Long story short I pay a monthly rent for the apartment and all utilities and my power is out. My landlord doesn't know why it is out and supposedly has someone working on it. How long without power is it reasonable for me to ask him to put me in a hotel til the issue gets fixed? We have a good relationship but more so legally speaking.

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Posted by crazycubes

Member since Jan 2016

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Posted on 12/3/16 at 12:06 pm to JamalSanders

what does your lease contract say

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Posted by JamalSanders

On a boat

Member since Jul 2015

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Posted on 12/3/16 at 12:15 pm to crazycubes

No lease. Just a handshake deal.

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Posted by baldona

Florida

Member since Feb 2016

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Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:35 pm to JamalSanders

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No lease. Just a handshake deal.

May be a lesson learned here then...

If there's no lease there's not a lot you can do honestly.

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Posted by Tigerpaw123

Louisiana

Member since Mar 2007

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Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:43 pm to JamalSanders

Are we talking hours or days?

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Posted by Tigerpaw123

Louisiana

Member since Mar 2007

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Posted on 12/3/16 at 1:45 pm to Tigerpaw123

Have you called the power company and reported an outage ? Do so and they say it is from an unpaid bill then time to find a new place

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Posted by Motorboat

At the camp

Member since Oct 2007

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Posted on 12/5/16 at 7:59 am to JamalSanders

this happened with my tenants. Entergy said it was not their problem. Electrician ($3000) said it was their problem. Ended up being Entergy's problem.

Anyway, I gave them the tenants the pro rata time the power was out back in rent and recovered it from Entergy.

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