Water heater: Landlord or Tenant responsibility (commercial lease)
The tenant asked for the repair of the water heater that feeds the breakroom kitchen sink and probably dishwasher.  This a commercial property (AL) and per the lease, the landlord is responsible for maintaining "base" plumbing.  The issue was with the heating element and needed to be replaced. I do not define this a water heater as base plumbing.  I think of base plumbing more like "rough in" plumbing and anything exterior to the building. Thoughts?
[{"id": "fs4s575", "text": "Is the LL required to provide hot water?  I suspect this is the tenants responsibility.", "replies": [{"id": "fs5076u", "text": "Depends on the least and type (retail? office?)", "replies": [{"id": "fs512pc", "text": "Really it just depends on the lease.  Why would the property type matter?", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs4t0gk", "text": "Tenant. \n\nIt's not in the walls or the floor. \n\nIt's like a light burning out.", "replies": [{"id": "fs58nau", "text": "We replace building standard light bulbs in full service office leases, but the water heater would be on the tenant unless there was a good working order provision with a defined timeline that said otherwise.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs4t2vz", "text": "Did you provide the water heater before they moved in?  If yes, I would say it's on you.   If they put it on, I would say it's on them.   Is it worth arguing about?  Split it and get addendum to the lease so it's spelled out next time.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs4udx2", "text": "Are they a credit tenant? How much is it going to cost you?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs4wkwl", "text": "Up here in Canada many m people rent their heaters and with respect to rentals it\u2019s generally up to the tenant to pay as its on the heating bill.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs4x7dm", "text": "If it\u2019s a small water heater (40g +/-) just replace it. Will cost, with labor, about $500-$700. I would say the mechanicals are LL responsibility.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs51fdo", "text": "Depends on your lease. That being said, if they have been solid tenants I would go ahead and eat the cost and move on with your life, as I feel hot water is a basic standard. I would further clarify with the tenants what exactly they are / you are responsible for from this day forward (add an addendum in writing, if not already in the lease.)", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs54l4b", "text": "Typically in an office property, the tenant is responsible for water heaters since it\u2019s not a building-standard item. I\u2019m in California and while most tenants have a hot water, it is not provided by the landlord.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fs73qnc", "text": "The addition of \"base\" is an attempt to somehow limit the plumbing, but I'm not aware of any sort of further definition therein or common usage. The real question is if there's some customary understanding of the term \"base\" in AL. Instinctually, I'm looking at things like how the property was delivered and what the usage is, or what other similar leases do, to try and come up with a baseline. I'm also looking particularly at other areas of the lease, like how it defines appliances and what they have to say about them. I don't think that \"base\" means \"rough in\" because otherwise the lease would have used that more commonly understood term, but what it then means is a speculative.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]