Post #3565529

2026-07-03 20:49 UTC

Your lease may not specifically say that you have to keep windows closed, but it is likely that there is a requirement for the landlord to provide air conditioning. Requirements like this usually have a stipulation that the renter not waste the provided utility. That’s what your landlord is likely dinging you with, since the landlord is providing AC. The only way to deal with it is that you’d have to sign off on taking ownership of the air conditioning. However, since it sounds like you have roommates given your fear of catching COVID at home, that doesn’t seem likely. It also seems likely that this is going to follow you to whatever rental living arraignment you have. Unless you are contractually taking full ownership of providing air conditioning to a liveable temperature, you’re going to run into someone telling to keep the windows closed.

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@M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2026-07-03 21:06

Have you read their lease/rental agreement? Doesn’t seem like it, so perhaps it’s best to not speculate. OP says there is no requirement to keep the window shut and also says that the landlord is refusing to provide a legible copy of the rental agreement. Wonder why? The only way to deal with it is that you’d have to sign off on taking ownership of the air conditioning. That is ridiculous advice that is not sensible at all. I would never suggest to someone that they accept ownership of a system that could break at a moment’s notice if they were simply a tenant… It also seems likely that this is going to follow you to whatever rental living arraignment you have. Highly doubtful if OP could find something better, with a livable space and more ingredients to live a dignified life. A window open in that climate, even during the summer, is not a huge risk. If OP paid for the electricity (which they had already offered to do in the form of a rent increase), this wouldn’t be a problem. Sounds like they aren’t able to live a dignified life in their current situation and alternatives aren’t really present at this time. It’s almost like if you are a landlord, it’s your job to make sure that people have the ability to safely and comfortably live in the places you rent out, as long as they aren’t hurting anybody or damaging the property… sounds like part of their job description. I don’t know though, you tell me how actually landlords have it so bad because of the closet they rent out having an open window. The horror.

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