Firewood Processor Forum

No, they are not being unreasonable. If you check your local landlord/tenant laws you will find out that you have to provide them with working utilities, including heat, water and sanitation. Besides wood can cause carbon monoxide problems along with having too much humidity in the house. If the heaters are kerosene they need to be properly vented.

We are landlords also. Sorry, but they are MORE than in the right to demand you fix that furnace!

Borrow the money if you have to. That is one of the pitfalls of being a landlord.

By the way,....if you live in a cold climate, like we do, Michigan, you could get into a HEAP of trouble if you don't get the heat fixed ASAP---especially if they have little children living there.

And they should. Do you have heat at your home? What makes you think they want to wait until you get your money together? Are you that understanding when it comes to their rent? Its the landlords responsibility to have such "emergencies" already carved out. Sheeesh, I'd have you reported to.

You are making a reasonable effort to provide them with heat. If they refuse to use the space heaters, thats their problem. You are also providing wood. They will never burn a cord of wood in one day, so I think what you are doing is fine.

check the terms of the lease that you have,

my opinion they are unreasonable

I guess it depends on what kind of heat you told them they would have when they moved in... I have been a landlord for 7 years...

I would personally be scared of a wood stove or fireplace, I have never used one before and wouldnt start now. They may be right about the electric heaters costing more to use as well. I think you should fix the gas furnace immediatly. They may be able to sue or have their rent put in escrow or even break the lease- read your Lease. What does it say?

While they do have the right to be upset about losing heating this time of year, they sound pretty unreasonable about it since you're doing what you can. You should give them a time-frame on the repair, and maybe offer a discount on rent while it's not working, since they're theoretically paying for that basic utility to be available in their home.

On the other hand, maybe you'd be better off if they did move out if theyr'e going to be this way...