We settled on our IP nearly 2 years ago. The property would have been built in the 60's or early 70's I think.
We have had the same tenant from day 1. One thing I have noticed is that we have not had one repair bill that the tenant has requested (the only repair bill was cleaning the gutters when we first bought the property which we requested).
The house is probably either an ex commission or defence housing, which we were told is very well built by the building inspection report.
What I'm interested in is I thought there would be repair bill requested by the tenant now. Have I been extremly lucky with the property or tenant or both?
I did attend an inspection once and noticed that the stove looked old (don't know if it works) and one of the switches looked a bit out of the socket (though I was more worried about this then the tenant). If the tenant ever leaves (been there 5 years and I hope stays there for much longer) should I just rent out the property for 6 months (and see if the new tenant asks for repairs), or actually look at the property and fix everything that I think is wrong with the property?
We have had the same tenant from day 1. One thing I have noticed is that we have not had one repair bill that the tenant has requested (the only repair bill was cleaning the gutters when we first bought the property which we requested).
The house is probably either an ex commission or defence housing, which we were told is very well built by the building inspection report.
What I'm interested in is I thought there would be repair bill requested by the tenant now. Have I been extremly lucky with the property or tenant or both?
I did attend an inspection once and noticed that the stove looked old (don't know if it works) and one of the switches looked a bit out of the socket (though I was more worried about this then the tenant). If the tenant ever leaves (been there 5 years and I hope stays there for much longer) should I just rent out the property for 6 months (and see if the new tenant asks for repairs), or actually look at the property and fix everything that I think is wrong with the property?