Attention Landlords and Property Managers In my neck of the woods, we are having record setting extreme cold temperature that seem to keep lingering on and on.

On most days during winter, the room temperature is only about 10 degree higher than outside temp if there is no heat turned on.

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Furnaces would only go on the blink when temperatures were below zerow.

So always check with your building department, especially if your work is occurring out doors!

Our home is right on the lake with a small beach, there is a 72 mile bike trail that runs right by the house and lots of outdoor activities nearby including a decent amusement park (Silverwood) about 60 miles away.I would really listen to @Julie McCoy about the Pigeon Forge area.

The tenant can push buttons all day and it will do nothing if you choose to disable the keypad....Great post, but one point to clarify.All thermostats are sensing ambient temperature in some way, so all are vulnerable to tenant tactics that manipulate the ambient temperature in the vicinity of the thermostat; some of those tactics appear in my previous post on this thread.So the word "only" in the quoted post assumes that there is no such tampering going on.

For added value it may be more about the access to outdoor space. 

Tenant is responsible for cleaning up after approved animals both indoors and outdoors.

The client, a neighbor, was "possessing" and openly using 2800 desert acres for riding and other outdoor activities.