Ok, so my landlord has the old hot water heaters that run along the floor as backup in my house. Soon we will be using a kerosene space heater as the main heating source, but it plugs in where our electricity usage comes from. We were told heat was included in the rent when we moved in. My main question is if that kerosene heater runs off our electricity, but heat is supposed to be included in the rent, am I right to ask for a reduction in the rent while that heater is being used? I thought heat included meant every expense that goes w/ heating the house, not just the cost of the fuel for the heater.
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Just to add something, we had no choice whether to use the kerosene heater. Right now we're waiting for it to be hooked up to the fuel source so we CAN use it. In fact our landlord said he would rather we DON'T use the hot water heater at all as it costs him more money. Also, and I know this won't help my cause, but there is no lease.