Today I got a call from one of the neighbours there, informing me about some of the things that they are unhappy about this new tenant.
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1. D, has a lot of people living in the house. Husband, wife, 2 kids, brother and brother's wife, and the dad of the husband. So altogether they have 5 cars. The porch can only park 2 cars, which means the other 3 cars are parked outside the house, sometimes haphazardly, according to my neighbour.
2. The elderly father likes to puff cigarettes outside the house, in the carpark porch, which results in 2nd-hand smoke seeping into the neighbours' houses, and they usually close the sliding door in the evening.
3. During CNY, they played firecrackers loudly, disturbing the other neighbours, and don't bother to sweep off the paper remnants so that when the wind blows, bits of red colour paper flew into the neighbours' houses.
So my complaining neighbour asked me how long they are going to stay, and I said that the contract is for a year. She seemed relieved and said they would bear with this tenant for 1 year.
So I really have a little dilemma here, which I would appreciate your comments on what you would do:
1. Should I tell the tenant gently about not parking the cars haphazardly? What about the elderly father, tell him not to smoke outside the house? And not to play firecrackers during CNY?
2. It is very possible that this tenant would want to renew the tenancy for another year, because he indicated to me at the beginning. While I have full intention to renew with him (good paymaster, hardly ever calls to complain about maintenance issues, and of course, if he agrees to a slight increase in rental), how do I manage the neighbours' expectations? I don't expect to refuse renewal just to please my neighbours ( I can't run the risk of vacancy period, agent fees etc, while my neighbours would not compensate me, kan?)
hm.. i think about the parking and smoke, you can tell them gently..it is common sense that neighbour feel unhappy about these. but, about the firecrackers.. it is not everyday kan.. so lets them enjoy the celebration.
ReplyDeleteEun-yong, it's good of you to be so tolerant of firecrackers. How will you manage the complaining person's expectations?
ReplyDeletehehehe... celebration kan.. normal la to have firecrackers.. as long as it is not continued for the whole week... hm.. if i, buat bodoh je la.. if teh person still bising2, i think need to stop teh firecracker.. no choice..hehehehe
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