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Asking for a coworker. When does the landlord have to turn on the heat to the building? It's been high 40s, low 50s in the am here but warms up in the afternoon.
3 requests to landlord have gotten the answer of end of next week.
Is there a temperature or timeframe the landlord must comply by?
Have your co worker access their state landlord tenant regulations on line. The information is available for her to forward to her landlord. There is no value to her getting the answer second hand, go to the source.
@Mindy Jensen The Colorado Warranty of Habitability statute states, with regard to heating, as follows: "A residential premises is deemed uninhabitable if it substantially lacks any of the following characteristics: . . . Functioning heating facilities that conformed to applicable law at the time of installation and that are maintained in good working order." There is no temperature or timeframe specified. I read this to mean that the heat should be functional whenever desired by the tenant. We turned our heat on this past weekend because it got cold!
In MN landlord should turn heat on if it gets lower than 68 degrees for several consecutive days.. basically on Oct 1, off April 30 th.. but depends on the weather..
buy a small space heater or a nice electric blanket for the in between days..
@Katie Miller if this has not yet been solved, you should send the landlord written notice that the heat is not functioning and if it is not corrected in "reasonable time" you will terminate your lease. If all it needs is to be turned on, then that should get the ball rolling.
