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Notes on Doberdane Estates (House #101, Mevo Modi'in) vs. The Vaad
Ganovim, "may they make an honest living selling herring in a
chamsin"
Supplement to: =shtuyot1 + = shtuyot2
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ARNONA: This would seem to be an obligation of the
property_owner, not the renter.
Insofar as Israel Arnona is similar to USA Property Tax, it is an
obligation of the property_owner, not the Renter.
A property_owner is most reasonably defined as any head_of_family
living in a house who does not pay rent.
However, since Mevo Modi'in is legally still owned by the JNF
(although in most if not all other respects members of Mevo
Modi'in treat their houses as personal property), it might be
argued that only the JNF is liable for Arnona.
Several families at Mevo Modi'in rent out rooms in their house, in
2 cases, basement apartments. I assume that in charging rent,
they do not add on a pre_rated surcharge for Arnona. And
presumably this pro_rated surcharge has not been incorporated into
the rental bill, nor even calculated.
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Negotiations on behalf of the Moshav have now passed from Ms.
Nechama Silver, to the Reverend Avraham_Aryeh Trugman.
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Again, it should be noted that Ms. Miriam Gal_Or, Famous Painter,
was present in #101 as a house_sitter, not as a sub_leaser.
Hence her presence did not constitute a violation of the rental
contract.
A house_sitter , in contradistinction to a renter, signs no
contract and makes no payments to the leaser.
Such was this case.
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I had paid all utilities bills -- water, electricity, telephone --
for service received during the period of my tenancy, prior to
leaving on 24 Aug '05.
Mail during the period of my absence was only recently forwarded
to me. I will soon open it, and endeavor to pay any remaining
bills for utilities received during the period of my tenancy.
Utilities used by the house_sitter are the responsibility of the
house_sitter, and will doubtless be paid when the cows come home,
if not sooner.
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The Vaad is said to have changed the hi_tech lock on the front
door -- that is, to have broken open the door and installed a new
lock. Unless the Vaad had obtained a court order authorizing this
-- and I have received no such notificationn -- that would seem to
be an illegal act. Nor can the Vaad, absent such an order, claim
to have "taken possession" (R. AA-T, Email) of #101, much less the
personal property now locked therein.
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Again, there are certain health and safety violations which make
101 presently unrentable.
The health violation is a broken septic tank outlet pipe.
The break is approximately two meters from the septic tank, in the
direction of House 102.
Consequently the septic tank periodically fills to overflowing,
and must be pumped out.
The overflow is manageable.
Tenancy of more than one adult therefore constitutes a health
hazard.
The safety violation is that all windows are closed with
immoveable iron bars.
It is necessary that for at least one window, these be replaced
with a hinged closer which can be easily opened in an emergency,
eg fire.
I did insall a manual inner lock for the front door. But since
this is metal, it would likely not be openable in case of fire.
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Sharon, may his merit never decrease, and may he earn an honest
living on the Modi'in Vaad, has made Moshav Mevo Modi'in unfit for
human habitation, by neglecting to consider the environmental
impact of vastly increased autombile/truck traffic on the original
Lod__Modi'in highway, when he built the City of Modi'in as a
fact_on_the_ground to mark an intended Israel pullback to nearly
the Green Line.
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