Re: Tenant damage to stove/oven range - Landlord Forum thread 358871

Re: Tenant damage to stove/oven range by lpadave on January 2, 2019 @22:54

Well,....ten year old stove has long ago been fully depreciated out.
Sounds like your tenants were not properly screened,.. Even for low end market. You say it is a LL market so you should have your pick of tenants for your properly priced unit. Good, serviceable used stoves are generally 100 to 300 dollars,....not 500 for a new one which they will trash. Properties in that type of market MUST be aggressively managed and inspected frequently,...like every six months with no nonsense notices of conditions needing correction. Stove was clean and working when they took possession. I'd notice the conditions in writing per the lease and let them correct it at their expense. Be prepared to hose that place down, gut it and rebuild why they finally go away.

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Re: Tenant damage to stove/oven range by Kathleen on January 10, 2019 @08:42	[ Reply ]

Thank you for your reply. Great pointers, I am definately going to be scheduling inspections regularly. It's just so embarrassing to have to tell grown adults with children to clean their own house, but you're right, in an area like this, I guess it just is what it is and needs to be done.