Apartment Has No Window Screens

For the last several months my husband and i have had fans in our windows at all times.

Apartment has no window screens.

It is true that you will find many homes in the area without screens on the windows. However missing screens on your apartment or rental home are not regulated. We just moved into a new apartment and there were no screens in any of the windows. However it s not true at all that there are very few days you can have the windows open.

After we pulled them all out and washed them we realized that they either don t fit any of the windows or the frames are all bent and unusable. Our last house did not have screens but the windows were standard size most are so it was easy and cheap to buy new ones at home depot. Adjustable wood frame screen you can adjust the width within a range of 25 in. My house is like this.

Adjustable wood with the 45 in. We talked about the no screen thing tonight over dinner my husband noted that most people have two sets of curtains in their apartments houses but not ours the regular curtains and the sheers. You can look at the back windows and see if there are any notches to slide the screens into. I agree that your first priority should be your health.

A lot of houses come with screens on the back windows only but not the front ones. I think it is unlikely that a court would find that a landlord has failed to meet its statutory obligations by refusing to provide window screens particularly as the previous lawyer said when that was the condition when you moved in. It will cost you 35 but might get your landlord to finally install those screens. We had a hard time getting any breeze in them but because the fans were in place we hadn t had a problem with bugs and mosquitoes coming in.

Screens need to be stored carefully or you need room to store them to avoid damage hence the buyers were smart enough to say put all of the screens in many got damaged just being stored. If there are the house probably once upon a time came with screens and an owner down the line took them off. The housing maintenance code sets out requirements for housing in new york city and it does not require that a landlord maintain storm windows or screens in windows says real estate attorney catharine grad of grad and weinraub llp. Model houses don t have screens to showcase the windows or to enhance the views.

If it bugs you that bad you could always file a complaint with the rpa. This wood frame screen is easy to install without tools. To help the screen fit a variety of windows. When we did the walk through the landlord said they were all in the storage area in the basement.

It helps circulate air through your home and has a heavy duty frame.