To not want to pay for my tenant to have a doorbell professionally installed?

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I probably am

She wants a professionally installed doorbell.

BUT, she is really high maintenance and a pain in the proverbial behind, and the number of requests she has had, such as repaving the front of our house at our cost, is just making me really annoyed.

I told the agent that she could pick up a wireless doorbell kit in B&Q for less than £20. I will hapilly reimburse that.

BUT I AM NOT going to have an electrician come out and install a doorbell, drill through my front wall, have it wired to the mains, no sire!

AIBU?

Eh? why does one need a doorbell? Is a knock on the door not sufficient? Poor lamb. YANBU.

I am loathe to use the letter from the hospital, to be honest. It seems her mother suffered a heart attack and was in hospital a few days (Yes, bad me for reading other peoples mail) before being discharged.

I could not bring myself to photocopy the letter as "evidence", I found it unethical and cynical. But, she knows I know, as I of course had to send it to her from Norway, registered post, to be sure it got to her. I did not comment.

I bury my head in the sand and have not contacted my neighbour to find out. But I guess I will soon....

QS - tell her you will not pay for a doorbell but as a goodwill gesture will contribute to some much needed counselling...

She sounds barking mad.

Lol KC, I think the councelling will set me back a lot more than a wireless doorbell, I am nice, but not a charity!

Hmm... fair point.

hm, yanbu...however, if she wanted to put it in at her costs...then you should let her

3andnomore, if her response to my offer of reimbursing her the cost of a wireless kit is that she wants to have a doorbell installed professionally at her cost, I guess I have to consider it. But, there is liability and insurance to consider.

However, I still would not feel too comfortable about a workman, especially one I havent selected myself or used before come in a do this type of work in my house in my absence.

Well, let's look on the bright side... it could be that her mother is staying with her for a week or two whilst she is ill. I totally understand that you don't need/want the hassle of investigating this one at the moment.

Also, if she pays for and has installed an electric doorbell, she may feel she has the right to take it with her when she goes and that it likely to leave some damage.

I wouldn't tell her to do it herself. Offer to pay for a wireless kit, end of. I would go so far as to say that you forbid her from installing one without your specific permission. And what, exactly, are your agents doing in all this??? Shouldn't they be checking on the property? The number of residents? Sorting out minor problems such as doorbells?