Broken Fireplace- Would you fix it?
I have a gas fireplace in my rental property that is broken and the tenant wants it fixed, but would you fix it?
For me there's two issuses:
1) The cost of fixing the fireplace.
When I got the complaint about the fireplace, I sent my handyman to take care of it. But, its not a simple problem that the handyman could fix.
I'm afraid of pulling the thread, and promising to fix the fireplace and it then escalates into becoming a major cost to fix.
Does anybody know how much it'd cost to fix a gas fireplace?
2) Fixing the fireplace won't resolve the tenant's underlying complaint that its getting cold without a functioning fireplace.
A fixed fireplace won't generate that much heat to warm the rental because the fireplace was designed for only low volume natural gas. I consider the fireplace more as a decoration than a heating unit.
To heat the rental, there's already forced air. That should be enough because the rental is in Southern California near the beach; we're not talking about a rental in Michigan or Ohio.