Tenant's electrical problems

theartfullodger

Pagala said:

theartfullodger said:

'sfunny isn't it that some landlords have no idea why certain landlords are unable to understand why landlords have such a terrible reputation.

Artful:. Landlord since 2000

Yeah OK mate I think you've served your purpose and others want a go on the high horse.

When they come for you, refuse to let you evict, force you to allow pets and unemployed or whatever, good luck with that.

I'm in this for the money - you're here for the social validation. Good luck with that and thank you again - input from you is not needed. Here's another "thanks" from me.

Thank you so much for your kind words.

Hasbeen

Very weird posts from this "Landlord" who appears to be trying to say it is the tenant responsibility?

Nightmare tenants and Rogue Landlords springs to mind. 

And also does not know the difference between boilers or hot water cylinders?  

Op: If its a hot water cylinder you need a plumber, so get one in and pay the money for repair or at least advice on next steps.

I know it is heart breaking for you to actually spend a miserly amount of money on repairing your property, but the tenant is paying you with rent, to do just that!

"You are a prime idiot " and  "I smell a troll..."
Just prove you are not as quoted above.  

Or here: No hot water help! — MoneySavingExpert Forum   

ratechaser

Not to mention that if there is no gas boiler and the tenant is getting hot water through use of an electric immersion heater only, their energy bills must be astronomical. 

And then having to put up with all this from their LL must be the icing on the cake.

Stubod

...I find the easiest thing is to give your tenant a set of tools and a good DIY manual and tell them to sort their own problems out, I then write this into their contract....job done...

steve866

Pagala said:

I'd like to put the ball back in the tenant's court on this one, as it cost me money last time to simply find out the breaker switch was off. But I'm not sure how to do this.

Any thoughts appreciated.

One of my friends moved into a uni house that had rats, they called their landlord and he said ‘get a cat’. Was this you?

In all seriousness can I ask what you mean by put the ball back in the tenants court? Do you mean leaving it for them to sort, or do you mean not sorting it out and hoping they leave so you can can rid of the hassle of being a landlord?

Stubod

I think the thread title "Tenants electrical problems" says it all really......

rik111

I would be very careful if I were you. You treat people like sh*** and it might just come back to bite you... A spiteful Tenant might just stop paying his rent and hang on in there for as long as possible until you manage to evict them and when you finally manage to get bailiff to open the door find the place completely wrecked.
Might actually be a good idea to use some of the rental income to do what you are being paid rent for.......

greatcrested

Stubod said:

...I find the easiest thing is to give your tenant a set of tools and a good DIY manual and tell them to sort their own problems out, I then write this into their contract....job done...

Have you any idea how much a decent set of tools costs?

Ah - I note you didn't say 'decent'.

Stubod

greatcrested said:

Stubod said:

...I find the easiest thing is to give your tenant a set of tools and a good DIY manual and tell them to sort their own problems out, I then write this into their contract....job done...

Have you any idea how much a decent set of tools costs?

Ah - I note you didn't say 'decent'.

..Aldi have some really good tool kits....I often offer to pay half the cost if I think they are a good tenant..... and then put the rent up.

Robin9

@Pagala Is this the same tenant (Feb 4th) ?

"Hi everyone. I'm a complete noob, so please excuse me if this seems like a dumb question.

I'm letting out my flat to a tenant. I've been careful to do everything by the book, and there is a tenancy agreement in place, and the deposit is held in a government scheme. The tenancy agreement (12 months) is coming to an end. I believe the tenant will want to renew, but that's something I will need to ask about."

Will they still want to renew ?