If your fridge dies; is your landlord resposible for the food?

[ComaWhite]

Say your fridge/freezer dies and it takes the landlord 24 hours to replace the fridge, by which time, everything you had in the freezer had thawed to room temp, ruining thinks like frozen juice and ice cream, thawing much more meat than you can cook and consume, and everything in the fridge becomes warm too, causing things like your milk to go chunky, your cheese to seperate and get oily and your veggies to wilt and sour.
Now say, your dh is on winter lay off and it ruined most of your christmas dinner and you are pregnant, hungry, have 2 kids to feed and cant afford to replace the $150 or so worth of food you had to throw out.

Are they responsible for replacing/reembursing any of that?

[MamaWindmill]

I doubt it, unfortunately.

[hillymum]

Homeowners/renters insurance? I know it sucks but the landlord replaced the fridge in 24 hours. Thats actually quite fast IMO and experience. Sorry it happened though. I'm surprised the food went off/ thawed so quickly though.

[ComaWhite]

we have renters insurance but the deductable is $500.

I am just so upset that our christmas dinner is ruined.
Last year we qualified for a christmas hamper and because of an address error it was delivered to the neighbors, who STOLE it.

So this is year #2 that I can't cook my family a holiday dinner and saying that I am upset about that is an understatement.

[Dmitrizmom]

renters should cover it, but it depends on what the deductible is.

s mama. sucks when stuff like that happens... but the landlord, in my experience, is not responsible (unless they knew that the fridge was on its last legs, with a paper trail to that effect).

[grisandole]

No. Unless they knew it was dying/broken. It's unfortuate that it died and ruined your food (this happened to us over the summer in our rental home), but it isn't the landlords fault.

[PattyCakes_726]

Where I live, the landland doesn't even have to provide the fridge. There was one here when we moved in, left by the previous tenant, but when it died the landlord told me I had to replace it. I'm going make sure to take it with me or freecycle it when we leave.

[MomToKandE]

I doubt it. I know a few years ago when a lot of people here lost power from a hurricane they were saying that homeowners' insurance would not cover spoiled food.

[stormborn]

Is it too late to call the ins co? I know on my homeowners we have a seperate rider for our upright freezer that's not subject to the deductible.

[Ackray]

It would never occur to me that the landlord would be responsible for food lost in the fridge. That totally sucks. I'm sorry about your food.

[Equuskia]

I doubt he's responsible, but is it possible for you to deduct it off the rent this month if you haven't paid yet, or can he front the money and then you pay it off over several months?

[ComaWhite]

I was just asking as we know people in the same complex as ours, that when their fridge died, Our management gave them a gift card to replace the food.
When I called about it the manager told me I should have been smart enough to haul my fridge contents out into the snow.

[Pynki]

Originally Posted by andrea

I was just asking as we know people in the same complex as ours, that when their fridge died, Our management gave them a gift card to replace the food.
When I called about it the manager told me I should have been smart enough to haul my fridge contents out into the snow.

I'm sorry, but that's just BS. If they have given money/gc to replace food lost to refridgerator malfunction they should do the same for you. It's the precident that they set themselves.

[Blooming]

When our fridge died, our landlord payed for the food. You may have to call a renters association to find out. Maybe someone will be working tomorrow?

I hope he does.

[Equuskia]

Originally Posted by andrea

I was just asking as we know people in the same complex as ours, that when their fridge died, Our management gave them a gift card to replace the food.
When I called about it the manager told me I should have been smart enough to haul my fridge contents out into the snow.

This might have worked if you had known that the fridge was going to be replaced in 4 hours or so, but I don't think you were going to stand in the snow for 24 hours until the new fridge came along. Wow what an ass.

[ComaWhite]

I just wanted to ask to make sure I wasn't off my rocker, as I plan to write a letter and forward copies of it to all the upper management and president. (Our rental company is a rather large one)

ETA: (They should know better than to mess with a hungry pregnant lady...)

[shayinme]

Back when I was renting several years ago, my fridge died and the landlord was not responsible for the food :. I even checked with the local rental resources and it was not required, like others have said that is what renters insurance is for. However I think its nice if the landlord offers to replace the food.

Shay

[DaughterOfKali]

This has happened to me (in two different apartments) and neither landlord reimbursed me for spoiled food.

[apple_dumpling]

We had this happen a few times living in FL when the power went out for a day or two (due to hurricanes) and we lost our food - our homeowners/renters covered it with no deductable, so you might want to at least check in to that - all they can tell you is no and you are no worse off than you are now.

Sorry that doesn't replace the food ASAP but maybe you can at least get your groceries back.

[mamasgroovin]

No. I think that would fall under renters insurance. But 1st you'd have to pay the deductible. Sorry, mama!