Tenant requesting room locks installed

[Sophia Wang]

We have a tenant who is having roommate issue, and we are in the process of screening a new applicant to take over his lease. He emails me every other day or so to complain about the noisy roommate.

Today's email is requesting me to install a lock on his door so he can lock his room, because he is going out of town over the weekend, and doesn't want his roommate's friends to sleep in his room, or accidently damage any of his personal items.

Should I agree to do that for him? If not, will I be liable for damaging to his personal properties? I do have terms in the lease saying that we are not responsible for tenant's personal properties.

Really getting frustrated with overly picky tenant.