Ways to Prevent Tenants from Smoking in the Rental Property
As a Landlord, it’s difficult to convince a smoker tenant from not smoking inside the rental property; so the best solution is to talk and tackle the problem may arise in the future if tenant continue to smoke in renting time period.
For best solution find a tenant that doesn’t smoke, but now a days it’s so tricky.
- To minimize questions and queries about smoking, make sure all your ads clearly state and spell out that you’re looking for NON-SMOKING tenants only.
- During the viewing or appointment, ask the tenants if they smoke, and remind them that the property and the management are looking for NON-SMOKING tenants only.
- Mostly in the interviews, smoker tenants bend the truth from smoker to none. If this will happen, look for signs for smoking habits during the meet-ups. The smell of cigarette smoke can figure out if the person is smoking or not.
- If you prove that tenant is a smoker, you may refuse their applications or it is worth to tackle all the clauses with the tenant before they sign the lease agreement, so they’re reminded of the clause.
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