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Updated over 1 year ago, 06/02/2023
Potential tenant asking for cabinet upgrades, should I do it?
Hi,
I have a potential tenant to occupy one of the vacant unit in Eastern MA area, it's a 3 bed 1 bath apartment. Tenant is requesting me to upgrade the cabinets in the kitchen because she thinks cabinets are old. As per the condition of cabinets, they are fully functional and not broken or anything. I told her I won't be able to do the cabinets right away, but maybe in the near term future and for now I will just reduce the rent by $100 and once the cabinets are upgraded I will increase the rental price by $150. After the reduction if they were to get it now, it would be 2500 or so.
From y'all experience, is it a good thing that tenant is requesting cabinets to be upgraded even before they move-in. I have also attached the photo of the cabinets of how it looks, do you guys think it is worth upgrading them now and just increase the rent a lil bit. I am just thinking they might start asking for more upgrades in the future which might not be doable, kitchen upgrade is quite expensive it would probably cost around 10K with cabinet and countertop . Also, any suggestion if it is worth just refacing them with new cabinet doors rather than upgrading them fully.
Much appreciated.
-Yuzi