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Tenants pain in the !!!!

Old_Git
Old_Git Posts: 4,751 Forumite
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edited 4 May 2014 at 8:07AM in House buying, renting & selling
I spoke to the tenant on Friday .I asked if he was going to paint the fence or would I paint it .He said he would paint it if I bought the paint .On Saturday I bought the paint and brush and left it on the doorstep as I knew they were out.

Two hours later the tenants partner phoned to complain I had trespassed and she would end up having to paint the fence .

why do i bother
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  • ging84
    ging84 Posts: 912 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    thier mail man must run into difficulties
  • johnbusby
    johnbusby Posts: 181 Forumite
    I think 'Tenants from hell' might be overstating it - how about 'Slightly awkward tenants'. I think the 'from hell' variety town your house into a cannabis factory etc...
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Is it any of your business if the fence is painted or not? Do you live next door to them? Do you ever/often "drop by" with good suggestions about what they should do?

    I've got a LL like that.... Pain in the !!! doesn't START to cover it.
  • rexmedorum
    rexmedorum Posts: 782 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Old_Git wrote: »
    I spoke to the tenant on Friday .I asked if he was going to paint the fence or would I paint it .He said he would paint it if I bought the paint .On Saturday I bought the paint and brush and left it on the doorstep as I knew they were out.

    Two hours later the tenants partner phoned to complain I had trespassed and she would end up having to paint the fence .

    why do i bother

    best thing to do if you want it painted really is to.. paint it! At least you know it's done.
  • mart.vader
    mart.vader Posts: 714 Forumite
    My sympathies are with Old Git on this.

    You want to have the fence painted so that it does not rot away and will look better, Tenant agrees to do it, if you buy the paint. You do and the tenants wife says you have trespassed, by stepping on their (your) doorstep !

    I hope they're not on a long contract !
  • Ulfar
    Ulfar Posts: 1,309 Forumite
    You haven't trespassed but done as asked, however you are cheeky for expecting the tenant to do this. Maintaining the property is your job not the tenants, painting fences can be quite a long messy job.
  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    Evict them.
  • mrginge
    mrginge Posts: 4,843 Forumite
    Ulfar wrote: »
    You haven't trespassed but done as asked, however you are cheeky for expecting the tenant to do this. Maintaining the property is your job not the tenants, painting fences can be quite a long messy job.

    Did you even bother to read the OP?
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    Old_Git wrote: »
    I spoke to the tenant on Friday .I asked if he was going to paint the fence or would I paint it .He said he would paint it if I bought the paint .On Saturday I bought the paint and brush and left it on the doorstep as I knew they were out.

    Two hours later the tenants partner phoned to complain I had trespassed and she would end up having to paint the fence .

    why do i bother

    So what did the partner say when you told her that her partner had agreed he would paint the fence if you supplied the paint?
    It's someone else's fault.
  • Ulfar
    Ulfar Posts: 1,309 Forumite
    mrginge wrote: »
    Did you even bother to read the OP?

    I did, did you. If a LL asked me whether I was going to paint their fence, I would be quite straight forward and say no it is for them to do.

    Also as with all topics we are getting a one sided story, we don't know what the history is with the Landlord popping round.

    Having just had to reinstate some fences for my own property after the bad weather, I know what a time consuming and messy job it is.
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