Alice, Can I Get My Landlord to Pay for a Broken (New) Appliance? -- Ask Alice: Advice for Life at Home

(Image credit: Shutterstock / Allard Laban) Is it appropriate to ask my landlord to pay for an appliance that broke in my new apartment? My window A/C unit was fried because a previous tenant decided to DIY some of the electrical wiring in the apartment without notifying the landlord.