All Forum Posts by: Bruce L.

Might be too early for this, but has anyone here ever installed a security camera to monitor vanlisium on your rental properties?

Thanks for the advice @Phillip Dwyer .

The tenant technical moved their trash away from my property across the street to the neighbors yard.  Then this morning, the trash was toss back onto my yard.  By who? I have no clue. It could of been the tenant or the neighbors.

Just an update.  

This was what I found this morning.

Thanks @Richard C. 

Have a nice day!

Thanks for all the advice guy!
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As for the floor sweep, my tenant is a mechanic and I'm sure he has assess to that stuff.  One company I spoke to said that the stain will never come off and that I need to do a skim coat of concrete.

I got a phone call last night (Yard Sign) from the neighbors.  They told me that my tenant moved their trash and parked his truck across the street hoping that the trash company would pick up, but because of the size, they did not.  Can I remove that from his security deposit even tho it's no longer on my property?

Also, I got my first quote back from the smoke odor company.
- $275.00 Clean Ductwork
- $93.19 Clean Walls
- $52.28 Clean & Deodorize Carpet
- $33.40 Ozone treatment
That as just for the master bedroom, I won't go over everything, but the quote broke it down by room. (master bath, hallways, closets, etc.

Total is $1052.91.

Ok, no charge for wall.

Smoke Odor ? and Driveway?

Why wouldn't they? They are responsible to maintain the property.  

If someone threw rocks and broke a window, just because the tenant didn't do it, the landlord has to fix it? I don't think so.

Thanks @Marcia Maynard 

If I decide to remove the carpet and replace it with tile, what would you say is a reasonable charge I could deduct? Labor to remove carpet and pad? or part of the cost of the new tile?

I would be hiring a license trade to do all things I will be deducting from tenants deposit and not do any of the work myself.

As for the drive way, one contractor suggest that the stain will never come out and I would need to do a skim coat of concrete. If i do a skim coat in just that one area, it would look funny if I didn't do the whole driveway.  Could I charge for the whole driveway?

Hi guys,

So my tenant just moved out of the place and wanted to get your feedback as far as what you all think is reasonable to deduct.

Above are the pictures of damages caused by the tenant.

Before Move-In

During

Move Out

Below are the rest of the damages.

- Bedroom blind missing rod.
- Neighbor shares a common block wall, where neighbor had new gate installed, in the process of installing their gate, it damaged my gate.  I told him to resolve it with the neighbor, but he went ahead and just put some epoxy to try to fix it.

Now, for possibly the biggest expense of all....SMOKE ODOR!

My lease clearly states no smoking, they say they smoke outside, but you can definitely smell it in the master bedroom.  I would say it's a medium strength, I must of showed the house to 10 families and four of them complained about the smell.  

In case they tenant tries to sue me, I got two written quotes from odor restore companies that also states the odor at the house.  The carpets in the whole house I would give a grade D.  I maybe able to get someone if I just steam the carpets.

Here's the list of items I'm thinking about doing to remove the odor.

1) Shampoo Carpets
2) Clean Walls
3) Air Ducts Clean

If that does not work, can I charge him for new carpets & new paint in the master bedroom? 

What would you guys do? I want to be fair and I want to be prepared in case he tries to take me to court.

Thanks.

Update.

Talked to the guy, and told them if you wanted to keep the dog (Puppy) they can, but not on my property. They told me that it's his mom's dog and that it's already back at her house, lol.

I told him that I would be willing to terminate the lease early, but they must be out by the end of this month, otherwise if I catch them again, I would evict them.

An hour after that phone call, he texted me asking if I would put that in writing. lol

So, i went ahead and wrote them a letter, but they must tell me by Wednesday and leave by the end of the month. I know it's rather short notice, and I'm not sure I can even do that, but that's the deal I offered them. If there are out, I would have a whole month before the school season starts.