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Is the tenant or landlord responsible for fixing and servicing the AC unit?
We are both a landlord and tenant, recently our tenant had a problem with their AC which needed repairing and servicing in which we paid over AED 3000 for. We are also a tenant and have up until now paid for all repairs in our apartment as we live on the Palm and apparently this is what is expected from IFA who manage the majority of the apartments. The issue is we have had one AC unit leak 4 times in 8 months and damaged alot of personal clothing in the property which we have had to dryclean or throw out at a cost to us. The AC unit hasnt leaked in 6.5 months but now IFA is blaming the leaking problem on us because we have not serviced the AC units every 5 to 6 months even though we have never had any problems with the other 2 AC units in the apartment and it was serviced 7 months ago. We have refused to pay for it as this is an ongoing problem which we are now sick of. We also only found out a few months ago that our apartment was sold to a new buyer who tried to kick us out, he refused to sign a tenancy agreement through IFA (to save management fees) and signed one direct with us. On the tenancy it clearly states that the landlord is responsible for any major maintenance such as plumbling, AC, electrical etc. The new landlord is now saying it is our problem as IFA states all tenants must pay for repairs and we have to pay for the AC problem because we have not serviced the unit for 7 months. First of all the tenancy is not through IFA so why is he using IFA rules and secondly this is the 4th time it has happened in 8 months, where do you think we stand as the new landlord is starting to threaten us. TIA
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