What are our rights as tenants if my fiance and I rent a mobile home with his parents from a non-related landlord who lives up the driveway with us?
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What are our rights as tenants if my fiance and I rent a mobile home with his parents from a non-related landlord who lives up the driveway with us?
What is the landlord responsible for? What are we responsible for? Is the landlord supposed to provide the heating fuel for the heat and hotwater? Are they supposed to provide garbage removal? Snow removal? What is our responsiblity as the renters?
Asked on January 2, 2013 under Real Estate Law, New York
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
The law does not determine who provides these services or utilities in a situation like this (mobile home rental); rather, it is determined by the agreement (the lease, whether written or oral/verbal) between the landlord and the tenants. It is legal for either the landlord or the tenants to provide these things--it's simply of matter of what was agreed to. If there was no explicit agreement, then you may be able to show what the agreement implicitly was by referencing who, in fact, has been paying for or providing these services--presumably, that indicates the nature of the parties' agreement.
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