ford101:
Oga if it's true that u had a door net before she packed in 5years ago. Then ask her to put back that old net for you or let the police settle both of you.

net of 5 years ago and u expect it to still be in good condition. My simple advice is to let her be.

deavicky:
net of 5 years ago and u expect it to still be in good condition. My simple advice is to let her be.

so if it were to be the toilet sit that she changed, so she would still take it. Or if it were the door lock that she changed.

youngmo001:
Before this my tenant paid for the house, there was a complete door net in good condition. Therefore she has lived here for more than 5 years, during the course of those years, she renew the door net which later worn out. Now this year, she decided to park and rent a bigger room elsewhere. During her parking i wasn't at home, when i came back, i saw that she had remove the door net. I told her for removing the door net am going to deduct N5000 from the 8 month rent i need to refund to her. She starts ranting saying she spend N3000 to fix the door net, that i shouldn't deduct her money.

Guys, what do you think i should do?

ehnn... is not hard now, return her N3k and she should return your door net immediately . Any expenses you incur on the door net again will be bore by the incoming tenants. shekenah!

youngmo001:
Please, say something.

Don't act petty. Let her go. If not, this issue might explode beyond the N5000 / N3000 you guys are playing out.

I think you should not deduct money from the refund reason is, in the course of her stay in your house she even had to fix the one you installed. Please let her go the new tenant will fix the net

Boss you're bigger than 5,000 naira na.

My landlord just doubled my rent for no reason, person wey I dey help am maintain the house for free. I'll definitely remove the mosquito net and all the bulbs before leaving that house

Hmm some tenant sha.

Door net again, I thought is even the main door sef, na woman she will not accept so I think free her let her go with her wahala how much is 5k

Are landlords supposed to refund house rent if the tenant moves out prematurely? I'm not aware of that oo.

youngmo001
Even the previous net door she remove was built and left by your previous tennant. If the previous net is good, she will not buy a new one.

The net door she removed belong to her, why then do you want to deduct N5000 over N3000 net you didnt built?

Refund her money in full and stop being greedy.

You only refund a tenant if another tenant packs in ,if not...her money will keep counting and moreover you never gave her a quit notice.
Dont be a loser abeg!

Four whole pages and no one mentioned that the landlord typed “parking in” multiple times. It’s “packing in”. That basic inability to differentiate the two is why this would even be posted. Landlords have a tendency (in Nigeria at least) to expect tenants to beautify and maintain their homes for them, while offering nothing in terms of maintenance culture. Pitiful.

Basic wear and tear happens: a screen door will wear out after 5 years. The tenant replaced it (we don’t know if the quality was even better than what she found) and she took it with her. Did she make other improvements to the property that couldn’t be removed (POP, plumbing improvements, tiling, etc)? The tenant bounced after paying rent; what was her reason for doing that as it seems like she may have paid to PACK in somewhere else.

Give her back her money, forget the screen door and do better in the future. You’ll attract better tenants that way.

Human beings wicked o, wetin she want use d old door net do.

Guy collect your 5k let her do her worst.

Oga Landlord, please refund the girl her complete money.

You shouldn't drag over a mere door net. Show class and superior status.

Some tenants go to the extent of fitting tiles and extra beautications on their rented apartment, in such scenario, will you refund them the cost of adding extra value to your property?

You should have been so grateful to your tenant for paying rents as at when due and in advance over a period of 5 years. Other Landlords are battling and still battling arears of debts. You are here dragging door net.

For a person who has lived in your house for over five years, you are thinking of deducting N5000 for door net.

Common, the person is a good tenant. Some will owe and owe. N5000 won't kill you. Let it pass. If she doesn't mind your removing N3000 it's all well and good.

youngmo001:
Before this my tenant paid for the house, there was a complete door net in good condition. Therefore she has lived here for more than 5 years, during the course of those years, she renew the door net which later worn out. Now this year, she decided to park and rent a bigger room elsewhere. During her parking i wasn't at home, when i came back, i saw that she had remove the door net. I told her for removing the door net am going to deduct N5000 from the 8 month rent i need to refund to her. She starts ranting saying she spend N3000 to fix the door net, that i shouldn't deduct her money.

Guys, what do you think i should do?

Tell her to return the old one

Firstly, I believe the net at the door when the tenant moved in was not installed by you, probably maybe it was fixed by the previous tenant. Why the stress?
Secondly: you have collected 5 years rent from this tenant and I believe he or she would have been a very good tenant Cox no complaint of outstanding rent..life no hard my brother, na we humans make am hard..if she chooses to remove her net let it be..another incoming tenant will replace it.

Life no hard....so many landlord too dey frustrate tenant forgetting that one day they will die and the property they are dying for may be re-acquired by government in the future. If u understand life u will always take things eazy and let go....this life no worth the stress.

Doveheart:


ehnn... is not hard now, return her N3k and she should return your door net immediately . Any expenses you incur on the door net again will be bore by the incoming tenants. shekenah!

@youngmo001, the above covers it. She had no right to deface and remove your net. What she had a right to was make a claim for her 3k. You should have your door, she should have her 3k.

If she won't be returning it, ask a carpenter for how much the cost will be which I am sure will be more than 3k. Deduct that difference from her remaining 8k and hand her the balance.

Send her packing from that Property.
Such effontery should NEVER be tolerated, especially if you never permitted the upgrade.
Period!

I did same to one of my stupid tenants, the girl eyes cleared at the expiration of her quit notice, but by then, it was too late to forgive her.

OK this is my final judgement, i believe you collected damage fee abi maintenance fee as they always call it.

When the old one got damage, you should have replace it with a new one but you didn't, she was the one that fix the new one.
I'm glad you said the old one was damage due to wear and tear after staying for 5 years.

She have the right to remove her door net, just give her the complete money.

You see reason why this country go dey dey somehow. You lived in peace with your tenant for five years. And based on your story she might not have defaulted in paying her rent regularly.

Now why do you want to drag issues with her on top 5k.
Not all troubles are worth thinking of, how much more starting.

Leave her? She needs to put his previous net back na!

NobleSeed:
leave her make she carry her wahala go!! Country hard mr op
I dedicate this FTC to all the legit hustlers out there. Jah bless you whatsoever you lay your hands into.amen

youngmo001:



what about the old door net i put before?. It got torn out due to her excessive usage, she to renew the door net doesnt give her the right to pull it out. Or she should put the old door net back.

Oga,let her carry her wahala and go. It pays to avoid trouble and troublesome people. If the issue escalate, you may end up spending more than that 5k to sort things out. Pay her her money in full.

You even try to consider paying her balance..very rare

She should replace the old net

phemmyfour:
She spent her money to fix the net. She has the right to remove it.

Promiseibritam:
She lived for more than 5years as agreed between u both.

You didn't gv her quick Notice, u didn't snt her parking
but she just decided to park.

Nowahala.....

If I wia u,
I won't refund the money since she cnt stay till her rent expire and I wouldn't hv worry abt the Door Net

Let her go with it.
Rent sum1 else that particular room and collect ur money period.

No nah!
Is normal everywhere!!
If I rent a house at the rate of 150 self contained and I live there for 6 months. If I’m packing, is either the landlord refund my remaining 6 month rent or he would told me to wait if another tenant pay for the said apartment, he would refund the 6 month rent to me. That’s how they do. Or better still, the said tenant would bring someone to pay for the apartment and he or she would deduct his remaining 6 month rent..

Hope is clear now?

Is normal and that’s how they do it everywhere!

youngmo001:
Before this my tenant paid for the house, there was a complete door net in good condition. Therefore she has lived here for more than 5 years, during the course of those years, she renew the door net which later worn out. Now this year, she decided to park and rent a bigger room elsewhere. During her parking i wasn't at home, when i came back, i saw that she had remove the door net. I told her for removing the door net am going to deduct N5000 from the 8 month rent i need to refund to her. She starts ranting saying she spend N3000 to fix the door net, that i shouldn't deduct her money.

Guys, what do you think i should do?

She's supposed to put back d door net

youngmo001:
Before this my tenant paid for the house, there was a complete door net in good condition. Therefore she has lived here for more than 5 years, during the course of those years, she renew the door net which later worn out. Now this year, she decided to park and rent a bigger room elsewhere. During her parking i wasn't at home, when i came back, i saw that she had remove the door net. I told her for removing the door net am going to deduct N5000 from the 8 month rent i need to refund to her. She starts ranting saying she spend N3000 to fix the door net, that i shouldn't deduct her money.

Guys, what do you think i should do?

Then she should put back that old one that used to be there before she packed in.
After that, she can then come back and collect her ₦5,000

youngmo001:
Before this my tenant paid for the house, there was a complete door net in good condition. Therefore she has lived here for more than 5 years, during the course of those years, she renew the door net which later worn out. Now this year, she decided to park and rent a bigger room elsewhere. During her parking i wasn't at home, when i came back, i saw that she had remove the door net. I told her for removing the door net am going to deduct N5000 from the 8 month rent i need to refund to her. She starts ranting saying she spend N3000 to fix the door net, that i shouldn't deduct her money.

Guys, what do you think i should do?

The door net is part of what she rents from you and obviously after some years it will naturally wear out.

Unless your tenancy agreement specifically talks about her replacing the net or any other fittings and fixtures ,she ought to have call on you to either replace the worn net or get your approval to replace same and have same reimbursed by you.

This is my judgement below

naturally after some years ,some fittings and fixture will wear out and it is the landlord duty to make provisions for fair wear and tear.

She did not damage the net,it wore out by itself and you have the responsibility to replace same just like u have the responsibility to replace the leaking roof.

The new net belongs to her and not you and in any event since you did not put the burden of replacing worn out fixtures and fittings on her in the the tenancy agreement,the burden remain yours.

Pay her full refundable please.

Next time have every thing defined upfront in a tenancy agreement right from the beginning.

If the door net was fixed by a previous tenant, then you should let it go. It’s not worth the wahala. If you put it there yourself then she should replace the net and collect her full balance.

You will be a wicked landlord if given such opportunity.

Promiseibritam:
She lived for more than 5years as agreed between u both.

You didn't gv her quick Notice, u didn't snt her parking
but she just decided to park.

Nowahala.....

If I wia u,
I won't refund the money since she cnt stay till her rent expire and I wouldn't hv worry abt the Door Net

Let her go with it.
Rent sum1 else that particular room and collect ur money period.

Leave 3000 and allow the problem to slide , 2 right can make right... remember this can lead at something you will live to regret till the end of your life... I repeat 3000 is nothing give me your account let me give you that 3000 so you will allow problem to go it way, i dint want to read another nairalander story that touches heart