I’m reading the lease for the apartment I want to move into and I come across this clause:

Tenant is responsible for all plumbing repairs including faucets, leaks, stopped up pipes, frozen pipes, water damage, and bathroom caulking.

Surely this is illegal right? Like if I sign this lease I’m not gonna have to pay for water damage on a house I don’t own. I’m leaning towards not signing the lease but lmk if this is a slam dunk obvious example of an illegal clause that would get thrown out in court

  • D61 [any]
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    3 years ago

    Try searching the internet with these search words:

    tenant advocate [state/county/country where you're located]

    A few minutes of searching for USA orgs and I got all sorts of hits that seemed kinda okay but nothing that seemed "National".