The answer for a commercial lease is very different than that of a residential lease in the State of Nevada. In a residential lease, the landlord must keep the property in a habitable condition. A property is generally not habitable if it violates housing or health codes concerning the health, safety, sanitation or fitness for habitation or lacks (1) weatherproofing; (2) water supply connected to a sewage disposal system in working order (to the extent that the landlord can control the same); (3) HVAC; (4) adequate lighting and electrical services; (5) trash recepticles; (6) cleanliness and maintenance of common areas; and (7) structural elements maintained in good repair.
The fact that the toilet has yellow rings and toilet paper issues is most likely not a habitability issue. In many cases the Landlord will have you do a walkthrough a raise any habitability questions at the outset through a walkthrough list. Nonetheless if you believe that you have a habitability issue, you should give your landlord written notice that the landlord has 14 days to remedy or make a good faith effort to remedy the problem, including your right to terminate the rental agreement if the habitability issue is not repaired or repair the problem and deduct the cost of repair from the rent. You must give the Landlord the opportunity to repair the issues. Furthermore the parties can agree in the Lease to require tenants to make specified repairs, maintenance tasks and minor remodeling. Therefore the habitability remedies only apply to habitability issues and does not apply for simple repairs.
Answered on Jan 04th, 2013 at 3:16 PM