Who is responsible for naturally occurring damages?
Please forgive me if this has been posted 100 times, but I did not find it when I searched. I recently helped a friend move out of her rental SFH, and the place is pretty trashed. Some of it is pretty obvious landlord negligence (think, dripping bathtub faucet for so long the tub is turning blue). Some of it is pretty obviously the tenants' fault (think water-damaged wood floors from wet spots on the carpet above). However, my question is about damage that occurred because of natural events, made worse from neglect. Like, gutters that weren't cleaned for so long that they've gotten heavy with dirt, and fallen down. Or water damage from a storm that's been allowed to fester so long that sections of the house probably need gutted. Things that would typically be the landlord's responsibility to fix, but if they aren't told about it, does the subsequent damage fall to the tenants?