I would warn you though as soon as you give an inch, the next month if rent is not paid on time you may have opened up a door of forgiveness that was not intentional.

Hard surfaces should fall at least 1 inch per 48 inches from the home.

I tried to stay out of the way, but I had to stop several things from being done wrong—spaces between kitchen cabinets that were too small by at least an inch for the appliances to fit, a walk-in pantry being built that was too narrow for anyone but a child to get into.

Did you mean the alley is 8 ft wide, not inches? 

There was a plumbing leak in the crawlspace under the house and is causing the high clay content soil to heave.....causing a 3-4 inch rise in the middle of the house flooring.   

It is only an inch, ridiculous I know.

Inch by inch, life is a cinch."

I tell them it's one quarter inch away from where they looked at my #, READ THE LISTING.

We just discovered a crack in the concrete slab foundation that is a borderline major problem:- It is a vertical crack about 1/8 inch wide that is at least 9ft long, which is causing a 3/4 inch drop in the flooring and some evidence of old (luckily) limited moisture and termite intrusion. - BUT, it also appears old and probably a symptom of the original house settling.

To improve your business going forward, it is important that you recognize how you created the problem.There are a portion of residents that if you give them an inch, they will take mile.