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Seems just when I thought I've heard it all... a friend is having problems with his new tenant of 8 weeks.
The rental home is very nice, semi-rural on about 10 acres in a small valley.
Previous tenant rented for 5 years while building his retirement home in the area.
New tenant of 8 weeks wants out of the lease because they just found out Cable TV and DSL are not available in that part of the county... and they are really upset... says they need it for work/school... this is after 8 weeks of living there.
Previous Tenant never watched TV and only used a DVD player on occasion. So TV reception was never an issue.
Satellite is an option... maybe $160 per month for both? Oh... Cell Phone's don't work there either... at least not at the home.
Tenant has filed a complaint with the PUC that Landlord is renting a home without proper utilities... home does have telephone and power
Too bad the tenant didn't do his homework before moving in. Landlords are not required to supply phone service, cable or internet. Goes to show ya how spoiled we've all become.
I agree they should have asked up front if the place was cable/phone ready before they gave money and signed a lease. I always make it a point to ask if what I want or need is available before agreeing to rent. Most persons set up their utilities before they move in. Why did it take them 8 wks to discover and complain about no internet?
actually... I bet cable is available. In my home, I can have the cable company come out and hook me up.... at a cost of over two thousand dollars.... to run the line about 400-500 feet. lol... nevermind
We have dish and since we do not have the proper circuits for phone DSL.... we use a cricket wireless modem. He can purchase boosters to increase his signal.
This is his issue, not the landlords. Nowhere in the lease does it say that the landlord is to provide internet or cable ( I assume).
The tenant should have thought that a rural house will have issues. I've never, as a LL, provided cable or telephone. It's in the lease that the tenant is responsible for all costs and hook ups for telephone and cable. I'm in the city, so it's no issue. I guess the tenant needs to find the star in the sky and get satelite.
I think the renters are a military family that lived on or near military installations...
I've stayed at the property and found it to be extremely tranquil...
Apparently, the nearest cable for TV is almost two miles away... I guess there is always dial-up
I too was surprised that this is an issue 8 weeks later... apparently, it's something to do with a job the wife was offered... a company offered her a position that requires Internet... work from home thing.
Many that seek a slower, pastoral setting to live... often have no idea what country living entails vs city dwelling.... well water, septic, gravel drives... etc...
If it was going to be a work from home gig, it's a fair bet dialup or a USB cricket modem won't cut it. Those companies expect high speed internet be available for them to employ someone.
In this case, they should have considered ALL the options they MAY need before signing the lease. Too sad, too bad, but I'm sure your friend will be able to find someone else who is perfectly happy with the place.
I guess if they want to buy out their lease your friend can make a deal with them but I'd love to be a fly on the wall when their complaint about lack of "utilities" comes up before the PUC! What a hoot.
People forget (or just don't think about) that many rural areas don't have cable, DSL, cell phone (or more often 3G cell). DSL will never be common in rural areas due to how it works (has to be within a certain distance of the phone company central office). Hopefully your friend was honest at the time of leasing and said those things weren't available.
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