Often tenants will want to make a home reflect their own tastes and preferences. This is a good thing for landlords as the more they invest in the property the longer they are typically going to stay. Hanging pictures, planting flowers are all relatively common. The question is where is the line from accenting a property to dominating it. It really is a grey area. Homepointe hands out move out and move in instructions so tenants have some type of understanding what is or is not ok. I always tell the tenants to put in writing what changes they wish to make or what accents they propose to "improve" the rental property. We always encourage digital pictures to document the property before and after every tenant moves. I lean towards letting them do some work as long as there isn't any compensation expected (rent credits, etc) so as to not create the liability of a tenant/employee situation.
James Safonov
Homepointe Property Management
#916-781-7075 x650
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