Pre-existing Tenant and Damages

[Anna Granofsky]

In December, I purchases an old triplex in West Virginia that was already filled with units under a non-profit homeless housing organization. The tenant in one of the apartments has been living there for years and has been eager to tell me all of the things she wants fixed, new within her apartment. We have done significant construction to the building for mold, water leaking, room repairs.

Today, I receive an email from the nonprofit with a long list of items they want fixed within a week and a half per their inspection on the property. Some items included are peeling paint, new bathroom fixtures, tub lime/rust, carpet pulls, broken kitchen floor tiles, nonworking light fixtures and outlets.

While I believe some of these items like inoperable electrical outlets and lights, I should fix, am I responsible to give the tenant new floors/carpet/bathroom when the tenant themselves may have caused the damage and while they are still living there?