New Tenant Requests

[Ryan Kerrigan]

Hello Forum,

This is my first post after lurking around a bit, and was hoping I could get some direction. I currently live in a house hacked duplex, and rented out the lower unit roughly a month ago. This is the 3rd tenant I have had in the space since purchasing myself. Today, I received the below email from the tenant looking for some fixes to happen on the unit. A number of them are straight forward enough and I can answer or take care of, but the final request seems to be a bit excessive, as basically the house would need to rewired. 

This is the first I have been informed on all the above issues, as no other tenant made mention. Any thoughts would be great!

Thanks!

[Paul Ewing]

This is a major issue with older (1960 and before) houses.  They just were not set up with wiring to support the massive loads of electrical things that are now considered must haves.  Back then a 60A service was plenty for a house.  Now houses are being built with two or three 200A services.  I would have an electrician get you a quote on bringing some of it up to modern standards and a GFCI outlet in the kitchen and bath would be priorities from a liability standpoint.