How to Properly handle Tenant Damage as a Property Owner

[Jasz]

If you're the property owner and one of your tenants has damaged your property, you may want to take the following steps.

1. Make sure the tenant is aware that it is against the law for them to do so and if they don't stop, you can call the police and report them.

2. Get photographic evidence of the damage so that you can file a claim with your insurance company or seek damages from them. If they're willing to pay for repairs on their own, let them know that's fine but if not, be prepared to pursue another avenue of recourse like filing a lawsuit against them in civil court.

3. Get in touch with your insurance company and file an insurance claim for damages done by this individual or individuals who have been identified as being responsible for the damage done to your property.

4. If you don't have any proof at this point and believe that there may be more than one person responsible for causing the damage, then immediately document all names and contact information of everyone involved as well as any other relevant information about each individual who was involved in causing the damage such as their age, gender and address at which they live (along with their drivers license number).

 

[Holicent]

Tenant damage is a part of the rental agreement and it can be handled in a number of ways. The most important thing to remember is that you want to make sure that whatever you do, you do it properly.

There are two different ways that you can deal with tenant damage:

1) You can file an insurance claim with your insurance company. This will allow you to get reimbursed for any damage done by your tenants and it will also protect your property from further damage.

2) You can deduct the cost of repairing the damage from your tenant's rent payment each month. This is the most common way that landlords handle tenant damage since it allows them to keep their cash flow up without having to pay for repairs out-of-pocket.

 

[Suba]

Although legally in my country there is civil law that regulates the obligations of property tenants, so that the tenant and the owner will make a rental agreement containing the identity of the two parties, the rental period, rental price, property maintenance provisions, which must be signed by both parties and also signed by witnesses. But in practice not all rental properties make a letter of agreement, especially if the rental fee is below $2000 a year, often only a proof of receipt of money that explains the amount of rent per year, rental period etc. But in my experience as a property owner, often small costs such as leaky roofs, and lawn mowing costs are financed by the property owner.

 

[Shigobad2020]

As a landlord or an estate agent , the first thing or step you need to take when you at having a new tenant is give them a printed copy that comprises the rules and regulation guiding the house which they must always abide with , and in that same rules and regulation printed , there must be a column meant for the fees or consequences against the damage of properties ,

You have to get them to sign the copy of the rules and regulation , and the copy must be two with the landlord and the tenant having one copy signed by both the landlord and the tenant in case of future disagreement or occurrence.
Your lawyer or your insurance company must be aware just incase and if theirs any disagreement , you just need to hand over the tenant to the lawyer and serve him or her a court notice for infringements of contract.