I had wanted to sell a property as tenant was leaving to buy her own home and because I'm not enjoying being a landlord anymore, so many needy tenants! Popped the property on the market and interest was great but tenant started playing games and Covid kicked in.
As property was empty and no-one was viewing, I felt I had better re-let - I couldn't see anything selling for a long time. How wrong was I? Mini boom going on in the area at the moment. However, I can't take advantage because my new tenants are a young married couple and they want to make the property their home long-term. They are proving excellent tenants, have erected a new fence (neighbours side) at their own expense to keep their dog safe. Repaired leak to the garage roof as the husband is turning the garage into his little den. They've built an outdoor bar in a discrete area of the garden. They asked me if I wanted to keep the greenhouse, which I didn't want the aggro of maintaining. So that's gone now - I just paid to have the concrete taken away. The property had only been redecorated 18 months previously but the exiting tenant had really made a mess of the walls, so I was getting it all repainted etc. The new tenants 'asked' me not to do this and could they decorate themselves using their own colour scheme - all very tasteful too.
I feel so lucky :-)
As property was empty and no-one was viewing, I felt I had better re-let - I couldn't see anything selling for a long time. How wrong was I? Mini boom going on in the area at the moment. However, I can't take advantage because my new tenants are a young married couple and they want to make the property their home long-term. They are proving excellent tenants, have erected a new fence (neighbours side) at their own expense to keep their dog safe. Repaired leak to the garage roof as the husband is turning the garage into his little den. They've built an outdoor bar in a discrete area of the garden. They asked me if I wanted to keep the greenhouse, which I didn't want the aggro of maintaining. So that's gone now - I just paid to have the concrete taken away. The property had only been redecorated 18 months previously but the exiting tenant had really made a mess of the walls, so I was getting it all repainted etc. The new tenants 'asked' me not to do this and could they decorate themselves using their own colour scheme - all very tasteful too.
I feel so lucky :-)
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