Who is responsible for replacing a garage door opener installed by previous tenants
Hello all
I live in a house with a garage that has a garage door opener and the landlord says it was installed by the previous tenant. There isn’t any man door access and the garage door is the only way to access the garage. It recently died and I reached out to some garage door repair people and they advised me that it was too old and not worth fixing. One garage door repair person mentioned there was a sale going on and to grab that one before the sale was over. I purchased the garage door opener and requested my landlord to cover the coast of the garage door opener but they denied the reimbursement saying they weren’t the ones who installed in the first place so they’re not responsible.
My question is should the landlord be responsible for the repairs or replacement because it was a fixed feature apart of the home before I moved in.
Update may 12 2026 1:01am
Ps
I’m sorry I didn’t add this information originally.
Many months before prior before the old garage door opener died, I asked other questions relating to the garage door open like having a dedicated electrical outlet installed to power it but was denied and was told the same thing hinge ( the previous tenant installed it and it not their responsibility ) one of the reason why I tried to take advantage of the sale so it would be less money and didn’t want to have anyone try to break into my garage and stealing stuff.