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Landlord Maintenance Responsibilities
What does it mean?
The landlord has primary responsibility for maintaining the apartment and property. This includes the facade, roof, stairwell, plumbing, electrical systems, and ensuring the apartment meets a basic standard.
If the landlord fails their maintenance responsibility, tenants can demand action, claim rent reduction, or ultimately use the self-help right.
Key Points
- Responsible for facade, roof, plumbing, electrical, common areas
- Apartment must be in reasonable condition
- Must fix defects within reasonable time after report
- Failure: tenant can claim rent reduction or self-help right
- Renovations must consider tenants' needs
Practical Tip
Report all problems in writing. If nothing happens — send a reminder and state you're considering a rent reduction. Save all correspondence as evidence.
Based on content from Bofrid's Knowledge Bank