Carpet Stretching - Who should pay to move furniture?

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by CCUGal

I just didn't know what the proper way to go about this situation...

The "proper" way is to do this sort of task at TURNOVER...
when you're between tenants and when the unit is empty.

If that isn't practical (for whatever reason)..
then you do the Chinese fire drill thing with the furniture.
And YOU pay for the labor to do that work.

hth

[JanND]

Originally Posted by CCUGal

I'm the landlord and I need to pay to have my tenant's carpet stretched out. However, the estimate will be higher since the furniture will need to be moved out of the unit.

How should I handle this? Technically I don't have to stretch out the carpet but I'm doing it to upkeep the unit. Is it the tenant's responsibility to move out the furniture? And if it is the tenant's responsibility, how should I tell them in a polite way?

TIA!

Your apartment, your carpet, your bill. If your carpet hadn't stretched, it wouldn't be happening at all.

[gv28]

I once had to have my rug stretched,
and my barber took care of it without even moving the furniture.