[RP TownTalk] Broken window - when will it be fixed?

[Dwight Holmes]

Though that still begs the question, who is the code violation enforced on?
The owner or the residents?

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>wrote:

> And at some level, I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter one way or
> another *who* fixes it - I believe it's a code violation for it to
> stay as it is.
>
> -Sarah
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Bruce, as a property owner/lessor I trust you can answer what seems like
> the
> > obvious question here.  First, I'm assuming this window was broken during
> > the hurricane-related storm? A so-called "Act of God" event? That is, it
> was
> > not caused by an act of carelessness of the occupants or their guests.
> If
> > that's not the situation, then my question is moot. But if that is the
> case,
> > is it not the landlord's responsibility to fix that? (I realize it may be
> > dealt with in the terms of the lease - I'm just asking about what
> standard
> > operating procedure would be in the case of a rented building). Seems to
> me
> > it would be, but that's just me talking off the top of my head. Thanks!
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Bruce Wernek <bruce.wernek at verizon.net
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> The owner Jemal is not going to fix it.  I suspect that the cost is
> >> significant which is the reason the tenants have not fixed it.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/18/11, Sue Collins<wheadle at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Supposedly the window in the old bookshop which was broken during
> >> Hurricane Irene was to be fixed "Weather permitting," the weekend of
> >> September 26.  Well - here we are, October 18, there's been several days
> >> where weather HAS been "permitting," and the window still isn't fixed,
> and
> >> the Goodnight Irene sign is getting more and more raggedy-looking.  Does
> >> anyone know what the owners' excuse, er, reason for not fixing this
> window
> >> would be?
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