Roof Work Doesn't Qualify

Landlord applied for MCI rent increases based on a number of installations, including a new roof. The DRA found that the roof installation was merely patch work and disallowed these costs. Landlord appealed, claiming that a new roof was installed in 1986 at a cost of $8,500. But an inspection in 1989 showed that the roof surface measured 18,000 square feet, the roof didn't appear newly installed, only one layer of rolled roofing was installed in certain places, and the roof was blistered in certain places. Although DHCR policy at the time was to permit a rent increase for a roof cap sheet of less than two ply, landlord's work was in the nature of a repair and wasn't done in a workmanlike manner. The DHCR denied landlord's PAR.

[Haberman: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. Nos. EC 630276-RO, EC 620335-RT, ED 610046-RT, ED 610156-RT, EC 610483-RT (1/13/93)]. 4-page document.