I have questions in regards to home repairs if you are either renting a single family home or are renting out the same.
What happens if something needs to be fixed? Does the renter contact the landlord and then does the landlord need to be there while the repair person comes? Or can the renter be the one to wait for the repairman?
What happens if the landlord does not live locally?
Here is the story...my brother may have to relocate out of State because of his job. They are hoping he can find a new job locally so they won't have to move, but with the way everything is right now (and no bites what so ever on the resumes he has sent out) it looks as though they will move.
They have made up their minds that if they move they will rent out their current home, we all live in the same town.
I have never rented, I don't know how it works, other then people like it because when something breaks they just call the super, or landlord and it gets fixed.
I do not want to become their *super*, I do not want phone calls in the middle of the night because renters clogged the toilet or blew a fuse (KWIM?)
Dh and I talked about it and his feeling is ..they are family.. of course we will help them. I am not so sure and IF it comes to this I want to know what we are getting ourselves into.
Right now they are not even talking about the possible move, they are taking a lets see what happens approach.
I am a planner, if there is a slight chance they may want to ask us this, I want to be prepared!!
So, does anyone have any info? I want to hear it all the good, bad and ugly.
What happens if something needs to be fixed? Does the renter contact the landlord and then does the landlord need to be there while the repair person comes? Or can the renter be the one to wait for the repairman?
What happens if the landlord does not live locally?
Here is the story...my brother may have to relocate out of State because of his job. They are hoping he can find a new job locally so they won't have to move, but with the way everything is right now (and no bites what so ever on the resumes he has sent out) it looks as though they will move.
They have made up their minds that if they move they will rent out their current home, we all live in the same town.
I have never rented, I don't know how it works, other then people like it because when something breaks they just call the super, or landlord and it gets fixed.
I do not want to become their *super*, I do not want phone calls in the middle of the night because renters clogged the toilet or blew a fuse (KWIM?)
Dh and I talked about it and his feeling is ..they are family.. of course we will help them. I am not so sure and IF it comes to this I want to know what we are getting ourselves into.
Right now they are not even talking about the possible move, they are taking a lets see what happens approach.
I am a planner, if there is a slight chance they may want to ask us this, I want to be prepared!!
So, does anyone have any info? I want to hear it all the good, bad and ugly.