Re: - Landlord Forum thread 359145

Re: by Karen on March 19, 2019 @19:38

Thank you so much for the thorough and thoughtful reply.

My lease is a combination of the LPA lease, a lease I had drawn up by a local attorney, and my own experiences.

I do not have an "allocation of payment" clause at present but will going forward. I also do not have interest charges for unpaid amounts but will consider that as well.

In this case, the tenants received the bill and did not contact us with their concerns or their desire to set up a payment schedule (which would have been the best time to have that discussion). We contacted them when the payment deadline had lapsed and they told us they would "pay as we can." To me, that is unacceptable as I am not their lender. I already paid to have the damages fixed and now it's their turn to take care of their responsibility. I feel that I need to be firm or else tenants will take advantage of any leniency and not respect the landlord or lease.

I like your suggestion of allocating the next payment to the repair bill first (based on age of charges) and then dealing with unpaid rent if they let it get that far. We'll see what happens.

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