Realtor Responsibilities

[dylanesque29.livejournal.com]

Hi all-
Myself and my roommates rented a house near Davis Square, through a realtor in Davis Square. Since we moved in, there have been numerous issues, including woefully inadequate/unsafe electric arrangements. Shouldn't there be inspections every time an apartment changes hands? I'm surprised the realtor doesn't request up-to-date records from the landlord when they show the place.

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[heliograph.livejournal.com]

So why the board of health if your electrical is bad? It's amps, FWIW.

Do you have 2-prong or 3-prong electrical outlets in your unit? I'm guessing from the grounded thing that you've got 2-prongs. When you were looking at the apartment that should have been your first clue ;-) but live and learn.

So my roll-up is that the house is old, ja? And the owner hasn't updated it, but she's doing that now?

[dylanesque29.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. It's been standard Absentee Landlord procedure so far, as in she doesn't fix anything unless we get way on her case......and that hasn't even worked for lesser, non-violation repairs.....

[dylanesque29.livejournal.com]

It's 2 prongs, yeah, and I had no inkling that meant anything.

Yeah, about as old as most of the houses in that area between Ball and Davis, 1906. I spoke to the Board of Health today to have them clarify some definitions of poor repair, and I'm going to send her a letter asking that she fix everything.