Any of the BTL'ers had this?
When me and Mrs.RL4 got wed, we rented her house out, initially via Bridgfords, but as they turned out to be as much use as a marzipan d!ldo, and as the tenants were good (houseproud, had family next door) we went direct.
All has been fine for 2 years or so, then they had a leak in the upstairs bathroom which went unnoticed and caused part of the kitchen ceiling to collapse, luckily this was covered under the landlords insurance. Next issue was one of the PVC door locks jammed and they had to 'force it open' to get out (I said there's another door to facilitate egress), damaging the (admitedly old) door in the process, looks like it's going to be be ~£500 to replace.
Now these are hopefully just normal wear and tear i.e. not deliberate but I'm just wondering what strategies we coulduse, if they decide to get a taste for this kind of free home improvement? After the leak we said we'd get a bath installed rather than the shower (they have a new baby) whilst the ceiling was being fixed, so one line could be:
- We're having to replace the door but this means the funds for the bath replacement will now not be available for a few months..
- (Worst case) "The house obviously needs money spending on it, we're going to have to stop renting it and move you out in order to do a proper renovation.."
What would /gen/ suggest?
TIA
When me and Mrs.RL4 got wed, we rented her house out, initially via Bridgfords, but as they turned out to be as much use as a marzipan d!ldo, and as the tenants were good (houseproud, had family next door) we went direct.
All has been fine for 2 years or so, then they had a leak in the upstairs bathroom which went unnoticed and caused part of the kitchen ceiling to collapse, luckily this was covered under the landlords insurance. Next issue was one of the PVC door locks jammed and they had to 'force it open' to get out (I said there's another door to facilitate egress), damaging the (admitedly old) door in the process, looks like it's going to be be ~£500 to replace.
Now these are hopefully just normal wear and tear i.e. not deliberate but I'm just wondering what strategies we coulduse, if they decide to get a taste for this kind of free home improvement? After the leak we said we'd get a bath installed rather than the shower (they have a new baby) whilst the ceiling was being fixed, so one line could be:
- We're having to replace the door but this means the funds for the bath replacement will now not be available for a few months..
- (Worst case) "The house obviously needs money spending on it, we're going to have to stop renting it and move you out in order to do a proper renovation.."
What would /gen/ suggest?
TIA
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