When they leave, I just set it to a reasonable temp, like 66d.Never had any abuses, knock on wood....

Rentals are extremely hard to find in our area and she said she was scared to be out of a home in the winter with kids if I found way to deny her .

No one can be on the roof or attach anything to the roof. ( This was after tenants were nailing x-mas lights across the entire roof)No changes can be made to the landscaping.Driveway or street parking only, not allowed anywhere else.Property is to be kept free and clear of clutter, if there is any issue for fire hazard, termites, rodents (etc. the lease lists more), then they can be required to remove whatever is listed in our notice as the problem.And one of my favorite add on's is: When notice is given to tenant for work/repairs to be done on the property, inside or outside, and landlord, or any contractor or vendor is denied access, or cannot access house or yard for any reason, then tenant will be charged a 65.00 fee.

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

The tenants are demanding that we give it back and they are of course denying that they damaged anything.

@Lesley Resnick yes, if each component is under $2,500 and does not violate the anti-abuse rule in Regs.

Originally posted by @Denis Dineen:Thanks for the very helpful advice @Chris Mason .

I do not even mention the discount until I have an application in hand and confirm they are in one of my "discount" occupations and of course I am not going to discuss that with someone who I am going to deny even if they are LE/Vet.  

@Scott Savard If the town has already denied subdivisions then this will be extremely complicated.

If a re-zone is possible, the document preparation is fairly straight-forward, but you do risk losing soft costs if the project gets denied for any number of reasons.