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Is my landlord responsible for my heating bills?

Asked by dillchad (2points) December 21st, 2008

I live in MN in a drafty house with poor heat circulation. Some parts of the house are 75–80 degrees while others are freezing, literally. Our pipes keep freezing even though our thermostat is always set above 70. When the pipes freeze, the landlord is always very responsive and hes here working on it within an hour. But in order to heat the pipes, he uses several 1500w heaters, turns the furnace up to 80, and leaves doors open and turns fans on to circulate the heat. Is my landlord at least partially responsible for my utility bills or is this my problem?

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aanuszek1's avatar

Check in your lease contract. You could be paying a flat fee for utilities, you could not.

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jrpowell's avatar

It isn’t anyone’s fault. It sounds like he is doing a good job of being a landlord. (at least he shows up) It might be a good time to talk to him about weatherproofing the house. It isn’t that expensive and he should be willing to take the cost of supplies out of the rent if you do the work.

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susanc's avatar

Not sure about MN, but here in WA the utility company will rebate quite a bit of the cost of pumping up the insulation. Guy might like knowing that. Maybe you could volunteer some labor. Could be friendly. I agree with JP, he sounds like a 3/4way decent guy.

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