Lending tenant a ladder - liability risk?

[jerrybee]

One of my apartments has 3.4m ceilings. Everytime a lightbulb has to be changed it's a real pain because I'm interstate. I'm thinking of paying for a ladder and leaving it with the tenant (not to keep, but to use for the duration of their tenancy). Is this a bad idea? If they fall off - even if they've agreed to take all responsibility - am I still ultimately responsible?

 

[chilliblue]

Just have your insurance company sign off that you are covered.

 

[Aaron_C]

Just get them to buy their own ladder

 

[jerrybee]

I need one there anyway for myself when I go there to do some maintenance, so I figure I can kill two birds with the one stone.

 

[Peter_Tersteeg]

Bunnings sells a pole with a lightbulb holder on the end which you can use to remove and insert lightbulbs. No climbing on ladders required.

 

[vaughan]

One of my apartments has 3.4m ceilings. Everytime a lightbulb has to be changed...

Why do the bulbs need changing? The compact fluro bulbs last for years. The new LED bulbs use even less energy and last even longer.