I was just thinking "What a boring day at work..." and the phone goes off.
Frantic call from the property manager - There's been a fire!
Tenant had been frying chips on the stove.
He left them cooking and went outside.
Next thing you know - the stove is all ablaze.
My, what a mess!
Luckily all my rentals have fire extinghuisers and the tenant who had barely been there a week remembered!
It was well ablaze - he was probably extremely silly to have gone back into the house.
Lucky he did - it would have been two units gone!
Thanks APIA for promoting the extinguishers.
The heat melted light fittings & plastic venetians ten feet away.
Soot all over the ceilings.
Curtains, wallpaper - almost black!
Scary how fast and hot a fat fire gets.
Insurance assessor turned up within an hour.
Cleaners, electrician and builder on their way.
Tenant was still game to live in the place as the bedrooms where fine.
So rent free and takeaways for dinner!
Hope the tenant heeded my warnings to have contents & liability insurance.
I doubt he'll find my insurance company very friendly!
Anyone else gone through this?
Any traps to be wary of?
Frantic call from the property manager - There's been a fire!
Tenant had been frying chips on the stove.
He left them cooking and went outside.
Next thing you know - the stove is all ablaze.
My, what a mess!
Luckily all my rentals have fire extinghuisers and the tenant who had barely been there a week remembered!
It was well ablaze - he was probably extremely silly to have gone back into the house.
Lucky he did - it would have been two units gone!
Thanks APIA for promoting the extinguishers.
The heat melted light fittings & plastic venetians ten feet away.
Soot all over the ceilings.
Curtains, wallpaper - almost black!
Scary how fast and hot a fat fire gets.
Insurance assessor turned up within an hour.
Cleaners, electrician and builder on their way.
Tenant was still game to live in the place as the bedrooms where fine.
So rent free and takeaways for dinner!
Hope the tenant heeded my warnings to have contents & liability insurance.
I doubt he'll find my insurance company very friendly!
Anyone else gone through this?
Any traps to be wary of?
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