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$600 seems pretty reasonable for not being able to use an oven for a month.
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My lease requires the losing party to pay the legal fees of the other party. I’m not sure how that would be interpreted if you offered $600 which they refused and then the court gave them $600 or some similar amount . In this case, I’m not sure that this is going to be worth it for an attorney to take on. Or for your tenant to pay an attorney. Has the tenant offered any calculation for why a months rent is a reasonable?
Assume they use the oven for one meal a day. So for 30 days they had to buy take-out for one meal instead of cooking. 30*$20 for one takeout meal = $600. Seems reasonable to me. Any small claims court judge would see it as reasonable too.
I think $600 off for a month of no oven is pretty generous. An entire month’s rent would be nuts imo. You could’ve dropped off a toaster oven, air fryer, outdoor grill or some other cooking tool in the meantime.
As a landlord that has been through it all, a free month makes sense. You were unable to provide the service they pay you for. The fact it took a month is more on you than them. Switch handymen or whoever you use. I’ve found using quality contractors is key to my own success. Someone above said assume they use the oven once a day - this is not the correct way of thinking. You can’t back into the number you already provided. What if you assume they use the oven 3x a day to feed 3 people a day. 9 meals /day x $15/person x $30 days is $4,050. Now I know that isn’t the case but my point is, it isn’t for you to determine how much that service was worth to them. If your lease agreement said they would be provided a home with an oven for a month and you can’t provide that then they shouldn’t pay it. Take the loss on the month and move forward without the headache.
...Hoping we can keep this arms length and just reach some agreeable number, but looking for takes on what is reasonable/experiences.
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- what state is this in? Landlord / tenant laws vary widely from state to state.
- what other mechanisms for cooking were available during the downtime? Microwave? Hot plate? BBQ grill? Etc. ?
- did you make any offers of providing additional methods of cooking while the oven was down?
- what does your lease state around the timeline for making any repairs?
It’s just so small why take it to court? How much is rent?