Landlord refuses to fix AC unit, our employees are showing signs of heat stroke
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[{"id": "idhx9gn", "text": "1. Check your lease see who\u2019s responsible for HVAC\n2. Buy a fucking window unit, they\u2019re like $400", "replies": [{"id": "idi168f", "text": "This. \n\nThe lease will tell you who has responsibility and what the consequences are for not meeting obligations. \n\nAlso, get a damn portable AC. At 300sqft, a 1T portable unit will work just fine.", "replies": [{"id": "idi29ge", "text": "And honestly, why haven\u2019t you done that already? For your employees\u2019 sake?", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "idikzz6", "text": "Working in CRE, I\u2019m surprised at the number of tenants who DONT do this.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "idk4keh", "text": "This is the answer , the cheap moron allows people to get heat stroke and risk his business for $400 portable AC.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idhzd78", "text": " 3. Keep the old AC unit and reinstall it when you leave. \n\nI do lots of small apartment improvements I prefer and take them all with me when I leave and reinstall the original stuff.\n\nDocument the AC complaint and your temporary installation. Only share the documentation with the landlord if they complain after leaving since they may try to screw you on your security deposit.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idi144u", "text": "Literally the hardest part of making one of those things work well again is getting it out and outside so you can spray it down.  In your case it sounds like taking it out will be super easy.  This video here will show you everything you need to know.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/zidmF-gvs7s\n\nAs others have said, if the landlord is responsible for that unit working, make him take care of it next time. But this will get you going in like half an hour.  She just uses water with Dawn dish soap, I've usually gone to Home Depot and you can buy a little spray that's made for cleaning the back of the unit. Good luck!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idi1vxb", "text": "Where are you paying $180/SF to rent a garage???\nFor $4,500/month just rent a luxury 1 bedroom &amp; run your business out of there", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idi4uxc", "text": "I mean whether or not your landlord is responsible you are looking to move soon just go spend 500 and get a new one in there for your employees? That's what I would do. Then take it with you and put the old one back when you leave.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idi5gcp", "text": "Read your lease to see who is responsible. If I where you I would just go buy a new unit or at least rent something so you can get back to normal business. \n\n\nIf you don\u2019t want to go that route, some states and/or leases have self help clauses. Where you provide written notice to the Landlord that there is an issue with the AC, they have a specific amount of time to make the correction. If the landlord doesn\u2019t correct the issue you can fix the issue your self and bill back the landlord or take a rent credit.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idi6tq8", "text": "What does your lease say? The AC could be your responsibility.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idie6u2", "text": "Look into ductless AC units.  They're way more efficient than window units and are very quiet.", "replies": [{"id": "idk319h", "text": "They're permanent though, and not cheap.", "replies": [{"id": "idk3z4b", "text": "They don't have any windows for a window unit, so what other solution would you propose?  Yes, mini-splits are more expensive than a window unit but are much more efficient.  \n\nI haven't seen any mini-split that is permanent.  They mount on the wall like a television and can be removed pretty easily.", "replies": [{"id": "idk413z", "text": "The spot where the current AC is", "replies": [], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idiem3h", "text": "If my employees were threatening to quit, I sure as fuck wouldn't be on Reddit trying to get social justice points to figure out who's at fault...I'd be buying a functioning AC unit, and putting it in the damn window to help my employees who are apparently \"*dying of heat stroke*\".\n\nEmployers don't whine about problems, they solve them.\n\nRead the manual.  It's in the first chapter:\n\nPage one. *\"How to be a successful and decent employer: No whining. Problem? Fix problem. Next?\".*\n\nAnd by the way, if you're paying almost 200 bucks a sf to rent space, you're in the upper echelon of leased spaces in the entire world...which means either 1) that your landlord (of which I am one) would kill his own Mother to keep you paying such a steep lease rate (i.e. would be thrilled to replace a 500 dollar AC unit for you) or 2)....you're just full of shit.\n\nI vote for option #2.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idilhrj", "text": "So much going on here....\n\nDo you have a business license to operate your business out of this \"converted garage\"?\n\nPaying $4500/month for less than 200 SF? Are you on the ocean in Santa Monica? You can find much more affordable space with a functioning HVAC system for less than what you are paying right now.\n\nAs everyone else mentioned....check your lease to see who is responsible for the HVAC unit....and in the meantime, go buy a portable HVAC unit.", "replies": [{"id": "idk5xwl", "text": "Seriously $200/SF..... you can rent a ground floor retail space in Manhattan for that price.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idiopfs", "text": "$4500? 300sqft?\n\nWhat the fuck. You sure you're not just having a normal stroke?  \n\n\nEdit and on the off fucking chance $4500 doesn't boggle your head, you can literally drop a 2.5ton unit for a house in there and bring on a second ice age in 300sqft for the cost of ones months rent.  \n\n\nFind a solution for $500 to fix a $55,000/yr rent investment. Holy shit. Plus you pay employees and I assume you make enough revenue that SURELY the most IMPORTANT thing to break, the AC, is worth you to fix the MOMEMT it broke.", "replies": [{"id": "idjw33i", "text": "LOL", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idiorr2", "text": "You could buy a swamp cooler. They don\u2019t need to exhaust outside.  It\u2019s cheaper than a lawsuit", "replies": [{"id": "idirm06", "text": "Socal has been effing humid lately and swamp coolers do not work well in high humidity. I actually have a swamp cooler as an option at my house but I only use it if the humidity is down.  Anyway, she is talking about moving out soon.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idirgnq", "text": "This is such a victim mentality. Take your ass to home depot and buy an AC. put the old hunk of shite AC back in when your lease is up. Sell the new one if you\u2019d like and recoup some money.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idiswb7", "text": "Check your lease dude! If climate control, a/c, temperature, are on them then press then with a well written letter (to start). If it isn\u2019t a part and depending on where in oc you live, it might be on you. Towards the coast most places don\u2019t have a/c, so it may be a local understating to not have it. Best bet - check the lease, apply it to the microclimate you\u2019re in, and look to see whether the space contemplated having human occupancy", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "iditl9c", "text": "Sometimes you have to fix it yourself and then figure out a repayment with the landlord if it\u2019s not a triple net lease", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "iditllu", "text": "Check local and state law. In many places if the premises came with an AC it's the landlords responsible to fix.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idj17em", "text": "Get a split unit. I just got one installed in my garage for around 1k. The small compressor (12000btu) outside and the wall hung unit inside.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idjq335", "text": "Holy fuck how are you a business owner? Good lord.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idjwfkx", "text": "9k BTU mini split.  You can get them on Amazon for like $650.  No window required.  Borrow the vacuum pump from an auto parts store and do the install yourself.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idjzvex", "text": "Refuse to pay rent", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]