Replace Broken Washer & Dryer

[Steve Fitzgerald]

We've rented to a tenant for the past 3 years. It's a split level house. While we lived in the house we installed a washer and dryer in the bathroom of the main floor. There is also a washer and dryer in the basement. The washer on the first floor has apparently broken and water from the washer has damaged the ceiling below and some drywall. I'm getting the ceiling and the drywall replacement, but the question is about the washer and dryer. Both are old and beyond repair. The tenant is asking that I replace them, but nowhere in the lease does it state that I provide a washer and dryer. The tenant themselves have purchased a washer and dryer and put them in the basement. 

The question is then should I replace the washer or dryer? Or just convert the space into storage? I know I'm probably not legally responsible for replacing them, but the units were there since the tenant originally moved in. Thoughts?

[Anthony Wick]

No. They already have a set. However, that being said, I'd like to know the rent and area. Is this a high scale unit wherein they pay premium rent, and keeping them happy for a few hundred dollars would be well worth it? My lease states; "while the landlord acknowledges that he is supplying a washer and dryer, the landlord does not guarantee the continued supply and use of a washer and dryer". In other words, if the tenant keeps breaking my stuff, they are not getting them fixed.