chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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Lawsuit challenges tenant fees for AC in
> Culmore apartments
> Ellie Ashford
> Monday, August 25, 2014
>
http://annandaleva.blogspot.com/2014/08/lawsuit-ch
> allenges-tenant-fees-for-ac.html
The
> website for the Olde Salem Village apartments in
> Bailey’s Crossroads describes them as
> “beautiful” with “well designed kitchens”
> and “close to the East Falls Church Metro.”
>
> In fact, Olde Salem Village is a bug-infested,
> poorly maintained apartment complex with outdated
> appliances in tiny kitchens. It’s located in the
> crime-ridden Culmore area three miles from Metro.
>
> What’s worse, the landlord, JBG/Residential
> Management Inc., charges hefty rents and piles on
> extra fees, including charges for using
> electricity to run tenants’ air conditioners,
> which is illegal, says Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg,
> an attorney with the Falls Church-based Legal Aid
> Justice Center.
I won't copypasta the
> full article, but basically JBG charges you an
> extra fee to install your
own window air
> conditioner (probably no central air, considering
> the apartments are late '40s vintage) and run it.
In the article they don't address one key point. Does the lease reference A/C fees?