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Re: Who pays for broken front door to rental unit?
by Eddie G (Maryland)
on April 19, 2016 @22:00
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Update: I think I know who broke the door, but I have no way to prove it.
Out of the five tenants, one was in a different part of the state when the door was broken (he and the other tenants all said this), so he's off the hook.
Two of the remaining tenants were in the house during the timeframe when the door was broken, and while they didn't see or hear it being broken, they strongly believe it was caused by a particular other tenant (I'll call him "Tenant X"). They say Tenant X was in the house at the time the door was broken along with some of his friends, and Tenant X and his friends have a habit of breaking things when they get drunk and/or high together in the house.
The third tenant was in the house during the time window the door was broken, but he claims to know nothing. He's Tenant X's close friend.
Tenant X was the only one out of the five who refused to say anything about what he was doing or where he was during the time frame when the door was broken. When I asked him about it in person he showed no emotion or surprise when I pointed out the shattered door frame and asked him if he knew what happened. Because of his refusal to respond to my email about the door, I told him I will not be renewing his lease. He made a sarcastic reply.
Tomorrow I'm going back to the house to show the door to a police officer and to file a crime report for a possible attempted break-in (even though that's not what I think happened) so I can get this on record.
Still no hard proof Tenant X did it, but it should be obvious I think it was him or maybe some of his dumb friends.
Any suggestions?
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Re: Who pays for broken front door to rental unit?
by Anonymous
on April 19, 2016 @22:36
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Let it go. And stop pitting your tenants against each other or youre going to find yourself with no tenants.
You are way too emotionally invested in this. Stop playing detective and pising people off.
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Re: Who pays for broken front door to rental unit?
by Anonymous
on April 19, 2016 @22:40
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Also, to add one more thing. If you dont think this was an attempted breakin, then dont report it as such. Your tenants will now be able to say that you reported it as an attempted break in on an official police report.
If one of them was responsible, youve now given them deniability.
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Re: Who pays for broken front door to rental unit?
by Eddie G (Maryland)
on April 19, 2016 @23:30
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Fixing the front door could cost over $1,000. The door and the frame have to be replaced as a whole unit, and the labor costs are a huge ripoff. Faced with that kind of expense, especially for something that you don't feel is your responsibility to pay for as the landlord, would make you "emotionally invested," too.
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