Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia

I am in a VLRTA-exempt lease. We have a written statement from a furnace repair person that the furnace could stop working at any time due to disrepair. The landlord was provided with this written list of needed repairs, but refuses to pay for repairs because the furnace has not stopped working (yet). My question is this: if the furnace stopped and there was damage to the house or its contents as a result, would the landlord be responsible for the damages?


Asked on 1/12/12, 8:21 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Yes, quite probable, unless there was clear language in the lease itself

that somehow made the tenant responsible for this damage despite his having apparently forewarned the landlord of the possible problem. (Most unlikely, I would think.)

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Answered on 1/12/12, 10:39 am


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