lack of smoke detector in apt

Waiting2exhale
Wed, 28 Dec 2016 04:06:22 +0000

If the tenant just moved in, the landlord is obligated to inspect the apartment after the previous moves out and before the new tenant moves in and have certain things in place, and operable.

Even where the tenant can submit a list of things in need of repair, or a list of items where he is noting the condition of the apartment upon move-in so that tenant and landlord are on the same page, the smoke detector must be in place.

Prior neglect by the previous tenant does not absolve the landlord from providing a safe, habitable, up-to-code unit.