What is the Landlord responsible for?

Sometimes its difficult to know, as a landlord of a Rental home, what you are responsible for and what falls to your tenants. Read on for our brief guide to landlord duties. Livability Mandate A landlords greatest obligation to his tenants is to make sure that the structure complies with all existing building, housing and health codes the component pieces of a property that add up to livability. Be sure that you are educated about local, state and federal requirements and that you are in accordance with them. Rely on Prudential American Property Management to keep you in compliance with your obligations. The Building The property must be weatherproof, have natural lighting in every room, offer emergency exit access, and have windows that open up at least halfway. The windows need to be fitted with some kind of security device and the front entrance should be equipped with a deadbolt. The structure should also have a sufficient number of working smoke alarms. Health and Hygiene This ...  more

Your landlord is responsible for: • Repairs to structure and exterior of the property, heating and hot water and sanitary installations. • The Safety of gas and electrical appliances provided. • Maintaining the house/apartment in a habitable condition.  more