Has anyone else had a tenant who is a hoarder?
We currently have a hoarder. All rooms are full wall to wall and up to the ceiling. Last internal inspection was 2 years ago. Last drive by was 6mths ago. Outdoor structures, those temporary carport type things and other tarps were attached to the house and guttering. We asked for them to be removed as guttering was falling away. We also asked for the property to be de-cluttered sufficiently that we could send in someone to clean out all the gutters / remove dead branches from the gum trees. On our drive by from the outside nothing had changed. I contacted the PM and suffice to say they are not doing their job.
We realise that we need to do something about the situation. One our first tasks is that we need to take out landlords insurance which we currently don't have - and I need to read the fine print on our buildings insurance.
Next
Do we just move the tenant on? (I am anticipating a big clean up bill on the outside at least, 3-4 weeks probably needed to refresh and tidy for new tenants. Then time to find new tenants).
Do we just keep hiking up the rent until he moves? (It is currently $40 below market value so an increase is due in Nov).
Any comment/ advice/ experience welcome.
We currently have a hoarder. All rooms are full wall to wall and up to the ceiling. Last internal inspection was 2 years ago. Last drive by was 6mths ago. Outdoor structures, those temporary carport type things and other tarps were attached to the house and guttering. We asked for them to be removed as guttering was falling away. We also asked for the property to be de-cluttered sufficiently that we could send in someone to clean out all the gutters / remove dead branches from the gum trees. On our drive by from the outside nothing had changed. I contacted the PM and suffice to say they are not doing their job.
We realise that we need to do something about the situation. One our first tasks is that we need to take out landlords insurance which we currently don't have - and I need to read the fine print on our buildings insurance.
Next
Do we just move the tenant on? (I am anticipating a big clean up bill on the outside at least, 3-4 weeks probably needed to refresh and tidy for new tenants. Then time to find new tenants).
Do we just keep hiking up the rent until he moves? (It is currently $40 below market value so an increase is due in Nov).
Any comment/ advice/ experience welcome.