"Doctor the tenny?"

If the resident handyman says "no problem", I figure that means that you need to get the mailbox in your hand to your resident handyman, so he can put the new box on the old post, and voila, everything's back to normal again.

I had an issue with a rental curb side mailbox. The street during rush hour traffic was like a highway. The original box was set back from the street so the tenant could retried their mail without getting side swiped. The mail carrier just had to park near the curb and lean out of his

vehicle just a bit, not a issue. But, the new rules said the mail box had to be closer to the street if moved so the tenant could be hit by a car and killed -- that's the way the government wanted things.

So I left the original cement/brick base in place, having it GPS'ed in place by a licensed Land Surveyor. Then I replaced the standard mail box with a large steel box type with a door for deposits and a locked door for retrieval, on the opposite side away from traffic.

My carrier loved it but the Government said move it. I then had my Surveyor sent in his report and after inspection the mail finally continued to be delivered.

I would think that you need to provide a new mailbox to the unit. If mail is delivered, it needs a mailbox, and it is not the "tenny's" responsibility to provide that. A 5 mile drive to the post office is only acceptable for the shortest amount of time you take to get the mailbox back in. It should only be days, a week at the most. If you can't do it, then you need to hire someone.

Sounds like More than one problem, here.

Where to Start ?

livenotonevil [NC],

Oh my. I'll try to start : )

If I understand you:

>There was a mailbox when the tenant moved in

> That mailbox was somehow destroyed.

>>> You should replace the mailbox ASAP with a similar type in a location and at the height required by the USPS

>Tenant moved in with no pets approved

> Tenant then moved in unauthorized, vicious dogs (which you have documented)

But you said the mailbox is at the highway.

Is this a rural area? No fencing? Dogs roaming the countryside, wild and free?

You talk about an on-site/resident handyman. Is this the tenant, doing extra work in exchange for lower rent?

I have to revisit this lease to see about the pit bulls. There's a large pen chain link which they escape and roam the farm I'm sure to the cringing of neighbors.

I recall lightly penciling in a beauty spot beside the dogs clause.

We know the futility of cat/dog clauses. They bring them if they have them; dead or alive like it or not.

I haven't been to court lately but the last time lawyers weren't allowed at that point. No lawyers allowed in that particular magistrates.

The moment requiring a lawyer is if they do not vacate after eviction and the sheriff can't find the court orders.

Live,

Locally, we can simply set the new or repaired box on the ground to accept mail temporarily until a proper post is installed.

Without a mailbox of some kind I THINK the mail is returned, marked NO RECEPTACLE.

I like the chair idea.