01-28-2018, 03:52 AM
Not to rub salt in the wound if I am correct, but learned a lesson on a similar experience I would like to share.
Had a renter that I gave cheap rent for an exchange of doing maintenence/upkeep while I was away. Problem was when I returned nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing was done on the maintenence/upkeep. Lawn overgrown to weeds and dead, paint blistering off of the house, leaking faucets, on and on.
Problem in evicting was how I wrote the contract in my being too vague in responsibilities of maintenence and upkeep. I was informed that I had to be very specific in the maintenence and upkeep responsibilities in the rental contract, along with the price of monthly rent to be able to prove neglect on the tenant, and their breach of contract.
The only thing that "saved" my home and myself is that it was under a lease contract that came due, and in the next lease contract I doubled the rent portion with no maintenence/upkeep option which got them to move.
Best of luck in your situation, if month to month, raise the rent to help offset the cost of repairs!
Community begins with Aloha
Had a renter that I gave cheap rent for an exchange of doing maintenence/upkeep while I was away. Problem was when I returned nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing was done on the maintenence/upkeep. Lawn overgrown to weeds and dead, paint blistering off of the house, leaking faucets, on and on.
Problem in evicting was how I wrote the contract in my being too vague in responsibilities of maintenence and upkeep. I was informed that I had to be very specific in the maintenence and upkeep responsibilities in the rental contract, along with the price of monthly rent to be able to prove neglect on the tenant, and their breach of contract.
The only thing that "saved" my home and myself is that it was under a lease contract that came due, and in the next lease contract I doubled the rent portion with no maintenence/upkeep option which got them to move.
Best of luck in your situation, if month to month, raise the rent to help offset the cost of repairs!
Community begins with Aloha