 duplex problems (by MMIT [VA]) Jul 12, 2019 9:19 PM
 duplex problems (by NE [PA]) Jul 12, 2019 9:26 PM
duplex problems (by RB [MI]) Jul 12, 2019 9:40 PM
duplex problems (by AllyM [NJ]) Jul 12, 2019 9:56 PM
duplex problems (by Robert J [CA]) Jul 13, 2019 12:15 AM
duplex problems (by MC [PA]) Jul 13, 2019 5:50 AM
duplex problems (by nhsailmaker [NH]) Jul 13, 2019 7:58 AM
duplex problems (by plenty [MO]) Jul 13, 2019 8:14 AM
duplex problems (by AllyM [NJ]) Jul 13, 2019 9:53 AM
duplex problems (by Doogie [KS]) Jul 13, 2019 10:01 AM
duplex problems (by WMH [NC]) Jul 13, 2019 10:05 AM
duplex problems (by LindaJ [NY]) Jul 13, 2019 10:23 AM
duplex problems (by razorback_tim [AR]) Jul 13, 2019 12:02 PM
duplex problems (by JKJ [MA]) Jul 13, 2019 9:51 PM
duplex problems (by elliot [RI]) Jul 14, 2019 8:07 AM
duplex problems (by MMIT [VA]) Jul 14, 2019 9:13 AM
duplex problems (by JKJ [MA]) Jul 14, 2019 11:41 AM
duplex problems (by plenty [MO]) Jul 14, 2019 11:48 AM
duplex problems (by WMH [NC]) Jul 14, 2019 12:39 PM
duplex problems (by MMIT [VA]) Posted on: Jul 12, 2019 9:19 PM
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I have single family houses and one duplex.
The tenants in the duplex are not getting along.
Both tenants just contacted me tonight complaining about the other tenant.
The male tenant has a son and the female tenant has both a boy and a girl. All the kids are elementary age kids.
Do I try to referee their issues or tell them to call the police?
The male tenant has a more difficult personality, but, ....
Thanks for your help!
--70.188.xx.xx |
duplex problems (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Jul 12, 2019 9:26 PM
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Get along or get packing. --50.107.xxx.xx |
duplex problems (by RB [MI]) Posted on: Jul 12, 2019 9:40 PM
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This aint a staged fight.
One is a trouble maker
while the other is defending themselves. --184.53.x.x |
duplex problems (by AllyM [NJ]) Posted on: Jul 12, 2019 9:56 PM
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I would talk to them separately and bring a copy of the lease and talk about who is violating the lease. Make the bad guy the lease. Probably this is about noise or one child bullying another. More carpeting may help. Maybe a fence is needed. Carpeting deadens noise. Divide the yard in half with a fence if necessary. You be the judge in this case to save your money from leaving with the tenants. --173.61.xxx.xx |
duplex problems (by Robert J [CA]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 12:15 AM
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To solve this type of problem so these tenants get along, you should make yourself the bad guy. Unless they stop, tell them that you will have to evict one or both of them from the property. --47.156.xx.xx |
duplex problems (by MC [PA]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 5:50 AM
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You can't referee-if it is that bad, they can call the police. Up to you if you want to give the Happy Clause to one or both(ending up with potentially 2 open units) or tell them to play nice and you won't be in the middle. --73.230.xxx.xx |
duplex problems (by nhsailmaker [NH]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 7:58 AM
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you are allowing them to make their problem ........ your problem
Do you normally allow this in your life? If so jump in the middle of it
OR......Immediately - Notice for both to vacate and cite the clause in your lease they are violating
In this market you can get better tenants and more $$$ --24.62.xxx.xxx |
duplex problems (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 8:14 AM
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Is the problem sonething with the building that you can solve? Add a fence, designated parking? What is the issue. --99.203.xx.xxx |
duplex problems (by AllyM [NJ]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 9:53 AM
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Where is this great tenant market? All I find are 20 somethings who want to make a mess there. Educated or not, they all are ignorant. All the "adults' got those downpayment grants and are in run down houses. --173.61.xxx.xx |
duplex problems (by Doogie [KS]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 10:01 AM
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nhsailmaker said it best I think. They are making their problem your problem. If you want to have a conversation, then do so. DO NOT TAKE SIDES in the argument. At least to them. Maybe you can propose a solution to them, but make them be the ones to implement it.
The other approach you can take is to let them know if it's not bad enough to call the cops, it's not bad enough to call you. There isn't much you can do about a simple argument. All you can do is enforce the lease.
At the end of the day, if it's that bad, one of them is probably going to end up moving. For some reason, a lease doesn't hold people in place. They think nothing of just packing up and moving and dumping it on the LL. I do wish you luck. --68.102.xxx.xx |
duplex problems (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 10:05 AM
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Not enough info. What's their complaint? --50.82.xxx.xx |
duplex problems (by LindaJ [NY]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 10:23 AM
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What is the complaint? Not getting along, you don't get involved. One kid pounding on window, leaving trash outside, you might have to. A lot depends on the issue and what you really can do about it. --108.4.xxx.xx |
duplex problems (by razorback_tim [AR]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 12:02 PM
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I haven't had this problem in years. I always tell them to figure it out. If they can't and I get involved, they both get evicted. I also tell them that before I get involved they have to make their complaint in writing with signatures. --70.178.x.xx |
duplex problems (by JKJ [MA]) Posted on: Jul 13, 2019 9:51 PM
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First off really not enough info, secondly I believe if you start refereeing their disputes they will except you to ALWAYS resolve them. Problem with that is you can’t make everyone happy. --174.192.x.xxx |
duplex problems (by elliot [RI]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2019 8:07 AM
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I love Tim's "they have to make their complaint in writing with signatures.".
For those of us mainly owing multifamilies, duplex is like single.. there are only 2 parties involved, so no guess game..
Unless it is a hard to rent place, leave them alone or pick the one you find hard to work with (from your standpoint), start clean house , one at a time. --71.232.xxx.xxx |
duplex problems (by MMIT [VA]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2019 9:13 AM
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This is like dealing with 2 kids who got into a fight and both tell different stories. You don't know who is telling the truth this time.
This is a top and bottom duplex - not a side by side.
Both tenants struggle to make the rent each month. The top tenant is an assistant manager for a fast food restaurant. She makes $15/hour. Her 12 year old son has behavior issues. She is 30 years old.
The downstairs tenant is working the system - on disability and gets lots of assistance from aid agencies. He has a 6 year old son who has behavior issues. He is 62 years old.
The bottom tenant complains about noise from upstairs. The upstairs unit has hardwood floors and no carpet. Yes, the downstairs tenant can hear when the upstairs tenant walks around.
The bottom kitchen smells bad. I do not know what he cooks, but, it smells bad. Those smells work their way into the upstairs unit. He has clogged the drain with cooking grease - he just pours the water from cooked hamburger down the drain.
It sounds like both tenants have cussed each other out.
--70.188.xx.xx |
duplex problems (by JKJ [MA]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2019 11:41 AM
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MMIT, time to clean house, why would you get involved with this. You have a 2 family that is filled with PITA tenants that have trouble paying rent and cause you money in repairs, “downstairs has clogged the drain with cooking grease and stinks up the house” plus both have kids with behavioral problems, cut them loose and screen better on the next round. As I have read on here so many times, “wash, rinse, repeat” --71.248.xxx.xxx |
duplex problems (by plenty [MO]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2019 11:48 AM
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First opportunity they give you... it's time the move on. Then correct the hardwood floor issue with new carpet and raise the rent when you start advertising. --99.203.xx.xx |
duplex problems (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Jul 14, 2019 12:39 PM
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Correct the hardwood floor issue with AREA RUGS and padding, not W2W. But the downstairs tenant WILL hear the upstairs, no matter what. Just like a person in the city will hear the garbage trucks and police cars, they just have to learn to live with it. My son lives near the TRAIN TRACKS and we have all learned to ignore it totally.
So your bottom tenants need to be TOLD UP FRONT that living downstairs has its disadvantages! Also advantages: no stairs to climb.
And I wouldn't say cooking smells, I'd say a guy trashing your drain system...
Anyway, happy clause to both. --50.82.xxx.xx |
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