Who pays for a broken toilet seat? The property or the resident?

If a tenant breaks their toilet seat, do you replace it? Do you bill them? My tenants are hard on stuff and I'm tired if replacing things, that if they moved out and left it broken, I would take out of their deposit. What are your guidelines for who pays? Thanks.

Replace and charge. Provide a charge sheet to sign at the time of lease so it is not a surprise to them.

I was going to say the same thing but I would also send a charge list to the current residents too

I’m good with it, and don’t really charge for stuff if they put in a work order. But if I walk through and see it myself, I become a d!¢k about it

Charge them

A toilet seat gets lots of use and wear and tear. Is $10 really worth the fight? Its good will!!

That is what i always say. Is $10 worth a bad review

Toilet seats are not that expensive. If its once in a while I would say no but if it us more than normal after the 1st time I would charge. Just like blind slats if they call in 1 or 2 now & then but if they tell me they have 3 or more on a regular basis then I start charging them. They are doing something wrong if they continue to break them.

Charge them now!!

1st time, replace for free 2nd in 3 years, charge.

I do corporate housing and our cleaners clean the apartment at move out and i had a charge from the manager for lint removal from the dryer $10

I will replace one a year free.. if they need more than that then there is a charge...

Depends on Rules and Regulations as well as lease

In my opinion it depends on the quality level of the toilet seat. If it’s a $5 toilet seat that isn’t manufactured to handle normal usage then I personally would likely not charge the resident unless it was obvious misuse. Maybe consider the approximate age of the item as well. If there is no work order or turn records of an item ever being replaced and the property is older then 10 years old then it may be possible that the item was just worn. Maintenance exists because material things/structures/etc continually degrade etc. My background is one of a maintenance manager as well as a community manager and when it came to charging a resident I had no problem doing so as long as I was confident that they were responsible for the damage of something but also considered the previously mentioned factors.

I would replace at no charge if over a year old but let them know the next time they will be charged. Good will gesture

Thanks everyone. I'm just going to replace it (and the handle that also broke). We just did inspections in January and the husband told us not to open the toilet because they hadn't cleaned it in a while. If the toilet is nasty when I go there I'm just going to leave it with them and tell them to put it on themselves. You'd think they'd clean it if they know I'm coming though.

I would not charge for seat but toilet is a different story n I have those get broken

No charge.

Thats my problem now . I thought toilet was leaking so I replaced wax ring twice and was still leaking come to find out the dude wasn't closing the curtain. . Everytime I went to work or investigate they never cleaned up beforemy 24hr notice. Kinda felt disrespected. Now we come to the seat . I don't want to work around their piss anymore. Or I got to say something and that will create ill feelings on both parties