Re: Who should be responsible for the failure? - Landlord Forum thread 360429

Re: Who should be responsible for the failure? by Alan on April 17, 2020 @10:04

As much as i would like to say the tenant... Ultimately you are responsible that it is working, which means you should have been over there to test it and to replace it to make sure it was working before the inspection, regardless of what your tenant said. Always assume your tenants are lying to you.

Once had a tenant tell me his toilet was not working and that he had taken care of it. Even gave me receipts which i reimbursed to him. Six months later, i get a call from the HOA of the condo in question stating that they had sewage leaking into the unit below mine.

Turns out the tenant was too embarrassed about the way he lived to let anyone in to repair the toilet, he would use the toilet then dump water into it to try to flush it, it had over flowed many times and he would clean it up putting the waste in a bag, had several of these bags laying around the condo. They started leaking. I ended up having to pay a hazmat team to come in and clean up both my condo and the one below it, along with associated repairs.

Lesson learned, never trust what a tenant tells you, do regular inspections to make sure the rental is in good condition.

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