Tenant wants money for inconvinience

[Eva Fox]

What to do ?

Condominium rented for 1 and 1/2 year .

tenant is the lawyer .

Disaster, rain ruined balcony, major repair is needed .
I hired the crew ,work will cost thousands of dollars and will take 2 weeks .

Tenant wants half of rent brake ,
because his living conditions are bad for 2 weeks .

Should I pay him ?

thanks
eva

[Ann Bellamy]

With all due respect to all the great lawyers I know, there are enough attorneys who do stuff like this just because they can. They have no legal costs to tie you up in court over it, and they know exactly how to do it.

The damage was caused by weather, not by your negligence. Two weeks is very timely. You are acting properly, so I'd push back and nicely explain that it's inconvenient for everyone, but in no way is it your fault. Just be prepared for him to push back even harder.

PS: one of my rules is that I never rent to attorneys. They are not a protected class and you can discriminate against them. :-)