Tenant is Dying

tunnel

I've just found out my tenant is dying from terminal cancer and he's asked if i mind if he sees his days out in my property.I don't personally have a problem with it but does anybody think it would put future tenants off a property if they knew someone had spent their last days in the house they were considering renting? Would i have to disclose it to any potential future tenants? I know probate houses are from desceased estates and as such it happens all the time,just wanted other peoples take on it?

pimento

Don't tell any future tenants.

Piggywig75

I really don't think you would have the right to disclose this anyway? It's completely personal and I would think confidential...
I found out from several neighbors that my landlady had been sectioned and had mental health problems and no other tenant had stayed long enough to see the tenancy through to the end... Within a short space of time and dealings with this woman we realised what they meant, however it could not possibly influence our tenancy..
I feel very sad for your tenant, but he must have felt very happy in your property x

thegirlintheattic

You do not have to tell tenants and tbh all but new build houses will have had people die in them.

I would say it is a very nice thing to do to let your tenant stay on, somewhere he is happy for his remaining days. Assuming it's not too long unless you want him there long term - I'm serious terminal just means that they are going to die not that they will die anytime soon.

Farmerbob

I doubt its a requirement to put in in the advertisment in the paper when looking for a tennant. Its not something ive considered when looking at houses and im not bothered if someone had so I would not worry about it!

angelaloveschocolate

If I were renting it would'nt put me off. Its quite common here (Northern Ireland) for sick family members to be cared for at home and it would be quite common for houses to have had deaths at home and we even hold wakes at home. All completely normal and natural and no one here would bat an eyelid. But if you're concerned just dont mention it, does'nt seem like an issue to me.

celyn90

It has never occured to me to ask about the previous tenants/history of any house I've rented. I wouldn't give any new people that sort of information whatever the circumstances, because the affairs of the previous tenant are none of their business.

A lot of houses I am sure have probably seen their fair share of births and deaths; it is life.

For the record, I think you are being fantastic as you are able to discuss such a senstive matter with your tenant and have given him one less thing to worry about; which probably means a great deal to him.

DVardysShadow

Unique Selling Proposition: "So good that the last tenant wanted to die here"

OK, that is a bit flippant, but you should take it as a big plus that he feels that way. And for his sake, you should put your fretting aside, because there is nothing to tell prospective tenants.

theartfullodger

The poor s*d is dying: Your views or those of later tenants would be considered by most fair-minded people of less importance than his (relative..) happiness.

If he wants to stay there let him. How would you feel if you were chucked out of your home whilst dying???

How would you fare if you were known, say in the local papers, the Daily Mail etc etc etc , as that b*stard landlord who threw the poor dying man out...

tunnel

If he wants to stay there let him. How would you feel if you were chucked out of your home whilst dying???

I'm not throwing him out,he's been a pleasure to have in my property,a model tenant and as far as i'm concerned can live out his final days there. I'm not that callous,i just wanted other peoples views as its not something that has happened in any of my properties before,maybe never will again.

G_M

My house was built in 1850. When I bought I was not given, and did not ask for or expect, a list of people who had died here over the years, but I would be astonished if no one had.

For those supersticious id**ts who would be put off by knowing of a death, I'd ask - how do you manage? What do you do when you see a bouquet by the road? Stop and go back rather than pass the place someone has died? Do you avoid using the M1 because over the years countless people have died on that road? And if you are ever unfortunate enough to have to go to hospital, do you check whether the previous patient died in the bed you are allocated.......!