All Forum Posts by: Lori C.

If the tenant gives you problems I would see about having a certified insured moving company come in and tell you if it is possible to move the furniture out through the normal door. It is possible that she just doesnt want to have it taken apart because it is a lot of work (especially on top of moving). 

This would give you the info you need to either talk to the HOA about the situation (since it was a modification to the property that was done after the tenant moved in) or for her to hire a mover to do the work because she either cant or won't.

Having this information would also help you if it ends up going to a judge. Best of luck! Let us know what happens. 

Is the sliding door larger than the other door? It sounds as if she is wanting this for her convience so her furniture doesn't need to be taken apart. Last I checked even our recliner breaks into 2 pieces.

I know Im pulling up an older thread, but was curious on what everyone thinks about investing in Racine/Kenosha area now that Foxcon is slated to be built in Racine.

Great thread! I made some changes to my profile based off of recommendations on this post.

Thank you for all your advice. We have received the quote for the patch work, and have resolved this with our tenants. 

@Andy W. Yes. We have before and after pictures. Document, document! 

@Steve B. - We are in a small town and are across from the grade school. The County Sheriff responded. 

@James K. Thank you for your suggestion on how to patch the problem areas, we will look into that, rather than use an experienced contactor. 

Jon & Russell

Yes, she is an adult. 

They are currently month to month but would like them to stay for a while, or at least until we are ready to renovate that side (we are diy while my husband works 50+ hours and I run our business and take care of the property and tenant problems). 

Originally posted by @Thomas S.:

I would definatly have them pay.

I would have stress relief cracks cut 1/2" deep in the sidewalk every 6 feet if they are not already there and actually cut through and remove 6 feet of the damaged section and replace it. I would charge the cost to the tenant. You need to be made good at their expense. No reason you should live with a defective job due to their ignorance.

 Thomas, 

We do have the stress cracks already cut, but the weather is getting too cold to fix this year.  So it looks like it will be around for the winter at lest. We expect a quote from our contractor end of week.  

Originally posted by @Gail K.:

Why would you evict them over this stupid issue?

They've already offered to pay for the repairs to concrete.  Let them do this and be done with it.

Gail

Gail,

Initially they denied having any responsibility,  and only after they found out we knew it was them did they admit to it, apologise and offer to pay. Makes us wonder what else they are trying to get away with.  We don't appreciate being lied to.  

We are waiting on the quote from the contractor to pass onto them for payment.  It's too cold too have it done this year now.  

Thanks Jim! We are waiting on the repair cost from the contractor and I am working on putting a letter together to give to them that I can also keep in our files. 

We decided to charge the tenant instead of taking it out of the security deposit since they offered to pay for it. This will keep the deposit open to be used at the end if the tenancy if we need to.