How much of a discount would one give for an AC being out for 13 days in 82-92 degree weather. The part had to be ordered and then it was the wrong part. Tenants ended up fixing AC themselves. Tenant also has brand new baby.

Very bad land-lording to allow the A/C to be out for 13 days! 13 hours is bad enough! I would have provided a window or portable a/c unit to cool off a room or two!

Lisa.. is a/c a habitability requiement in LA just asking

I'm with the others...probably at least 50% off the rent as a courtesy, even if not required by habitability statutes.

I'd also shop online now and see if any places are still carrying window units. I just checked and my local Lowes still has some in stock. If yours does not, they can still be shipped to the store or to your home.

We would normally not knock off any rent but in this case (and especially since the tenant fixed the issue) take off 13 days worth of rent.

And, as others have suggested, keep some window shakers handy for such events. Last year we had two HVAC units that needed to be replaced in the middle of summer (of course; what other time of the year would they go belly up?). We brought over window units for the several days the tenants were without AC and placed these in their bedroom windows to help with sleeping each night.

I have window units and fans for this very situation. I put one AC in the living area and smaller ACs in the bedrooms.

Nothing makes a Tenant crankier than Hot / Humid Florida weather and NO AC.

Even if my AC guy can be there in 24 hrs. I still put in window units, b/c you never know how long before the central AC unit will be up and running.

I think 50% is fair. I would definitely get a discount or more for their ordering the wrong part.

Every state and local area has it's own guidelines. Ours is 2-3 days is considered reasonable unless outside heat exceeds 85. Our law is simple...if you provide it then it needs to be in working order.

When we had a problem getting parts - usually because of long holiday weekends - we've offered to put them up in a hotel since it was over 100 degrees. A few accepted others said they would endure.

every Spring when people move out of this college town,. they leave a number of nearly new window AC's on the curb,..I've stopped collecting them.Usually the only thing wrong with them is that often the filters are clogged. I send a handyman or two to take a few out to a unit if needed. Its amazing how well a few window AC's can cool down a unit "IF" its not too far out of control,..(the mass in the house very hot) Even then,..smaller AC's are good for wringing out moisture from the air better than big units,.

Once you get the temp down,..its a lot easier to keep it.

We live in a big ole house, over 4,500 sq,..Only top floor has central air but since its just the 2 of us, we don't really utilize it. unless we have a lot of guests over. So we usually don't cool or heat that floor but even w/o using that floor, its still a big house for 2 people. We talked about getting central air for the other 2 floors but just haven't got around to it.

Even in our hot spells of over 90 for days, we could keep this place 72 degrees with 5 small (4-6,000 and one 8,000)

As long as we kept them all running 24/hours.

Made the mistake of going away for 3 days and turned them off because it was SUPPOSED to be cool, but instead the weather shifted and it was in the 90's.

Came home to a HOT house. I took 2 days to get it cool again.

In TX, state law lumps "inadequate heat or cooled air" along with "potable water". The landlord has about three days to solve the issue before the tenants are allowed to do a repair-and-deduct.

Louisiana is Louisiana, so it's got a grounding in French law, unlike most of the rest of the US. I don't see a timeline for repair-and-deduct, but the tenant basically has three criteria to meet: a) it's a necessary repair; b) the landlord failed to act within a reasonable amount of time after being notified; and c) the price was reasonable.

So in this case, the landlord acted-- but the handyguy misdiagnosed the problem, which led to the problem being a problem for way too long.