Discounted Rent for slab leak

[Karen Seale]

At our rental property (single family) in San Diego, we have a water leak under the floor.  The flooring needs to be pulled and pipes need to be re-routed.  This will inconvenience our tenants for 1-2 weeks.  They are still able to live there and have the ability to use the water, albeit, the hot water must be turned off and on to prevent further leaking.  

What would be an appropriate discount on the rent to account for this inconvenience? 

Thank you in advance!

Karen 

[Dan H.]

We require our tenants to have rental insurance.  Their insurance would cover them temporarily living in a hotel while the work is performed.  

I realize this does not help for this case but it can help for next time.  

Also units from the 1960s and 1970s are nearing end of life of the plumbing placed in the concrete slab.  How do i know this?   Seven units impacted by slab leaks in the last few years.  

By the way if the cost is great you can claim it against your insurance.  Some leaks warrant claiming against insurance but most will not.  We had one that total cost (including damaged flooring) was above $10k so we claimed it against insurance.