Tenant is asking an extra day for moving out

[Luciana W.]

Hi everyone,

I have a turn over coming up, the current tenant has signed a move out letter for the 30th of the month and is now asking for one more extra day so she can move everything to her new apartment that is only available on the 1st.

I have been marketing for a move in date on the 7th to give me enough time to fix and clean anything to make the unit ready. The current residents has only lived there for a year and the place is still in good conditions.

My question is should I allowed to extend one more day? And if I do, do I need to amend their lease do add a day to the contract?

This residents have been good thanants always payed on time and didn't course trouble, the good in me wants to allow it, but I wanted to know form more experienced folk is I would be making a mistake

Thank you all in advance for any advice

[Greg Scott]

If you don't already have a tenant coming in behind them, why wouldn't you allow them to stay an extra day?  Of course, they should be paying for the time.   A well-written lease will already have a provision for holdover such as this.  In many cases there is an extra charge for that.