For the last couple years I've been wondering why my AC/furnace seem to be running 24/7 even in mild weather. The AC struggles to get under 76 and even then it'll only be off for maybe 5 minutes before cranking itself for another 15-20. Same with the heat in the winter, it struggles to stay warm downstairs. Well, it's partially my fault for only just now checking, but I had a peek into the air ducts yesterday. Two of them are completely rotted out. One of them, in the dining room, is completely gone. I have no idea where the rest of the duct is, as far as I can see the entire damn thing is rotted out, there's no sign of a duct even remaining. The other is by the front door, and while it's not as bad as I can see it's completely rotted out further down.
This would explain my obscenely high power bills the last couple of years. How should I handle this at my leasing office? I've just found the second one this morning, so I'm going to go up and demand they fix this ASAP, but I've also been paying through the nose for my power. I would like to demand a significant rent credit but that's where I'm torn - do I have any right to do that? Can I request my past power bills from the local company to show them how high it's been during the summer/winter months? I'm pretty sure this is where a lot of the insects have been coming from (house centipedes, drain flies, etc.).
They're so rotted out it looks like it's been this way for many years, far beyond my residency here. They should have looked at this stuff before I moved in because it looks like they've been rotted away for 5-10 years at least.