Tenants want to hang own curtain rods

[Paul Z.]

Hi everyone.

The drywalls in a vacant house were fixed and re-painted. I offered no-drilling curtain rods to the new tenants. They wanted to install their own double-rod ones, and doubted if mine would hold blackout curtains. They will probably remove their rods on move-out and leave holes in the walls. Any advice on this situation? Insist on using my rods? Ask them to leave their rods in place on move-out? Hold them responsible to repair the holes?

Cheers,

Paul

[John Underwood]

Its just some drywall mud and touchup paint to fix. I wouldn't sweat it.

I try and make my tenants happy so they stay a long time. 

You could offer to pay for half the costs of the rods with the condition that they leave them when they leave.