Comments on: Whiny Tenants

By: Tony Sena

Tony Sena — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:32:35 +0000

As I was reading I was expecting you to say somewhere in the midwest where they got hit with the ice storm but Florida? The weather channel showed that it was 72 degrees today! You should have told them that there is this great invention called the blanket, so use it until the HVAC Technician can get there.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:14:43 +0000

The best is when they call you to complain when they haven’t paid their rent that month. Hmm, let me just hop to and pay somebody $100+ to fix that leaky faucet when you owe me $750. Riiiiiight.

Seriously, you also have to remember that just because it’s 60 degrees outside doesn’t mean that’s how cold it gets inside. If the place has any kind of decent insulation it probably wouln’t dip below 65 or 68, especially with several people in the house.

By: snoe

snoe — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:29:09 +0000

Oh yes, I feel your pain.

Same thing happened to me. They even had the audacity to tell me that their toddler was going to fall ill. As a landlord you hear these stories enough to quickly note voice inflections, past references and such to know what is in fact complete and utter BS. Regardless, I had quickly addressed the concern and there was absolutely no need to try to drill into me any need for hasty action. Luckily, he learned how to reset the breaker as I instructed and the child did NOT freeze to death.

This happened two years ago and was by no means as cold as it was last week.

By: TheLandlord

TheLandlord — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:33:57 +0000

Tim,
To answer your question: When it comes down to it, I decide whether to run right out. Turns out that in this situation, an electrical fault caused the heating system to fail. So I sent an A/C tech right out.

As far as rent adjustments: They pay market rent. If they scream unnecessarily, I just ignore them until I’m good and ready to call them back (i.e.- Normal business hours during weekdays)

Thanks for the comment!

By: Tim Hawkins

Tim Hawkins — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:23:40 +0000

Question for the landlord since we have a tenant that whines too: how does an incident like this color future “issues” and possible adjustments to their rent?

By: Personal Finance Ology

Personal Finance Ology — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:46:30 +0000

lol yea, what a bunch of babies. 60F is shorts and a t-shirt weather.

By: Jessica Hickok

Jessica Hickok — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:59:18 +0000

waaa! waaa! somebody call the waaaaambulance! 60 degrees and 30 years old? What a bunch of babies. Suck it up Buttercup…you live in F-L-O-R-I-D-A, not Missouri or something other weird state where the high is 24 degrees or lower.