Can I break a lease on an office space if the landlord has been slow in providing us heat?
I am renting office space in a converted warehouse. The contract specifies that heat is included in the rental price, and that didn’t matter in the summer. Now it’s December in MA, and we are still without heat. The landlord has worked with a heating company and all the ducts are in, but they are having trouble getting their heating contractor to finish the job. It is too cold in there to work. Do I have any recourse? Can I break the lease because there is no heat now, even though they have promised for several months that heat is coming? Any help with this is appreciated.
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E B
24 Oct 2009
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If the landlord refuses to provide heat you probably could break it. You’ll need to talk to an attorney or real estate agent that’s familiar w/ commercial leasing in your state.