DeanoVilla
One Bloody Number
Bit of advice needed.
I rent my house out, through an agent and it's supposed to be a fully managed service which I pay 10% for.
The tenants have been there 18 months now and while in general they have been ok, passed all inspections, paid on time, no major problems, they do tend to find 1 little niggly thing at least once per month which means I never end up seeing the full amount of rent.
I'm talking things like.....
Loose plug socket
Pull cord for the bathroom light, has come off the ceiling
Latch on the bedroom door is stiff so won't shut properly
and now today, rawl plug has come out of the wall meaning the curtain pole in the living room has fallen down.
For 18 months I've just told the agent to get on with things and taken the £30/£40/£50 hit for that month, but I'm getting fed up of it now.
How can any of those things be fair wear and tear?
How does a pull cord just come away from the cieling or a rawl plug come out of the wall, without it being miss used?
Should I start pushing back and saying, "sod off, you bust it you pay to fix it!", or for the sake of an easy life should I just continue to bite the bullet and fix these kinds of issues for them?
And what the hell am I paying the agent 10% for? Surely they should be making a judgement on these kinds of things and not even bothering to contact me unless it's fair wear and tear and therefore my responsibilty to fix?
I rent my house out, through an agent and it's supposed to be a fully managed service which I pay 10% for.
The tenants have been there 18 months now and while in general they have been ok, passed all inspections, paid on time, no major problems, they do tend to find 1 little niggly thing at least once per month which means I never end up seeing the full amount of rent.
I'm talking things like.....
Loose plug socket
Pull cord for the bathroom light, has come off the ceiling
Latch on the bedroom door is stiff so won't shut properly
and now today, rawl plug has come out of the wall meaning the curtain pole in the living room has fallen down.
For 18 months I've just told the agent to get on with things and taken the £30/£40/£50 hit for that month, but I'm getting fed up of it now.
How can any of those things be fair wear and tear?
How does a pull cord just come away from the cieling or a rawl plug come out of the wall, without it being miss used?
Should I start pushing back and saying, "sod off, you bust it you pay to fix it!", or for the sake of an easy life should I just continue to bite the bullet and fix these kinds of issues for them?
And what the hell am I paying the agent 10% for? Surely they should be making a judgement on these kinds of things and not even bothering to contact me unless it's fair wear and tear and therefore my responsibilty to fix?