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| YESHASettler wrote: | | Seraph wrote: | | And no, my landlord does nothing. Aside for tell us what an amazing landlord he is because he doesnt flip out when our rent is a little bit late. But he never once has done a single thing for us, never once fixed ANYTHING and expects us to pay for fixing things out of our pockets... |
So why don't you use the rent money to get things fixed and send him the receipt? | Its a tad more complicated. The dud shemesh and dud chashmali are connected to the building's supply and they've tried pooling money to replace it, but none of the landlords care because they don't live here, so even if our landlord gave his share to fix it, we'd get nowhere.
And I was told by my rav that I can't just deduct fixing costs from our rent without first getting our landlords permission. he says he wants to find cheaper than we find, we give him time, he doesn't do it EVER...
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| chaylizi wrote: | | I hear you. In the US though, water is included in the rent to protect the landlord. It has nothing to do with being nice to tenants. |
That's why I thought I'd mention it...
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| Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2010, 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: re: israeli amothers! tell me about this location |
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| Seraph wrote: | | YESHASettler wrote: | | Seraph wrote: | | And no, my landlord does nothing. Aside for tell us what an amazing landlord he is because he doesnt flip out when our rent is a little bit late. But he never once has done a single thing for us, never once fixed ANYTHING and expects us to pay for fixing things out of our pockets... |
So why don't you use the rent money to get things fixed and send him the receipt? | Its a tad more complicated. The dud shemesh and dud chashmali are connected to the building's supply and they've tried pooling money to replace it, but none of the landlords care because they don't live here, so even if our landlord gave his share to fix it, we'd get nowhere.
And I was told by my rav that I can't just deduct fixing costs from our rent without first getting our landlords permission. he says he wants to find cheaper than we find, we give him time, he doesn't do it EVER... |
So go back to your rav. It sounds reasonable that you can't just go to anyone you want and present your landlord with a bill and the landlord has a week or two to check out prices.
It does not sound reasonalbe for the landlord to keep you waiting months or years.
Maybe you should be paying less rent for all the months without basic amenities.
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| chaylizi wrote: | | I hear you. In the US though, water is included in the rent to protect the landlord. It has nothing to do with being nice to tenants. | Not always, Chaylizi. I can recall three places we rented (different States) where the water bill was our responsibility. 2 were private rentals and one was through a management company.
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| Maybe the state laws were different? Otherwise I can't imagine why a landlord would want to take the risk of a lien on his property.
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| Posted: Mon, Feb 15 2010, 1:42 pm Post subject: re: israeli amothers! tell me about this location |
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OP - another advantage of short term rental is that they will have interenet, phone line all set up and you don't have the hassle of making accounts with the internet company, phone company, gas company, electric company, water company, municipality etc.
I just did a google search for raanana short term rental and saw this, just as an example of what's out there:
http://raanana.olx.co.il/luxury-apartament-in-raanana-israel-iid-42448153
I also wouldn't underestimate how helpful for you it will be to live near other anlgos.
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| Posted: Tue, Feb 16 2010, 2:55 am Post subject: Re: re: israeli amothers! tell me about this location |
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| shalhevet wrote: | | Seraph wrote: | | YESHASettler wrote: | | Seraph wrote: | | And no, my landlord does nothing. Aside for tell us what an amazing landlord he is because he doesnt flip out when our rent is a little bit late. But he never once has done a single thing for us, never once fixed ANYTHING and expects us to pay for fixing things out of our pockets... |
So why don't you use the rent money to get things fixed and send him the receipt? | Its a tad more complicated. The dud shemesh and dud chashmali are connected to the building's supply and they've tried pooling money to replace it, but none of the landlords care because they don't live here, so even if our landlord gave his share to fix it, we'd get nowhere.
And I was told by my rav that I can't just deduct fixing costs from our rent without first getting our landlords permission. he says he wants to find cheaper than we find, we give him time, he doesn't do it EVER... |
So go back to your rav. It sounds reasonable that you can't just go to anyone you want and present your landlord with a bill and the landlord has a week or two to check out prices.
It does not sound reasonalbe for the landlord to keep you waiting months or years.
Maybe you should be paying less rent for all the months without basic amenities. | Ok, I think I will do that.
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| Posted: Tue, Feb 16 2010, 3:16 am Post subject: Re: re: israeli amothers! tell me about this location |
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| LisaS wrote: | OP - another advantage of short term rental is that they will have interenet, phone line all set up and you don't have the hassle of making accounts with the internet company, phone company, gas company, electric company, water company, municipality etc.
I just did a google search for raanana short term rental and saw this, just as an example of what's out there:
http://raanana.olx.co.il/luxury-apartament-in-raanana-israel-iid-42448153
I also wouldn't underestimate how helpful for you it will be to live near other anlgos. |
If the OP is going to be here for 4 years, I don't think it makes any sense for her to take a short term rental. Short term rates are generally at least 2x Long term rates per month and can be up to 5x around the Chagim. You may be able to negotiate but I still don't think its worth it. And you may end up having to move.
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| Posted: Tue, Feb 16 2010, 6:20 am Post subject: Re: re: israeli amothers! tell me about this location |
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| Seraph wrote: | | YESHASettler wrote: | | Seraph wrote: | | And no, my landlord does nothing. Aside for tell us what an amazing landlord he is because he doesnt flip out when our rent is a little bit late. But he never once has done a single thing for us, never once fixed ANYTHING and expects us to pay for fixing things out of our pockets... |
So why don't you use the rent money to get things fixed and send him the receipt? | Its a tad more complicated. The dud shemesh and dud chashmali are connected to the building's supply and they've tried pooling money to replace it, but none of the landlords care because they don't live here, so even if our landlord gave his share to fix it, we'd get nowhere.
And I was told by my rav that I can't just deduct fixing costs from our rent without first getting our landlords permission. he says he wants to find cheaper than we find, we give him time, he doesn't do it EVER... |
Saraph, that's the legal route. If a landlord will not abide by the contract (ie fix whatever he said he would) it is your legal prerogative to deduct the money from the rent.
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| Posted: Wed, Feb 17 2010, 12:59 am Post subject: re: israeli amothers! tell me about this location |
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OP,
Check out www.inhasharon.co.il -- this is now the main Raanana list. You can view property and property agents on the site as well. I saw an ad for a furnished rental for 5500 NIS/mo. that looked really nice in the 'property' section of the site. Not sure when you're planning to move there, but typically the lead time on rentals is a month or less for move-in. If you see a place you'd like to rent before then, it might be worth it to secure it and pay a few months extra rent until you move in.
I can personally recommend Mel Levi from Re/Max in Raanana. Don't have his email, but I'm sure you can find him if you search on the Internet.
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