Question
I have rented a house. The interior is in bad condition. Whose responsibility is it to fix the house? If I do the renovations, can I claim payment from the landlord?
Answer
The responsibility of repairing the outside of the house (roof and the like) to make it habitable devolves on the owner/landlord.
Fixing the items inside is not incumbent on the owner. If the tenant is not satisfied, he should vacate. If he spends money to do repairs, he cannot later demand payment from the owner. Only if there is an agreement with the owner, will he be able to ask for payment for the expenses he had incurred. Without such an agreement, he has no right to demand payment for having upgraded the house.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 28 No 04
- PDF page
- 9
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