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TiggerBounce
The Prince & Princess
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We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
window guards. Our livingroom windows and the windows in our bedrooms are very low to the ground, about at Troy's waist.
When we moved in (we rent) our landlord said he looked at Home Depot for them, but they didn't have them. My aunt keeps telling me to get them ASAP, and that they landlord is responsible for paying for them.
Is this true?
I just searched online and found some at One Step Ahead. We need for a total of 5 windows @ 79.95 each, it's 399.75! I am all for safety, but that is alot of money.
Does anyone know if the landlord is responsible for providing them or are we?
TIA!
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MyChip-n-Dales
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
your landlord is 100% responsible for the window gaurds!
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:14 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by twinboys425
your landlord is 100% responsible for the window gaurds!
Not true. They only are if it is in your lease.
Check your lease Jill
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:17 PM |
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TiggerBounce
The Prince & Princess
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by KateDevine
Posted by twinboys425
your landlord is 100% responsible for the window gaurds!
Not true. They only are if it is in your lease.
Check your lease Jill
Yea, um, we don't have one. 
He is a retired cop, and initially offered to buy them. Also, one day this past summer, I had the window open (screen was present) and Troy was standing about 2 feet from the window. I know, I know, ANYTHING can happen, but I was right "on top" of him and we were playing, he never went near the window. The landlord's wife (we live over their garage) came upstairs, asked if she could come in, I let her in- she walked into the livingroom and closed the window saying she was scared. I understand, but I am his mother and we were not hear the window.
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:21 PM |
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MyChip-n-Dales
lifes many lil twisted curves
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aeriell
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
there IS a law outhere stating this.
Window guards are the law
A fall from a window — even a window just one story up — can be fatal, especially to a young child. New York law requires that window guards be installed in apartments where children live. The window guards must be metal, strong and approved by the Health Department. Landlords are responsible for installing window guards.
http://www.injurynyc.com/CM/PremisesLiability/Building-Defects.html
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:21 PM |
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TiggerBounce
The Prince & Princess
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by twinboys425
there IS a law outhere stating this.
Window guards are the law
A fall from a window — even a window just one story up — can be fatal, especially to a young child. New York law requires that window guards be installed in apartments where children live. The window guards must be metal, strong and approved by the Health Department. Landlords are responsible for installing window guards.
http://www.injurynyc.com/CM/PremisesLiability/Building-Defects.html
Thanks for that info and link Aeriell. Hmm, maybe we can knock $400 off this coming month's rent to buy them!
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:22 PM |
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MyChip-n-Dales
lifes many lil twisted curves
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aeriell
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/win/winbroc.shtml
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:23 PM |
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Melissa77
Mommy of 3
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by twinboys425
there IS a law outhere stating this.
Window guards are the law
A fall from a window — even a window just one story up — can be fatal, especially to a young child. New York law requires that window guards be installed in apartments where children live. The window guards must be metal, strong and approved by the Health Department. Landlords are responsible for installing window guards.
http://www.injurynyc.com/CM/PremisesLiability/Building-Defects.html
This may only apply to people who live in the CIty of New York - are you in Long Island? If yes, I would double check.
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:23 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by MsKitty1274
Posted by twinboys425
there IS a law outhere stating this.
Window guards are the law
A fall from a window — even a window just one story up — can be fatal, especially to a young child. New York law requires that window guards be installed in apartments where children live. The window guards must be metal, strong and approved by the Health Department. Landlords are responsible for installing window guards.
http://www.injurynyc.com/CM/PremisesLiability/Building-Defects.html
Thanks for that info and link Aeriell. Hmm, maybe we can knock $400 off this coming month's rent to buy them!
I think that's NYC....don't know if it applies to LI...
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:23 PM |
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TiggerBounce
The Prince & Princess
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by KateDevine
Posted by MsKitty1274
Posted by twinboys425
there IS a law outhere stating this.
Window guards are the law
A fall from a window — even a window just one story up — can be fatal, especially to a young child. New York law requires that window guards be installed in apartments where children live. The window guards must be metal, strong and approved by the Health Department. Landlords are responsible for installing window guards.
http://www.injurynyc.com/CM/PremisesLiability/Building-Defects.html
Thanks for that info and link Aeriell. Hmm, maybe we can knock $400 off this coming month's rent to buy them!
I think that's NYC....don't know if it applies to LI...
I am in Suffolk. I'll investigate more to see.
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:26 PM |
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OStewarts
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
In NYC, the law states that buildings with 3 or more apartments must have window guards if there are children aged 10 and younger living in the apartment. Not sure about the law in Suffolk. You can probably just call Town Hall and ask about local ordinances.
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:37 PM |
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LightUpOurLife
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
call 631-852-COPS, it is a Suffolk County non-emergency line that may be able to assist you. They have been very helpful with information in the past for me.
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| Posted 12/30/08 10:38 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
I don't believe in Suffolk County it's required. It doesn't mention any requirement in Suffolk, Westchester or Nassau. Only NY.
This is an excerpt from the NY State's Tenants Rights pamphlet:
WINDOW GUARDS
Landlords in New York City must install window guards in any
apartment in which a child under the age of ten resides, and in apartments
where the tenant requests window guards, even if a child under ten does
not reside in the apartment. Landlords are required to provide tenants with
a form stating whether there are children residing in a household and to
request installation of window guards. Tenants are required to notify their
landlord when they have children of this age living in their apartment, or if
they provide child care services in that apartment. Tenants may not refuse
installation. Once window guards are installed, the tenant must not take
down, make alterations to, or remove any part of them.
Landlords in New York City must install Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene-approved window guards. If an object more than five
inches in diameter can fit through, over or under a window guard, then it is
not installed properly. All approved window guards have a manufacturer’s
approval number imprinted on a vertical stile of the guard, and must be
appropriate for the type of window in which they are being installed. NYC
Health Code § 131.15.
Windows giving access to fire escapes are excluded. Protective
guards must also be installed on the windows of all public hallways.
Landlords must give tenants an annual notice about their rights to window
guards and must provide this information in a lease rider. Rent controlled
and stabilized tenants may be charged up to ten dollars per window guard.
NYC Health Code § 131.15.
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| Posted 12/30/08 11:00 PM |
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DancinBarefoot
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by twinboys425
your landlord is 100% responsible for the window gaurds!
That may be true in the city, but I'm not so sure it's true for Suffolk County.
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| Posted 12/30/08 11:22 PM |
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rose825
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
Posted by twinboys425
there IS a law outhere stating this.
Window guards are the law
A fall from a window — even a window just one story up — can be fatal, especially to a young child. New York law requires that window guards be installed in apartments where children live. The window guards must be metal, strong and approved by the Health Department. Landlords are responsible for installing window guards.
http://www.injurynyc.com/CM/PremisesLiability/Building-Defects.html
key word is installing, I dont think the landlord has to buy them
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| Posted 12/30/08 11:25 PM |
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annienyc
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Re: We live on the 2nd floor and we've been procrastinating about getting
I have seen cheaper ones at Home Depot than the One Step Ahead version... If you are going to end up buying them yourself may be you can look into that... Maybe when your landlord looked at HD they weren't there or he didn't look hard enough - we all know how disorganized HD is  They def sell them b/c I saw a woman returning them once saying she bought "too many"...
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| Posted 12/31/08 11:06 AM |
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