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My property manager is billing me for repairs
The tenant shall bear the costs of minor maintenance (art. 259 CO): small repairs requiring no special knowledge (seals, toilet flapper valves, traps, light bulbs). More substantial repairs (plumbing, electrical work, built-in appliances) are the responsibility of the landlord (art. 256 al. 1 CO). The financial threshold…
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