UK Landlord Forum / Life

I am a new landlord and am renting out my first property. The house I'm renting was snapped up very very quickly and all seems to be going well. The property has new gas and has been rewired and decorated to a decent clean functional standard.

The tenant that moved in 3 months ago wants to pay for a new Kitchen and a new bathroom and also wants to repaint the house. They say they will pay for everything and do it to a high standard, but it all seems strange to me as they rented the property on the first view. And as every thing is clean and functional (not the Ritz) but why would anyone want to refurb a house they dont own?

I would offer to do the work myself but as I say everything is fine.

So my questions are. 1-Would anyone allow this? and 2 What are the risks? and finally as anyone had experience of this?

Many thanks

Clive

I don't know much about the legalities of this, but a friend of mine rents a property and they have put in new kitchen, bathrooms and decorated throughout. They obviously aren't planning to move in a hurry and seem to accept that it is the property owner that will benefit from the work they have done.
Like you, I find it very strange, but it might mean you have a long term tenant.

Wow; bad news! This is very suspicious. It's your house; let them paint; but renos??? Are you kidding; looks like legal trouble down the road, one way or the other,  to me. You are opening up potential claims on your property, or things done incorrectly or illegally,  that you have given up control over if you allow this. If they burst a gas line, damaged a support wall, did something that caused themselves or others harm, YOU are responsible because you allowed it. Surely you have home insurance? This would negate any insurance as well.

I dont see any problem with that.
Its their money, they can spend where ever they want, how ever they want.
They have no right to claim any money from you in future because they done it on their will, unconditionally.

Do one thing, serve them sec 21 two months before their contract finishes if you haven't done it while signing the tenancy. also tell them you have no intentions to evict but only a standard procedure. There is no need to renew the tenancy once current one expires coz current one will then turn into periodic tenancy. Its all just to save 2 months time if they turn nasty in future.