Tenants friend smashed windows and broke stuff.

[Jimmy S.]

This happened Sunday night and I was NOT notified by my tenant until yesterday night in a email, 2 days later. She never called me, just glad I read my email. Who should pay for this damage, she does not have renters insurance which she was suppose to have.

My insurance will cover it but I don't want to run it through my insurance. Its about $2000 in damage. 3 broken windows, broken ceiling fan, 3 broken ceiling tiles, broken refrigerator handle ripped off and other small items.

I was at the property today and took pictures and talked to the police and neighbors and call my insurance company. From what I can tell is I should charge her and she needs to go after him. He is arrested and she does have a restraining order against him.

This is the email below I received from my tenant.

There was a guest whom was in the house, and out of nowhere became unstable. It seemed like he had a psychotic episode. He was asked multiple times to leave and refused to leave the house or property, or to let me leave the house either, he psychically held me back. I had to hide upstairs to call the police when he became violent. When the police arrived he was arrested.  In his violent rage he destroyed many of my belongings as well as damaging pieces of the house. One window pane is cracked, the front and back windows are broken and then ceiling fan in the kitchen is broken. The police took pictures of the damage and I made a police report and he will be charged. But this was absolutely something you need to know about immediately.

If anyone can give me there opinion on what I should do, this never happened to me before as a landlord.

Thanks

[Matthew Paul]

Save that email .   the first sentence  "There was a guest whom was in the house" .  that is the key phrase .   Generally leases state that tenants are responsible for their guests .

Bill her , let her deal with the nut job , thats not your fight