Doesn't this also just encourage people to not call when there's a leaky faucet? So that a simple fix turns into a rot and mold nightmare by the end of their lease?
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I rent and when something breaks I call the landlord. Dishwasher, washer > > machine, etc... If the house is in good working order, shouldn't be a > issue > > but you still have to be ready to fix broken items around the house if > they > > arise. > > I rent a house as well and our rental agreement has what I > affectionately refer to as the "don't bother John" clause. The way it > works is that our rent is set at a certain amount each month. If we > don't call them for maintenance, we get to deduct $100 from that > amount (i.e. $1200 savings each year). If we call them for > maintenance, we lose the $100 deduction that month. > > This provides a great incentive for us to handle our own minor > maintenance items. If there is something wrong that I believe will > cost more than $100 to repair then I call them and they deal with it. > Our rental agreement also does not include any of the major appliances > except the stove (we brought our own refrigerator, washer, dryer, and > dishwasher when we moved in), so if the washer breaks, it's ours to > deal with since we own it anyway. > > For someone who is pretty handy and doesn't mind dealing with the > little things, it's actually a pretty nice arrangement. We save > money, and they don't get bothered very often. Even with that $100 > the contracted rent amount is actually lower than similar homes in our > area, likely because they don't have to subsidize tons of little > maintenance requests on their properties. > > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342136 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
