Porcelain tile kitchen floors and splashes, dark granite counters, medium tone "shaker" wood cabs. natural wood is easier to touch up with Old English when damaged.

I suspect that if you tried this after a month, you would find a judge would rule that you acted in bad faith when signing the original contract and they may void it and/or award damages to your tenant.

So if the roof needs to be replaced and your neighbor can't afford to pay for his share, and there are no funds in place to cover the cost, you're going to have to pay for it yourself to prevent damage to your unit. 

The extra on the doggy care makes sense too, but I would have repaired any damage.

You purchase all the lumber and have it delivered to the job site and while unloading it there's an accident or damage done wile offing the load.

Historically those areas have been damaged the most. 

They were always late on rent, caused damage and broke lease early.

All rooms and house is damaged.

I leave them be, the damage is done and they always pay on time. 

@Edmund Mcginn to avoid telling them no and damaging the relationship, you could give them an option.