Perspective puzzle for Odette, owner lessor of an apartment in Villeurbanne, in the Lyon suburbs. His tenant informed him that water streams from the bathroom ceiling. The fault of a leak in the next neighbor’s shower, according to the plumber. THE water damage is such that the tenant of Odette will no longer be able to use his bathroom during the works. He contacted his Home insurance But it does not support the cost of its rehousingin a hotel for example, for the right reason that the tenant is in no way responsible for the claim. Insurance therefore advises him to turn against his lessor. “Will I have to pay for the rehousing of my tenant?”», Is alarmed Odette, in the program Le Grand Rendez-vous de l’Emal estate (Capital/Radio Immo).
His apartment not being behind the water damage, caused by that of the neighbor, “Odette is not required to relocate her tenant”reassures Arnaud Laudy, founder and boss of Mecaza, company of real estate hunters. “On the other hand, she has theobligation to provide him with decent housing»»he recalls. However, if the extent of the water damage and the necessary work makes the property uninhabitable, it can no longer be considered decent. Consequence, “Odette must offer her tenant a rent franchisethat is to say the payment of the rent during the work ”indicates Arnaud Laudy. The real estate hunter advises Odette to request his insurance as a non -occupying owner (Pno) to be compensated for this loss of rental income.
He does not give the deposit to his tenants, this owner must pay them more than 6,000 euros
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