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Updated about 12 years ago,
Tenant did repair, wants to deduct
The front doorknob broke yesterday and the tenant replaced it without telling me about it. He now wants to deduct the $20 from this month's rent for the cost of the doorknob.
This tenant is very handy, but the lease states that the tenant is supposed to call me and then either I do the repairs or get a contractor. It's only a doorknob, but I'm a bit uneasy about having one set of rules for one tenant and a different one for the others (the other tenants do not attempt repairs on their own, they always call). Am I being too uptight about this?