Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Indiana
This is actually a property sell - we have a purchase agreement. The buyer needed a place to live immediately, so we did a short term lease so they would have a few months to pull financing together and have a place to live in the mean time. The rental agreement states the tenant is responsible for all repairs. The tenant called the health department with out notifying us and they did another inspection. The health department is requiring the furnace to be cleaned, ducts cleaned and an outlet replaced. Since the health department only recognizes the property owner, I need advice on if I can legally require the tenant to pay the repairs as specified in our rental agreement. Here is the exact text:
Maintenance: Resident agrees to maintain the home and property, effective 21Aug2016. Maintenance items include yard maintenance, trash pickup service and any maintenance required to appliances, HVAC, sewer and water systems
Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
From the language of the lease, you may have grounds to require the tenant to pay for those items.
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