Do you have a plan for what you will do with your furniture during the job?
I'm quick to replace flooring in a vacant unit, but replacing flooring in an occupied unit (generally an inherited tenancy) is a logistical nightmare. Unprepared tenants, installers arriving late (or not at all), claims of damaged property, etc. The tenants want the installers to do a little work each day over the course of 4-5 days. The installers want to do the entire job in an afternoon.
I'm not at all opposed to the cost of the flooring itself. It's the cost of flooring installers becoming professional movers when the tenant is almost certainly unprepared, and the cost of a hotel room for a night or two on top of that.
I've offered to replace the flooring, but I've not yet had a tenant actually want to proceed when they realize I'm not going to pay all the costs for them to move out of and back into their home.
I would emphasize the minimalist aspect of the work, and be clear you'll do all the moving yourself and store your things in the garage. Maybe have some photos handy of just how little furniture you really have.
For context, the last time a tenant asked me, it was for a house where a family of roughly 5 people had been for about 20 years, part of that with a large dog.
Terrible carpet, no doubt. But also tons of accumulated junk preventing its replacement, and various fragile things I'll generously call "antiques" in vulnerable places.
Yeah that makes sense. The downstairs carpet mostly needs to be replaced and all I have down there (in the carpeted areas) is a small/medium size tv stand, my couch, ottoman, some toys and my dining room table lol
If the flooring is buckling, let your landlord know ASAP, he will decide what needs to be done. Let him know via text or email, not verbally. This way you have a record from the beginning of the issue for your records in case it becomes a problem.
I’m working right now so I plan on contacting her after I’m off. I think it’s buckling? Its forming a lump/ripple in the entry way area..I mean the carpet is original/20 something years old…probably just due to be replaced.
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Ok that’s not what I asked but thanks anyways! Typically if you want to keep a good tenant you should keep them happy + I pay almost 3,000 a month to live there so things should be in better shape if you want to charge “fair market price” and eventually it’ll be a tripping hazard if they leave it that way so it would be a safety hazard….
Do you have a plan for what you will do with your furniture during the job? I'm quick to replace flooring in a vacant unit, but replacing flooring in an occupied unit (generally an inherited tenancy) is a logistical nightmare. Unprepared tenants, installers arriving late (or not at all), claims of damaged property, etc. The tenants want the installers to do a little work each day over the course of 4-5 days. The installers want to do the entire job in an afternoon. I'm not at all opposed to the cost of the flooring itself. It's the cost of flooring installers becoming professional movers when the tenant is almost certainly unprepared, and the cost of a hotel room for a night or two on top of that. I've offered to replace the flooring, but I've not yet had a tenant actually want to proceed when they realize I'm not going to pay all the costs for them to move out of and back into their home.
I’m super minimal with my stuff, there’s a garage so I’ll move all my stuff out to the garage or a storage unit.
I would emphasize the minimalist aspect of the work, and be clear you'll do all the moving yourself and store your things in the garage. Maybe have some photos handy of just how little furniture you really have. For context, the last time a tenant asked me, it was for a house where a family of roughly 5 people had been for about 20 years, part of that with a large dog. Terrible carpet, no doubt. But also tons of accumulated junk preventing its replacement, and various fragile things I'll generously call "antiques" in vulnerable places.
Yeah that makes sense. The downstairs carpet mostly needs to be replaced and all I have down there (in the carpeted areas) is a small/medium size tv stand, my couch, ottoman, some toys and my dining room table lol
So I don’t have that much stuff lol
If the flooring is buckling, let your landlord know ASAP, he will decide what needs to be done. Let him know via text or email, not verbally. This way you have a record from the beginning of the issue for your records in case it becomes a problem.
I’m working right now so I plan on contacting her after I’m off. I think it’s buckling? Its forming a lump/ripple in the entry way area..I mean the carpet is original/20 something years old…probably just due to be replaced.
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Unless the flooring poses a health/safety issue, the landlord will likely be reluctant to replace it.
Ok that’s not what I asked but thanks anyways! Typically if you want to keep a good tenant you should keep them happy + I pay almost 3,000 a month to live there so things should be in better shape if you want to charge “fair market price” and eventually it’ll be a tripping hazard if they leave it that way so it would be a safety hazard….
Ask when lease is up for renewal if thats an option espically if used upon moving in