Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

Here is what I found in reference to the escrow that I think is applicable here:

Step 4: Depositing Your Rent In Escrow

After thirty days from the date you gave “Notice” to your landlord, you may deposit your rent with the Clerk of Court. Do not deposit your rent if everything you gave Notice about has been fixed, but if anything that you gave Notice about is still not fixed, you have the right to pay your rent to the Clerk of Court. The Clerk of Court will give you a form to fill out: “Application by Tenant to Deposit Rent with the Clerk of Court”. After you have filled out that application, the Clerk will accept your rent payment and give you a receipt. You must pay the Clerk with cash, a money order, or a certified check. Personal checks will not be accepted. The Clerk of Court is located on the second floor of the City Building across from the city parking garage. The Clerk`s office is open until 4pm Monday thru Friday.

After that, every time your rent is due, you should pay it to the Clerk of Court. You will not have to fill out the application after the first time. Each time you pay the the Clerk of Court, you wil recieve a receipt. Save the receipts.

If your landlord fixes everything you gave Notice about, you may resume paying your rent in the normal manner. You may also instruct the Clerk of Court to pay all the rent you deposited with the Clerk to your landlord.

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

My attorney just emailed me and said I should still proceed with escrow as a window unit in a bedroom is not how the apartment was rented.

On the flip side I just got an email from Debbie indicating the owner approved a new compressor and the a/c company would be calling me to schedule a date/time to come out and perform that repair.

[deaduck]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

My attorney just emailed me and said I should still proceed with escrow as a window unit in a bedroom is not how the apartment was rented.

On the flip side I just got an email from Debbie indicating the owner approved a new compressor and the a/c company would be calling me to schedule a date/time to come out and perform that repair.

If they're doing a straight compressor replacement...it's like a half day/few hours job. Schedule it quickly and you'll be cool in hours.

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

mgoblue - yes i'm trying to be very cordial, i agree, i don't want to get stuck in antagonistical mode as it does no one any good. at the same time i'm keeping in mind my rights and i won't let them throw me a bone to shut me up.

deaduck - they are coming to my house Friday at 8am...then once they get to a point where they need inside i'll go back out to my house, around lunchtime. they said it was about a 4 hour job.

i'm really hoping they come out friday and simply get it fixed. I do not want to have to do the escrow thing but i also feel as if it's not fixed I need to do that to keep them on it. and let's face it, heading into june things are only going to get worse temperature wise as well as getting these a/c companies to come out without waiting weeks...

[mgoblue]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

mgoblue - yes i'm trying to be very cordial, i agree, i don't want to get stuck in antagonistical mode as it does no one any good. at the same time i'm keeping in mind my rights and i won't let them throw me a bone to shut me up.

deaduck - they are coming to my house Friday at 8am...then once they get to a point where they need inside i'll go back out to my house, around lunchtime. they said it was about a 4 hour job.

i'm really hoping they come out friday and simply get it fixed. I do not want to have to do the escrow thing but i also feel as if it's not fixed I need to do that to keep them on it. and let's face it, heading into june things are only going to get worse temperature wise as well as getting these a/c companies to come out without waiting weeks...

Yeah, you're doing everything right. I just know how easy it'd be to keep being pissed off at them, I just hope this is all over for you soon.

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

Yes I know man, it's difficult for me not to stay angry. I mean when they said the compressor was bad and that it'd be very expensive for just a second I was like...YEAH!!! but then I thought how stupid is it of me to think that way, LOL... Just human nature I guess. Try to keep the intellect ruling the emotional anger instead of vice versa...

[deaduck]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

Hey, for general knowlede purposes...the part they were waiting for...Was it maybe the capacitor or the contactor?

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

Distributor I think was what they said, for the outside unit.

[deaduck]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

Distributor I think was what they said, for the outside unit.

I'm not sure what a "distributor" is on a standard late model condensing unit. Is it a heat pump?

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

I saw the part, it's the little piece that connects the two tiny pipes to the top piece that has all the wires and connectors. It is about 2" circular width-wise, then flat on top and bottom and then on the bottom it has two small, hard metal pipes coming out of it. I know freon is piped through it because when they added freon initially the freon leaked out from the faulty distributor.

[deaduck]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

Yeah, sounds like you've got a heat pump type unit. Never really worked on those much but I know they have twice the problems a standard unit does when it ages. And they only work so well in mild conditions...not designed for extreme heat/cold.

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

I'm not sure, all i know is i want it 68 degrees, not 83 degrees, LOL!!

[FlyingFinn]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

I'm not sure, all i know is i want it 68 degrees, not 83 degrees, LOL!!

I keep my AC set an 80 and my wife still complains about being cold.

[mgoblue]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

I keep my AC set an 80 and my wife still complains about being cold.

Yeah, every house is different I guess....if I take it down to 70 my place is freezing...cold even for me. I set it at 78 and just wear shorts and a t-shirt....

[ODogg]

Re: Landlord won't fix my A/C - any ideas?

Well i'm loving and hating the room A/C I got as a temporary measure. It's great to have a humid-free bedroom that is not 83 degrees, but the A/C I have is a simple setting A/C in that you turn it on high or low and you don't set a specific temperature. So I get off work and set it to high and go somewhere, come back and it's FREEZING. Then I turn it down for a bit, it gets a little hot. Turn it up and go to bed. Wake up at 4am and it's 65 and feels like it's about 50, LOL. So turn it down, wake up at 7am and it's 73.

It's fantastic to have the ability to cool a room but i'm bouncing back and forth between freezing my *#($ off and being hot...LOL. I hope to heck the central air is fixed tomorrow!!