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Obligations of Landlord
(A) A tenant who is party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following:
(1) Keep that part of the premises that he occupies and uses safe and sanitary;
(2) Dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean, safe and sanitary manner;
(3) Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by him as clean as their condition permits;
(4) Use and operate all electrical and plumbing fixtures properly;
(5) Comply with the requirements imposed on tenants by all applicable state and local housing, health and safety codes;
(6) Personally refrain, and forbid any other person who is on the premises with his permission, from intentionally or negligently destroying, defacing, damaging, or removing any fixture, appliance, or other part of the premises;
(7) Maintain in good working order and condition any range, refrigerator, washer, dryer, dishwasher, or other appliances supplied and required to be maintained under a written rental agreement;
(8) Conduct himself and require persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises;
(9) Conduct himself, and require persons in his household and persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves so as not to violate the prohibitions contained in Chapters 2925 and 3719 of the Revised Code, or any municipal ordinances that are substantially similar to either of those chapters which relate to controlled substances.
(B) The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent for the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit.
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A Landlord's viewpoint
Being a landlord is sort of like being a father, Robert Garrison says.
“Be fair, but firm.”
Garrison, a Kent landlord, says it’s important to establish a good relationship with tenants.
He does not own the house on Crain Avenue, but he does own 28 properties, all of which are in Ohio except for one in Key West, Fla. Garrison says he has been in the real estate business since 1991. “My wife had been in the business for many, many years and owned the company,” he says. “I did this after I retired.”
Garrison says there is definitely a difference between college tenants and others.
“They’re more apt to be up late,” he says, “more apt to make more noise. When you [rent to] college students, you get some that are very quiet,” he says. “And then you get others, they are fine, good kids, but they’re kids. They’re having a ball. And when that ball gets too big, we have to tell them to calm down.”
Garrison recalls only one major incident caused by some of his student tenants. He says about 16 years ago, some of his tenants caused about $4,000 damage to carpeting and doors at one of his properties. But since then, he has had only minor incidents.
Garrison says all of his tenants sign the same lease. He says he requires the same conduct from all of his tenants.
“We’re not out to get them,” he says with a chuckle.
— Katie Hilbert |
Some major differences Brian and Rachel notice are their lives are not quite as risqué as on television, and people aren’t engaging in rampant sexual escapades.
“No one is changing bedrooms overnight,” Rachel says. “They don’t have school in there either, where we go to class.”
It would be difficult for her and her roommates to find time for such things, anyway.
“We are not hardcore partiers,” Jen says. “We all have a lot of work to do. Sometimes we stay up all night, but it’s to get a project done for school.”
Emily says in real life there is still a great deal of drama, but it’s the drama of paying the bills and going to school, not the sordid scandals often portrayed on television.
“I do realize the episodes they show on television are supposed to make people think things,” Emily says. “We do go out and have fun together, but we’re not having threesomes in a hot tub or making out with each other.”
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