Serious question, my tenant's AC unit died in the middle of July

It happened last Tuesday in our 12,000 sq ft office building in Tempe. The repair guy said the compressor was shot and a full replacement would run about $15,000. I had to scramble to rent portable units to keep their business running while we figure out the long term fix. Has anyone else had to deal with a major HVAC failure like this during a lease term?

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dakota78720d ago

Landlords forget that keeping a building running is the whole point of the rent check. It's not a bonus. We see this everywhere now, people trying to collect money for a service while letting the actual thing fall apart. The basic job is keeping the lights on and the air working, especially in Arizona. Cutting corners on maintenance always leads to a bigger bill and angry tenants later.

zara_miller20d ago

That's a landlord's basic job (and cost) to handle, not the tenant's.