TIA! --68.116.xxx.xx

One tenant went to a garage sale and picked up the same inside door. One hinge had to be adjusted and the door lock jamb plate adjusted. It cost $25 to install.... --47.155.xx.xxx

With damages it is only to continue where the doors damaged will need to be replaced. Only if can pick up a used door or seconds door at the Habitat for Humanity restores. Any damages done is not going to be cheap. No one wants a rental house or rental unit completely trashed out where it can easily add up to $10,000 dollars worth of damage. Substandard work is not going to cut it. Finally running thorough credit checks on all adult applicants minimizes problem tenants where can view some videos on You Tube from the tenants from hell. --147.194.xxx.xx

Your lease may give you the answer. Mine says we will fix and bill you. The lease says how the rent money is applied. It's easy to want to give the tenant time and wait for them to fix. Usually they dont have or make the time and resources to get it done... if they had those things it wouldn't have gotten damaged to begin with. Read your lease and follow the instructions. When you get push back remind them of this written agreement and that is the go to paper on how things are handled. --99.203.xxx.xxx

Your lease may give you the answer. Mine says we will fix and bill you. The lease says how the rent money is applied. It's easy to want to give the tenant time and wait for them to fix. Usually they dont have or make the time and resources to get it done... if they had those things it wouldn't have gotten damaged to begin with. Read your lease and follow the instructions. When you get push back remind them of this written agreement and that is the go to paper on how things are handled. --99.203.xxx.xxx

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My lease said we fix and bill him. Issue here is getting tenant to cooperate. I am waiting after this year to let him go, so we won’t have issue dealing with the moratorium. It may be best to deal w it once he is out, since he have the tendency to not pay his bills. --68.116.xxx.xx

If it is not a health & safety issue (like smoke alarms, broken windows etc), then I would tell him again, that per the lease, you fix it and bill him. If he doesn't cooperate, then I would not bother him any more. When he moves out, bill him for whatever the condition the doors are in. --50.4.xxx.x

I don't allow tenants to fix things. They usually just make the problem worse. Like David, I will immediately fix andy health and safety issues and then ask for reimbursement. If they don't cough up the money (I give them 3 days) then I just make sure my pictures and 'diary' of the damages are deducted from the Security/Cleaning deposit when they move and that they have been notified. No use fixing all the little stuff if it's just going to be more later. Broken windows, rips in carpet, anything involving electricity or gas get fixed pronto. --72.199.xx.xxx

the damage gets added to the next rent cycle - 1 (one) payment is the way to deflect the eviction process as tenants often forget about any payment arrangements. --76.188.xxx.xxx

Have the vandalism repaired with a contractor then amortize the cost of repairs into the rent. Say $50 to $100 more per month until the vandalism is paid for. By making repairs reasonable then the vandalism will continue. Remember at the apartment building when applied for a above guideline rent increase under rent control where cleared all the vandalism. Tenants wanted the rent to stay to same after extensive renovations and repairs were done. Tenants said that was unfair that cost of renovations or repairs where they had to pay for it which was amortized into the above guideline rent increase. Told the tenants that the costs of vandalism was put into the above guideline increase where after that the vandalism stopped. The only way to stop vandalism is that vandalism has to be paid for. Once out if the costs are not paid for then take them to small claims court. Take pictures of the broken doors so will have evidence in small claims court. It is not their house where they are renting a space which means they do not cause vandalism. The solid suite entrance door was replaced with a steel fired rated door, grade one locks along with the broken glass in the balcony door was replaced. Oh that was expensive. --147.194.xxx.xx

We don't allow tenant to do repairs, and this is stated in the lease. To be fair however, our lease states they can have us fix and bill them or they can get a licensed PROFESSIONAL contractor to make the repair. In some cases no license is required, like replacing a door...but we would have to approve the contractor as a competent business. Usually the tenant finds out we can fix it for far less than any professional will charge them, so they let us do it. In some cases I've told the tenant we'll have two contractors give estimates and they can pick the lower price if they want...but we pick the contractors to ensure good quality work. --99.92.xxx.xxx

So what is reasonable? That depends --24.101.xxx.xx