From: Banty 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: What to do if renters do something stupid
Date: 7 Mar 2006 14:17:43 -0800

In article <1141700933.229835.263680@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
kilowatt@charter.net says...
>
>I will have to call a plumber to get a sink unclogged.  The tenant
>admitted that she had been pouring coffee grounds in the sink.
>
>This makes me want to raise her rent or ask her for the money for the
>plumber.
>

Tell you what.

Add up all the similar stuff you've done regarding your own house (busted
something, clogged the toilet, stuff like that) over the past five years.  Allow
that for your tenant per every coupla years (remember they don't have your
homeowner's experience).  If she exceeds that, then maybe say something.

I had a landlord that would be angry about hair eventually clogging up the
bathtub drain.  Twice in six years.  I did whatever I could, short of a buzz
cut.  Jees.

Banty