rent an apartment in our house and we have always salted but I know sometimes if DH has gotten home late or we were away we leave the shovel and salt in the shed and the tenants have shoveled and salted
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| Posted 12/14/07 2:51 PM |
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angnick
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
dh shovels and salts the walk ways.
it is the landlords responsibility
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| Posted 12/14/07 3:40 PM |
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DRMom
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
In your situation I thin he should do it if not only ecause its his responsibility because its the right thing to do
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| Posted 12/14/07 3:59 PM |
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my landlord rarely does this and he lives downstairs. granted he is 70-something years old. i still think he should then hire someone to take care of it. my stairs, walkway and the driveway were a mess this morning. he left a box of ice melt outside for me
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| Posted 12/14/07 4:16 PM |
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EmmaNick
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Posted by BlueDiamonds
my landlord rarely does this and he lives downstairs. granted he is 70-something years old. i still think he should then hire someone to take care of it. my stairs, walkway and the driveway were a mess this morning. he left a box of ice melt outside for me
Well at least you got that! I was chipping away at the ice with my FOOT!  My LL is a "handyman" when it comes to house projects so he is able bodied enough to salt and shovel. I think he's mad though that *I* got mad about my plumbing breaking yet AGAIN this past week
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| Posted 12/14/07 4:23 PM |
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Diana1215
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
It's the landlords responsibility - but - my tenants are so great - and if they are home before my DH gets in from work they will do it! 
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| Posted 12/14/07 5:19 PM |
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BlueDiamonds
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Posted by BlueDiamonds
my landlord rarely does this and he lives downstairs. granted he is 70-something years old. i still think he should then hire someone to take care of it. my stairs, walkway and the driveway were a mess this morning. he left a box of ice melt outside for me
Well at least you got that! I was chipping away at the ice with my FOOT! My LL is a "handyman" when it comes to house projects so he is able bodied enough to salt and shovel. I think he's mad though that *I* got mad about my plumbing breaking yet AGAIN this past week
he only left it for us because the stuff we bought ourselves last year was "ruining the walkway" or so he says. if your LL is able bodied, he should be out there doing it for you, whether he's mad or not. i dread the snow for this very reason!!
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| Posted 12/14/07 5:38 PM |
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NewlyMrs
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
It should be the landlords responsibility!
And all my past landlords would take care of it and even help me shovel my car out, since I had no shovel.
However my most recent landlord made us shovel.
God forbid I had fallen.....They'd be living in the apartment and we'd be in the main house!
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| Posted 12/14/07 5:42 PM |
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Marybeth222
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Posted by Summerrluvv
Posted by BlueDiamonds
my landlord rarely does this and he lives downstairs. granted he is 70-something years old. i still think he should then hire someone to take care of it. my stairs, walkway and the driveway were a mess this morning. he left a box of ice melt outside for me
Well at least you got that! I was chipping away at the ice with my FOOT! My LL is a "handyman" when it comes to house projects so he is able bodied enough to salt and shovel. I think he's mad though that *I* got mad about my plumbing breaking yet AGAIN this past week
Sounds like my old ll in Huntington.
He lived there and had another tenant above us.....we ALWAYS had to shovel and it was expected of us.
Now as homeowners, we have a tenant and we would never think of asking him to do it It's our responsibility.
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| Posted 12/14/07 6:18 PM |
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EmmaNick
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Posted by NewlyMrs
It should be the landlords responsibility!
And all my past landlords would take care of it and even help me shovel my car out, since I had no shovel.
However my most recent landlord made us shovel.
God forbid I had fallen.....They'd be living in the apartment and we'd be in the main house!
That's what the girls said at work too
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| Posted 12/14/07 6:22 PM |
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
My DH usually does it but sometimes he works long hours and just doesn't get a chance to. We do leave a huge bucket of salt for our tenants so that they can do it if we can't.
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| Posted 12/14/07 11:24 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Those With Tenants ....
Our landlord lives below us. He is responsible for salting and shoveling. DH will help him if he needs it though.
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| Posted 12/14/07 11:31 PM |
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