Landlord won't change old dirty carpet after 5 years!

[David A.]

Hello everyone! I haven't been on the site lately as I have been busy with some projects and keeping a healthy lifestyle :). One of my contractors who is a great person and has helped me needs some advice. He has been renting a house for the past 5 years and needs to change the carpet. I visited his house when we went for some tools and the carpet is in really bad shape. He has tried to clean it but it is beyond cleaning and will need to be replaced. His landlord owns two houses in the neighborhood and told him that she will not replace it because she didn't know he would have kids! Besides the carpet issue, there is mold in the garage wall due to run off from the furnace something must be clogged in there. I really want to help this guy out he has been really helpful. Thanks for any advice!

[Joel Owens]

If this tenant is a problem on a consistent basis the landlord might want them to move and hence fixing as least things as possible to get them out.

The landlord might feel they do not want to put a lot of nice things into a unit or do updates until they are out.

As mentioned none of us knows the history of this tenant and landlord and you are just hearing one side from the tenant.