Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Nevada
breaking a lease ??
We are breaking our apartment
lease because of a situation
where a water heater broke and it
took over 3 hours for a
maintenance man to show up and
address the problem. My wife had
to call the fire department to shut
off the water which was flooding
our kitchen and part of living room.
We would like to know what
''reasonable amount of time
required by law to respond to an
emergency'' consists of.The
leasing company is accessing us
2 months penalty for breaking the
lease. Can they sue us? How
would a judgment work? We feel
they broke the lease first because
the on call man could not be
reached for 3 hours. Thank You
Las Vegas NV
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: breaking a lease ??
Unless the situation resulted in a "constructive eviction" you are not going to avoid liability for breaching the lease. This would normally include unpaid rent until they can reasonably re-lease the rental unit. I would need to read your lease to fully advise you, but you should hesitate to move out and breach the lease because of a short delay in a minor repair of an appliance.
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