Ceiling Fans in Rentals

[Michael Ding]

Hi everyone!

I recently purchased a rental property in the Tampa Bay area.

The house did not come with any light fixtures. I was wondering if I should replace the lights with light fixtures or with ceiling fans (that have light fixtures).

PROS:

Could make the house easier to rent out

CONS:

Another thing to break in the house (especially since fans are mechanical)

What are your thoughts on this issue? Please advise

I want to thank everyone in advance for their time and help!

[James DeRoest]

Originally posted by @Michael Ding:

@Mr. DeRoest.

Do you put them in every room, or just the den and master bedroom as others have suggested?

Thanks!

Every room.

What people don't understand is that you can train tenants on how to get lower electricity bills (everyone enjoys lower bills). The less they pay in electricity, the more able they are to pay the rent. And fans can make a big difference in that. No one wants to live in a property that eats electricity either - we've been the beneficiary of that several times.

And fans cost nothing to run, whereas AC costs an arm and a leg.

Ceiling fan is running around 90W, central air is running around 3,500W, so for anyone to compare the two (lets say 6 fans running at high speed = 540W) is just ridiculous.

And in Florida, it's not that the fan replaces the AC, but it can delay the moment the AC finally gets called into play.