Second Entry Door Removal Wasn't Done in Workmanlike Manner

October 28, 2016

LVT Number: #27292

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on work done when her second apartment entrance door was removed. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. The rent reduction wasn’t based on elimination of the door. Inspection showed that a Sheetrock wall was installed in place of the door but wasn’t finished or painted to match pre-existing conditions. The rent reduction was properly based on the fact that the newly installed wall wasn’t finished.

 

Rent-stabilized tenant complained of a reduction in services based on work done when her second apartment entrance door was removed. The DRA ruled for tenant and reduced her rent. Landlord appealed and lost. The rent reduction wasn’t based on elimination of the door. Inspection showed that a Sheetrock wall was installed in place of the door but wasn’t finished or painted to match pre-existing conditions. The rent reduction was properly based on the fact that the newly installed wall wasn’t finished.

 

 

JMW 75 LLC: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. EP410011RO (8/25/16) [2-pg. doc.]

Downloads

EP410011RO.pdf700.9 KB

Topics

More like this