Steam Traps and Piping Work Didn't Qualify as MCI

July 12, 2013

LVT Number: #24902

The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on a boiler/burner installation but denied any rent increase for steam traps and piping work. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that this work was done in connection with the boiler/burner installation. Landlord removed and replaced undersized steam traps and piping with the proper size, and replaced a leaking section of the steam piping. Invoices for this work dated Nov. 14, 2004; Jan. 5, 2005; and Jan. 28, 2005; indicated that the work was performed piecemeal and not as part of a consecutively timed project.

The DRA granted landlord's application for MCI rent hikes based on a boiler/burner installation but denied any rent increase for steam traps and piping work. Landlord appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that this work was done in connection with the boiler/burner installation. Landlord removed and replaced undersized steam traps and piping with the proper size, and replaced a leaking section of the steam piping. Invoices for this work dated Nov. 14, 2004; Jan. 5, 2005; and Jan. 28, 2005; indicated that the work was performed piecemeal and not as part of a consecutively timed project. The work also wasn't directly related to the boiler/burner installation and therefore didn't qualify as an MCI.

111-113 Montague Street: DHCR Adm. Rev. Docket No. WA230005RO (5/9/13) [3-pg. doc.]

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