so I'm doing it wrong then
scenario: My tenants email me with a request to fix the borked washing machine. I reasonably request that they have a go in checking some common issues. They get arsey and start hassling my agent who in turn starts hassling me. I cave in within 24 hours and have someone fix it. My tenants LOVE spending my money - they find something that requires a call-out at least once a month. The latest is the front door - they WANT a replacement - they're not fucking getting one.
(gearanach #wankwankwank, Sun 18 Jan 2015, 11:14, 4 replies)

Haha, renter scum with their unreasonable demands that you help them to keep out wind, rain and burglars

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sun 18 Jan 2015, 13:29, closed)

I know, right?
Typical renting scenario #1

Tenant: The door is damaged, it needs replacing.
Landlord: Fuck off.

End of contract

Landlord: There is damage to a door and you will lose your deposit.
Tenant: "..."
( rofl harris, Mon 19 Jan 2015, 12:25, closed)

the only time I had to replace a door on this job
Was when I was doing up a repossession ready for resale. The best part was standing in the dark on the street corner in moss side, waiting for the door to be delivered so I could finish painting over the marks left by the former inhabitants crack pipe(s)
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Mon 19 Jan 2015, 14:28, closed)

Used to be a guy on here who had THOUSANDS
of rental properties. Never had a problem he couldn't handle.
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sun 18 Jan 2015, 13:42, closed)

yeah the dice are really loaded in the favour of tenants.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Sun 18 Jan 2015, 21:54, closed)

see point 6.
I was once called out to take a look at a dishwasher for similar reasons. It was about a week old and totally useless. A lot of work had been done on the kitchen fairly recently including a new draining board for the sink.

The appliance people had been sent round to install the cheapest model of dishwasher. Only to find that it would no longer fit under the counter due to the new draining board.their elegent solution was to remove the pipe that allowed the draining board to drain. Finding this to be still to tight a squeeze, in an excellent bit of lateral thinking they decided to cut the top off the dishwasher. Yes you read that right, I pulled out the dishwasher to find that a large hole had been cut in the outer casing. With a bin bag taped over the top as a replacement. Un surprisingly as the hole was directly under the disconnected drain for the sink draining board, the bag had failed and allowed water to fill up the dishwasher electrics.
( willenium Fist bump for verification, Mon 19 Jan 2015, 9:33, closed)