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How to manage new flooring jobs with long-term tenants?

Paul McCoy
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I have a few rentals in the Denver area, and one thing I really enjoy doing is installing Life-Proof LVP flooring in units each time they turn over.  This generally works and lasts a long time, but I have one unit that poses a bit of a predicament:

I acquired the property a couple years ago, but the current tenants have been there for 6 years.  The existing carpeting is in horrible shape and desperately needs to be replaced - I'm ready to and WANT to install the LVP flooring, but how to do that while the existing tenants are there?


It's a crowded unit - a family of 4 in a 2 bedroom, with more furniture then I could have believed would fit in the place, so it's not easy to work around.  I think the job would take a solid 3-4 days to complete, but the family doesn't really take vacations and I don't want to pay for a hotel for them to stay in during the time that job is done - even if they left, the amount of stuff to work around is troublesome.  

I'm curious how other landlords have handled a situation like this in the past?  Basically, if there is a significant renovation taking several days to complete, but you have existing tenants and don't want to have to turn the unit over, what do you do?  Do you ask them to stay somewhere else for a few days?  If so, do you pay for it?  Or should I just bite the bullet and pay a company to quickly install new carpet for now?  Any feedback or advice you have would be greatly appreciated!

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