Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Ohio

We are renting a house in Lakewood, OH. Two weeks ago we smelt a weird smell when we got home coming from our basement. I didn't know exactly what gas smelled like, but I wanted to be safe so we called the fire department. When they got there they found no gas leak, but they did find that our furnace was leaking enough carbon monoxide that the gas department had to shut it off.

They also found that the carbon monoxide detector that our landlord supplied was 15 years old and not functional. Which came to no surprise to us since our landlord is kind of a slumlord.

What I am trying to ask, is there any breach in our lease since he supplied a faulty device and may have put our lives in danger. We would really like to move out of this house ASAP.

Thanks


Asked on 1/31/12, 6:51 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Eric Willison Eric Eastman Willison

Everything I know about getting out of a lease agreement in Ohio is found here at http://www.ohiolandlordtenant.com/break.html.

While Courts in Ohio will not let you out of a lease because of what might have happened, what is happening to you right now, i.e., no furnace in January, would seem to be a sufficient reason to claim that your possession of the home has been interrupted.

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Answered on 1/31/12, 8:05 am


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