Additional Improvements Qualified

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DRA improperly disallowed some of the cost of apartment improvements in calculating the legal rent. The DHCR ruled for landlord. The DHCR allowed an additional increase for improvements costing $3,800 for the replacement of the living room floor and for six days' labor and material for kitchen and bathroom improvements. Although there wasn't a full breakdown of these costs in landlord's records, there was sufficient proof that the work was done, warranting the additional costs.

Rhodes Realties, Inc.: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. NH110035RO (4/17/01) [2-pg. doc.]