Am I wrong?

I have lived at my current add for almost 2 years. I have paid rent on time every month and i have even made improvements to the home ( got the carpets cleaned) However the refrigerator broke down twice and my roommate and i lost all our groceries TWICE. both time it took more than a week to get the landlord to have someone repair it. We never received any reimbursement for our lost food. The dishwasher and stove have not worked since i moved in, in fact the dishwasher reeks of mold and rotten animal fat, it only sloshes around dirty water. A written complain about the oven and stove was hand delivered to the land lord ( who lives in the bottom unit) yet 20 months after my move in nothing had been done to replace them. Isn’t my rent supposed to cover those expenses? Since i pay my own utilities? Would i be wrong to take my next few rent checks and buy my own major appliances? 

Without having access to your lease in order to review whether or not these items or repair/replacement to these items are the landlord’s responsibility, I can offer the following suggestions: #1 - tenants may “escrow” rent payments while negotiations are in process for repairs/replacements (so long as they are at no fault of tenant & such repair/replacement of items is covered within the lease). #2 - provide written bank verification to your landlord that rent has been deposited in escrow & will be released when the items are repaired/replaced in accordance with the lease. #3 - if you are forced to repair/replace any such item on your own, withdraw the funds directly from escrow - provide written documentation of the withdraw, along with a copy of all receipts to your landlord (be sure to keep very detailed records for your own file). #4 - when the items are repaired/replaced, withdraw the remaining rents held in escrow & pay to landlord. CAUTION: A - Appliances are “depreciated”, therefore if you repair/replace a fridge where it’s initial value was only (for example) $300 with a repair/replacement that is $1200.00 - the landlord is not required to reimburse you the difference (in this case $900.00). Repair/replacement is generally granted for “like” value; and B - Time is of the absolute essence. For instance, you should not escrow rent for 3 months when the necessary repair/replacement took 2 days. Generally (and if 1 months rent covers necessary repair/replacement), 1 months rent should be sufficient and held in escrow. Good luck to you.