Landlord Didn't Inspect Walls Before Doing Facade Work

Landlord applied for MCI rent hikes based on a roof installation and parapet repairs. The DRA disallowed an increase for the facade work. Landlord appealed and lost. Building-wide exterior repairs qualify as MCIs if performed on all areas found by a contractor to be needed after examination of all exposed sides of the building. The report of landlord's engineer indicated that only some, but not all, of the exposed building walls were examined. So the costs related to facade repair work were properly disallowed.

398 E. 52nd Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. VD430056RO (12/14/11) [3-pg. doc.]