Cost of Electrical Improvements Not Broken Down

September 30, 2005

LVT Number: 18381

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $33,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DRA incorrectly disallowed renovation costs. The DHCR ruled against landlord. Landlord claimed that tenant's entire apartment had been rewired. But the DHCR's inspector reported old and frayed wiring behind the kitchen wall cover in the apartment. The DRA asked landlord for additional information in the form of a cost breakdown. But landlord submitted no further information.

Tenant complained of a rent overcharge. The DRA ruled for tenant and ordered landlord to refund $33,000, including triple damages. Landlord appealed, claiming that the DRA incorrectly disallowed renovation costs. The DHCR ruled against landlord. Landlord claimed that tenant's entire apartment had been rewired. But the DHCR's inspector reported old and frayed wiring behind the kitchen wall cover in the apartment. The DRA asked landlord for additional information in the form of a cost breakdown. But landlord submitted no further information. So the DRA correctly disallowed any rent increase for electrical improvements.

390 Wadsworth, LLC/Paltiel: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. Nos. TE410022RO & TE410054RT (8/23/05) [6-pg. doc.]

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