An agent is employed to work in the principal/landlord’s best interests. A good agent will work for both the landlord and the tenant. If this agent never bothered to clarify if the heating worked, this agent is a bad agent. If this agent ASSumed that the tenant would find it obvious that the heating did not work, even though they asked for…[Read more]

Danb,

I have been both a property owner and a tenant before, so I am looking at this from both perspectives. I agree with you that a request for a water pump is quite excessive, but what is the use of the water tank if you cannot use the water inside?

If the garden (or at least lawn) is the responsibility of the tenant, then why should the…[Read more]

Oh Xenia. You asked for it when you installed an Electric water heater. Gas is sooo much more efficient and affordable for the user!

But, in the end, the tenant has little choice about the hardware installed, and asking for replacement of a perfectly operable unit is absurd. You just better hope they don’t find a way to destroy the electric…[Read more]