One bad oven

Half a month into my ownership, and already having issues. The day after my last post I was contacted by a Tenant that the furnace wasn't working. I contacted the HVAC company, and they were out in half an hour, found a faulty switch, replaced it, and only charged me for the part. Honestly the total charge for tuning up both furnaces, and the extra trip, and faulty switch replacement was quite cheap.

6 days later the same Tenant sent me a text message that her oven wasn't working, unfortunately it wasn't clear that it was the oven, leaving me thinking it was the stove top.

I was fully intending on replacing the appliances mid December, so I wasn't going to fix it. But I wasn't going to leave a Tenant without a working oven.

I was emailing back and forth with Sears Commercial. I actually missed replying to an email, and realized it. I wasn't contacted back, probably waiting for my reply, so I emailed out, and received a phone call. Described what I wanted, then waited for the quote to show up.

I decided to look at a local place, and found their prices were as good, with both their sale, and their discounts for Contractors. (They give the same to Landlords.) I picked out everything, and had the quotes, and pretty much everything, except the electrician set up to be delivered and installed on the 16th of December, as planned, with one oven arriving this Saturday. (The 16th of November, so exactly one month before the rest shows up.)

Again thinking that I didn't want the tenant to be without a stove, I picked up a single element hot plate. I let the tenant know the stove was on the way, and had a chance to check for an emergency switch for the dishwasher now required by our city. It didn't have one.

The delivery and install was $69, plus extras for the dishwasher install, and that all important government fee for installing a dishwasher.

I paid for the stove, and delivery up front, and 20% on everything else. I could have simply paid for everything, and had it all delivered Saturday, and it would have only cost me a little more in interest on the card I am using. But I have 2 reasons for not doing that. First I can use one more months income to reduce the cost.

And second, I would like the Tenants to have paid another months rent before I give them their upgrade. I want enough time that if I end up having to evict anyone, that I can stop delivery until they are out. I doubt this will happen, but I am a little wary of having angry tenants around new appliances.