As a landlord, you have expressed as well as implied responsibilities to your tenants. Because your tenants signed a lease and pay rent every month, there are a number of obligations on your part as well.
You are responsible to for providing a safe, clean and inhabitable environment for your tenants to occupy. Depending upon the terms of your lease agreement, this may mean providing necessary pest control services.
As a matter of practice, it should not be necessary for you to provide pest control services for your tenants beyond the first 30 days of their lease. If a tenant reports a pest problem during the first 30 days of their lease, they should request an initial pest control spraying that should be scheduled and paid for by you. The lease should provide that the tenant will be responsible for any pest control services required thereafter.
It seems to be less clear whether or not you are obligated to provide alternate housing for your tenants in the event of a more thorough pest extermination. It may be a wise choice to speak with a real estate attorney Las Vegas landlords trust to navigate this issue to avoid unnecessary concerns to both landlord and tenant.
If you do decide to provide alternate housing for your tenants, there are a few different ways you may elect to do so:
First, you can take the tenant’s rent and divide it by 30 to determine how much it costs for your tenant to rent your unit per day. You would then take that daily amount and multiply it by the number of days the tenant will be expected to be out of the residence. You can offer to accommodate the tenant with alternate housing up to that dollar amount.
Another way to provide alternate housing to your tenants would be to offer accommodations similar in nature to the unit they are currently renting. This can be a costly option, however, if your tenant is renting an expensive penthouse apartment.
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