I recently received news of one of my tenants tripping over the water meter, and badly injuring himself. Which just so happened to be shortly after they received news that their lease would not be renewed.
I've spoken to property managers and they have said that there is no legal requirements of a water meter to be safe.
Can I in any way be held responsible for this?
Do investors have issues with tenant injuries?
I always do my best to maintain a safe property for tenants but there is always the possibility of something happening.
They are now using the injury as a excuse to not pack up and leave
Lease ends in 2 days, and I have already extended this two weeks in an attempt to keep the peace, they have showed absolutely no sign of packing up and have not made any rental applications.
I have now requested a doctors certificate as the property managers and I think the hole situation is staged to exceed the lease, either way the matter will most likely be resolved in tribunal where I am sure the injury will be coming up.
Any advice on how to handle this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I've spoken to property managers and they have said that there is no legal requirements of a water meter to be safe.
Can I in any way be held responsible for this?
Do investors have issues with tenant injuries?
I always do my best to maintain a safe property for tenants but there is always the possibility of something happening.
They are now using the injury as a excuse to not pack up and leave
Lease ends in 2 days, and I have already extended this two weeks in an attempt to keep the peace, they have showed absolutely no sign of packing up and have not made any rental applications.
I have now requested a doctors certificate as the property managers and I think the hole situation is staged to exceed the lease, either way the matter will most likely be resolved in tribunal where I am sure the injury will be coming up.
Any advice on how to handle this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks