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• Comrade_Spood@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Plus, that is assuming your landlord follows through in a timely manner. Plenty of examples of landlords being assholes and procrastinating or outright refusing to repair essential things. Even if you (are able to) take them to court, that takes additional time.

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  • bort@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Plenty of examples of landlords being assholes and procrastinating or outright refusing to repair essential things

    happened to me a couple years ago. The solution was a friendly-worded letter, notifying them that we will not pay any rent until the thing is fixed, and informing them about related court decisions. (this was in germany, your laws may differ)

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  • zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or that they even reasonably fix it.

    A homeowner can choose to get whatever works best for them. If they have their own preferences, or even want to spend a bit extra to get a “buy it for life” product, they can do whatever they want.

    A landlord will do whatever is considered “good enough” for the lowest cost. The landlord will always opt for the cheapest solution for any given problem because they’re not the one that needs to live with it.

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• TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You’re still out just as much

  And then some. The landlord’s profit.

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• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Unless you have enough cash to buy a house, the bank is making a profit margin on the mortgage.

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  • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And landlords are making a profit margin on a mortgage as well, unless they own it, then they make an even bigger margin

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• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It would be cool if you could run a coop where you all paid in the amortized cost of repairs on a schedule and if an incident happened before expected you withdraw the cash and keep paying in after.

  But this would get abused on both ends by fraudulent claims and petty managers. You’d have to be very selective.

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  • rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    that’s how it works if you own a flat, things like heating or repairs of shared parts are paid from common fund

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  • makeshift0546@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There called a condo.

    Good luck dealing with your condo association. You think an HOA is bad 🤣

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You could also just move into a co-op

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah and they range from “basically a condo” to “we weren’t able to make it as a commune so we’ve relaxed the shared investment, but are still dedicated to cooperative living”

      If the latter sounds appealing to anyone they can look into left wing housing.

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• CannedYeet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If we’re talking a major cost, the landlord will probably amortize it over a long period, so if you’re only renting a short period you won’t pay for it all.

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