Time limit on repairs by tenant?

[Sam Leon]

Tenant broke one of the windows - October 2012.

One of those tricky bay windows that sticks out with glass on top, bottom, sides and front. The top portion broke, old old window the glass not tempered, split into multiple pieces and some fell down.

Told tenant to have it repaired. Tenant said yes, soon.

Now we are in February, still not fixed. In fact the broken glasses still have sharp "teeth" protruding to the middle. If a cat or something tries to crawl through it will be cut badly.

How to handle? Give an ultimatum to repair by a date and if not done, hire your own window repair crew and bill the tenant? I am guessing it may not be possible to fix just the top panel, may have to redo all the glasses.

[Rob K.]

I would suggest thast you have this fixed so it's done right and then bill the tenant. Your tenant might try to fix this himself and cut his jugular or use the wrong kind of glass and make it look ridiculous. Also, he hasn't fixed it in 3+ months. Sounds like he is unmotivated/broke/lazy.