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Tenants! Who’d Have ‘em!
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Tenants can fall into three main camps – the good, the bad and the badder!
I have some great tenants that are okay to deal with, even when things go wrong with your property (which they will, nothing is rosy in the world of property investing). Some though are a royal pain in the backside. They want everything, but don’t want to pay for it. The “rich” landlord can pay because he/she can afford it! Recently I visited a tenant and the property was in need of some painting after there’d been some damp issues from internal condensation and the cold and wet English weather combining to form a double whammy to the walls and ceilings in the property.
I bought a really powerful dehumidifer that can take up to 20 litres of moisture out of the atmosphere in a matter of hours! I instructed them on how to use it and explained where it was supposed to be situated (in high moisture areas like the kitchen and bathroom). Do you know where I found it when I visited the property? No. Then let me tell you… in their bedroom with the door closed! WTF! How is it going to do its job sitting there FFS! That is why the mould built up in the first place. FW!
So I agreed on painting walls and ceilings, there was nothing much wrong with the doors that a wipe would not fix.
At work, get a phone call on the mobile. Why are the doors not being painted? After a long conversation explaining the situation, I said if you’re that concerned, buy some paint and do it yourself. Painting the doors was not necessary and would add around £400 in terms of labour and time to the bill of over £1,000 already agreed.
Not sure if the tenant fully understood… well I hope she did!
What are your horror stories with tenants? Let me know by leaving a comment in the comments box below. The best of these reponses will go into a new book I ‘m going to publish so leave me your email or web address too. You might get some free publicity for you or your business.
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I bought a really powerful dehumidifer that can take up to 20 litres of moisture out of the atmosphere in a matter of hours! I instructed them on how to use it and explained where it was supposed to be situated (in high moisture areas like the kitchen and bathroom).
Plug in appliance recommended for use in bathroom by LL?
Ouch.
Okay…having re-read the article I can see where Matt had arrived at his interpretation. The explanation on the original article could’ve been better worded.
Of course, what a landlord would really do is recommend that the dehumidifier is placed close to but outside of the bathroom, not IN the bathroom!