I am responsiable to pay the entire electeric bill when the contractor improperly wired the central air unit?
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You are absolutely not responsible for collecting this money back. Apartments are a bunch of shady crooks. I have had nightmares in dealing with them. I move a lot for work, and they pay my rent. But I have to have the lease in my name. So I always pay on time, but I had one threaten to "evict" me if I did not pay money I did not owe. I took my records to the apartment manager and got a letter stating it was incorrect.
What I would do is this. Make sure that you talk to the highest person up in the office. Usually the complex manager is only there during normal business hours (if that), but you need to talk to them as their "underlings" can do nothing. Take him/her the first electric bill and the second, as well as anything you have in writing about what was wrong with the HVAC (hopefully you have this in writing). See what they have to say, if you have already talked to them then continue to the next step.
If they will not issue you a credit for the work done, hold it from your rent. Do not get into suing them, it is a time and hassle issue you do not want. Write a very professional, polite letter when you turn in next month's rent. Say that you have included the amount of $____, which is the normal rent of $____ less damages you had to pay on behalf of the apartment for faulty work by their contractor. Make sure you include the exact difference of the bills, as well as any documentation you showed the manager before. They will tell you that you owe them more, but again go to the same manager and tell them if they honestly feel that they have the right to collect this money, they can take you to small claims or landlord/tenant court. Do as much as possible in writing. If you send a fax, keep a copy of the fax as well as the confirmation it went through. If you hand deliver a letter, make sure you keep a copy for your records. If it should go to court (almost certain it would not) these things will make it open and shut for you. The apartment will pursue it no further, they do not want to waste their time for that small of an amount, especially when they know they will lose. But I hope nothing breaks in the future, you probably will not get much response from them without a threat. You may want to move when your lease is up too. Good luck, stick it to the jerks.
Nope.I will sue the building complex, because they are the ones who've hire the contractor. You had nothing to do with the hiring or overseeing the job. If they want the money back from the case u have on them, then they have to sue the contractor for the amount they ended up paying u.
Stop chasing your tail and just go file in small claims court against the property owners. The contractor was acting at their request, and they rented a place to you with a defect.
If they want to go after him, fine. but all you have to do is go after them.
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