• ABC123itsEASY@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not to mention a good (yes, perhaps not even most are good) landlord is supposed to spend money up-keeping, updating and maybe even upgrading residential properties, therefore spending money on goods and services to do just that. There are hard working people who make a living working in industries that come from this market, but providing them some consideration doesn’t mesh with the current zeitgeist.

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      In the 7 properties that I have rented over the last 15 years, I have never known a landlord to just kindly “update” their property. The properties are at an acceptable standard when first purchased and the only way that things change is when something breaks, is damaged, the tenants complain, or the owner is preparing to sell. This is probably influenced by the majority of landlords outsourcing property management to agencies (research suggests ~75%), who are financially motivated to provide the minimum basic standard for maximum financial gain.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t disagree but having been on both sides of the token (I’ve rented a LOT of properties more than I care to count) I can tell you that homeowners nowadays are doing a lot of work themselves, maybe even work that they shouldn’t be doing themselves. There can be some financially devestating costs to home ownership that people try to maliciously hide from you during inspection unless you’re buying a house brand new. My point being that I’d imagine that at least partially factors into all of this and I’d guess that people renting out houses are more likely to simply ‘hire someone to get it done’ or have a handyman on speedial. Again, clarifying ‘good’ landlords. I wouldn’t saying most are good, about 20% maybe in my experience, but still I do think there are reasonable folk that do a majority of their work servicing rental properties frankly I’d rather buy houses worked on by people like that as opposed to unqualified homeowners neglecting proper upkeep and creating time bombs for people trying to enter the market later on.

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        In the US there are city departments that do nothing but examine local housing and notify landlords that things need to be updated. Correct most landlords won’t do anything on their own even if it’s a safety risk.

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      The problem with that argument is that if a house is owner occupied then that still happens.
      If the hot water goes then it doesn’t matter who owns the house. A plumber will get paid to fix/replace it. In fact he will probably be paid more if the owner lives at the property because they will want a better system so that they can have longer showers.