My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: We live in Indiana, landlord lives in California
Can we be evicted for demanding repairs be made to our furnace, or for checking on the status of the repairs?
We live in a single family home and our furnace has not worked correctly since the end of last winter and we have been told several times now by our landlord that a new one would be installed. We have been given 4 different dates now as to when it would be installed and the dates come and go and we still have no furnace. I got the sense that we were being given the run around, so I contacted the HVAC company that I was told would be doing the install and they told me that the landlord had not even contacted them since the HVAC company sent their estimate proposal to the landlord back in September!
I contacted the landlord (via text) and let them know I had spoken with the HVAC company and what they had told me. This is my text, word for word: "Hello - I spoke with XXX at XXX today, and she let me know that nothing has ever been scheduled for an install. I was under the impression last week when you and I spoke on the phone and you said the furnace would be installed by December 1st, that the issue was already handled. I understand this is a huge expense for you, however; I am concerned that the more we run this faulty furnace, the more dangerous it can become." The landlord responded a few hours later stating that they didn't like people in their business and that this was their property, not ours and that they were handling the issue as they saw fit. I apologized to my landlord for upsetting them, as that was not my intention, but now they will not return my calls or my texts and I'm a little freaked out now.
I am now very afraid that by complaining to the landlord too much or by contacting the HVAC company myself, that this may have pushed the landlord over the edge and they will just try and evict us now. Is this possible that they can do that?
They would have absolutely NO other grounds to evict us on, because we pay rent either on time or early and if something breaks in the house, we go ahead and fix it and let them know, AND we don't even deduct it from rent. We even just re-signed our lease early because the landlord said they wanted to keep us in the house.
FYI - the house in my opinion, is still very habitable; we simply need a working furnace especially with a crazy Indiana winter around the corner.
Can we be evicted for demanding repairs be made to our furnace, or for checking on the status of the repairs?
We live in a single family home and our furnace has not worked correctly since the end of last winter and we have been told several times now by our landlord that a new one would be installed. We have been given 4 different dates now as to when it would be installed and the dates come and go and we still have no furnace. I got the sense that we were being given the run around, so I contacted the HVAC company that I was told would be doing the install and they told me that the landlord had not even contacted them since the HVAC company sent their estimate proposal to the landlord back in September!
I contacted the landlord (via text) and let them know I had spoken with the HVAC company and what they had told me. This is my text, word for word: "Hello - I spoke with XXX at XXX today, and she let me know that nothing has ever been scheduled for an install. I was under the impression last week when you and I spoke on the phone and you said the furnace would be installed by December 1st, that the issue was already handled. I understand this is a huge expense for you, however; I am concerned that the more we run this faulty furnace, the more dangerous it can become." The landlord responded a few hours later stating that they didn't like people in their business and that this was their property, not ours and that they were handling the issue as they saw fit. I apologized to my landlord for upsetting them, as that was not my intention, but now they will not return my calls or my texts and I'm a little freaked out now.
I am now very afraid that by complaining to the landlord too much or by contacting the HVAC company myself, that this may have pushed the landlord over the edge and they will just try and evict us now. Is this possible that they can do that?
They would have absolutely NO other grounds to evict us on, because we pay rent either on time or early and if something breaks in the house, we go ahead and fix it and let them know, AND we don't even deduct it from rent. We even just re-signed our lease early because the landlord said they wanted to keep us in the house.
FYI - the house in my opinion, is still very habitable; we simply need a working furnace especially with a crazy Indiana winter around the corner.
Grounds for Eviction: Threat of Eviction
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