Ha! Good to know I'm not the only one.
My question is, are you sure the property isn't just getting 'long in the tooth'? That's the issue I have with mine. It's really hard to tell.
We've never seen the inside of the property - only bought it for the land. Having said that it, it's old and I'm sure would need some work. I'm sending my PM in there upon the final inspection to highlight any maintenance issues she deems need attention, and she'll send her guy through.
The issue I have with this tenant is that it's not
legitimate maintenance calls. He gave us an itemized list of repairs that he wanted done, along with an excuse as to why he was 3 weeks behind in the rent (benefits weren't paid in time blah blah blah). One was lino in the kitchen had a hole in it apparently and which ex-wife was using as a reason the house was unfit for the children to live in. Next he proceeded to list each individual tap in the house as leaking - all as separate maintenance items.
Sent my dad around to check it out, and he didn't know what the guy was on about. He went around to all the taps with the guy, and dad just turned them off and voilà - no dripping, with the exception of one tap in the laundry which we then sent a plumber out to change as he'd never seen a tap like that before. I have no problem with legitimate issues ie. oven broke down in another IP - I had it repaired the next day, and that cost $400, vs the $0 his stupid complaints cost me.
Then about 4 weeks later, we were told again about 4 separate taps all dripping, the bathroom drain clogged, and the fly screen coming out in one window, and the absence of a fly screen in another room. Well we're not required to install new fly screens where there weren't any before, and the one that was "coming out" - my dad literally pushed it in on the one corner that was coming out with a finger! Taps were all fine again. I instructed the PM to have the drains checked, but charge him if it was just a build up of hair etc - never heard anymore on that one, nor was I billed, so assume he changed his mind about having plumber come out.
At this point, told my PM to evict him as he was just proving to be a nuisance. This was all in the space of about 2 months I might add - directly after the rent was increased by $10pw. The 3 months prior to that, not a peep from him.
Then yesterday was told that he had called to say that the kitchen drain was clogged, and the faucet had snapped off. Jeez, we must have bought the house with the worst plumbing in Adelaide!
