All Forum Posts by: Chris G.

@Julie Hartman Thanks for the reply. I checked and like most states it seems to be 30 day period. I know we won't be held liable and I have let the owner know the tenants would have the right to break the lease or complain to the city about that. I'm just not sure if the tenants know that. 

@Kathy Johnson Thanks for the reply. Yeah I spoke with the roofers and if I signed today they would start in about 2-3 weeks and take about 3 days to complete. The issue isn't with payment it's more so the owner thinks he can "repair" it himself. I don't think that's smart but I can't overrule what he wants to do. 

@Greg M. Thanks for the reply and I agree. This is one of those situations which is hard since the tenants don't want to leave since they just moved here from another state but at the same time are mad at me for not fixing it. If this continues to go on with other issues then I may have to break the lease. 

Hey everyone, I manage a large home that's roughly 4500 sqft and the tenants just moved in last month. The owner lives in a different country so it's quit difficult to reach him on moments notice. We've had a lot of rain recently and the tenants told me one of the rooms had 6-7 small leaks and have put down buckets. They also noted a separate room has started to leak. So I contacted the owner and let them know of this. At the same time I've had 3 roofing companies come out and see if they can repair it but due to it being an older home and double layered shingles they all said they'd have to replace the whole roof. All three of the estimates have been 21-23k. The owner doesn't want to pay this and wants to come fix it himself in about a month or two. So my only option was to have someone put a couple of tarps over the house to temporarily solve this. The tenants are very unhappy about this considering they're paying a lot per month. What would happen in this case is there anything I can do more or could they tenants break the lease due to the issue not getting resolved? Any ideas for feedback would help. 

@Renier Walters That doesn't seem right. We charge 8-10% depending on the house/apartment. We only charge that when it's rented. We do have a leasing fee so when the vacant unit gets occupied we take a larger % of the first month's rent. 

@Nizam Sluggar Not sure if you're obligated too but they may not want to renew if nothing gets done. I know for our units we usually prefer a basic fridge so we don't have to worry about ice and water issues. 

Very strange this has been going on for months now and just a few minutes ago I got an email from the property manager saying they'll pay the bills for most of the damage. Maybe they saw the post lol.

@Matthew Irish-Jones Agreed. The apartment complex has an HOA but the apartments are individually owned that's the issue. There are many different management companies that have units at these complexes.

@Julie Hartman I actually had reached out to the second story owner and he was very mad since he was dealing with the same issue. His pockets were deep it seemed though since he had no hesitation and mentioned he'd be suing them right away. 

@Julie Hartman That's what I'm saying but they called complaining so I'm not sure it is around 80 here during the day but like you mentioned if they owned it themselves they would have the same issue.