Tenant wants storm door replaced immediately

[Steven Cherry]

Hi all.  I am a relatively new landlord and have a question.  The storm door is jammed on one of my rentals and will not open at all.  The tenant wants this replaced immediately (I also know that they wanted a new storm door as it was old).  The tenant took the screen out and needs to use a credit card to unlock the front door, since the storm door frame is in the way of the front door keyhole.  Since he was making it such an urgent issue, I mentioned that I will come tonight and remove the screen door entirely to solve the problem and fix/replace in the next few days.  He wants a new storm door immediately and was not okay with that.  My question is:  does a storm door need to be replaced if it was there when the tenant moved in?  If so, how long do you have to replace it?  Thanks in advance!

[Raul R.]

Steven
Don’t let the tenant start dictating you..
If you decide to repair or replace that’s fine but don’t let the tenant push you to do something you don’t want. Tenants need to be trained, consider this first lesson.
Follow your state Laws and make the best decision..
When the tenant start making demand that something needs to be replaced you need to stop it there, your answer should be “I will make the final decision when I inspect the issue” If tenants feels it got replace because they demanded it, they will continue making demands..