What are her rights in a commercial rental property?
My mom bought a commercial property a few years ago, which is occupied by two business. Currently her nail saloon is one of the business and she has been leasing to a hair stylist with her own hair salon business. Well the hair stylist rents out 3 booths at her business. Well a few days ago there was a problem with the electric in the building. The tenant that owns the hair salon is pulling way to much power on her side of the building because of the 3 booth rentals using power and this is making electrical problems for the building. Well the business owner of the hair saloon hired an electrician to fix the problem and a verbal agreement was made to split the cost between my mom and her. But now all of the sudden the tenant is refusing to pay and wants my mother to pay the electrician. Should she have too? There would be no problem with the electrical parts if she wasn't pulling to much power….???
Ultimately your mom is responsible for "repairs" as she is the owner of the property . . . it doesn't matter who agreed to pay for what . . . legally she is responsible . . . however, after paying the electrician, your mother can take the tenant to small claims court to recoup her portion of the bill
Talk soon,
Joe Beaven
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CHARITY G Says:
Ultimately your mom is responsible for "repairs" as she is the owner of the property . . . it doesn't matter who agreed to pay for what . . . legally she is responsible . . . however, after paying the electrician, your mother can take the tenant to small claims court to recoup her portion of the bill
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Posted on December 24th, 2008 at 3:38 pm