Rental house with no maintenance?

[Aaron Abdis]

My wife and I are renting a small house (it is literally a built up beach bungalow). "Two" bedrooms (one which would not even hold a queen size bed it is so small). They want to charge 2000$ a month, which is around average for a full 2BR apartment in the area.

However, that does NOT include utilities (which most in the area do) and they expect us to do ALL the maintenance on the house (from painting and molding to having the chimney rebuilt to replacing the roof and everything in between).

I would say this is HIGHLY unfair, expecting us to pay full and normal rent, but expecting us to pay all the utilities AND all the maintenance and upkeep as if it were our own house.

It seems to me if they do not want to be involved with the property, and do not want to perform their "landlordly" duties, the rent should be steeply discounted... but I have no idea how much. Can anyone provide me with starting points as to how to figure what would be a reasonable rent to pay on a property where you are expected to take on all the responsibility of the property as if it were your own?

Thanks in advance,
Aaron.

[Jon Holdman]

Find a different place to rent. This landlord is looking for a sucker.