A property manager has sparked a heated debate after defending a ‘nitpicking’ landlord and his petty request during an inspection.
Shannon Welch, a Perth woman, said she heard an anecdote of a landlord asking their tenants to remove fingerprints from mirrors.
“The manager had mentioned the fingerprints on the sliding mirror doors and said they need to be cleaned and repaired, and the tenant was very upset about that,” she said in a TikTok video.
“It got me thinking, I think we need to educate tenants more to understand that it’s not necessarily a bad thing that they’ve been asked to just clean those fingerprints off the mirrored doors.”
Social media users were divided, with some accusing the landlord of “mosquity”, while others targeted the tenants for becoming angry over a simple request.
Shannon Welch, a Perth woman, said she heard an anecdote of a landlord asking their tenants to remove fingerprints from mirrors
Ms Welch said the feedback given during inspections is actually ‘positive’ because it means the property manager is doing their ‘job correctly’.
“One day we want you to use us as your property manager if you have an investment property,” she said.
While the business owner and property manager believe the close attention to detail speaks volumes about the inspector’s reliability, others strongly disagreed.
Numerous tenants and owners denounced the landlord’s ‘ridiculous nitpicking’.
“Cops are the ones who need training,” one person wrote.
‘Fingerprints on a mirror are not a reflection of whether tenants are taking good care of the home!’
A second added: ‘As an investor I would never use someone like that. My relationship with my tenants is worth more.’
Others agreed the request was simple enough and defended the landlord.
“People feel so pressured when they are told they are dirty,” one person wrote.
Ms Welch then said that the feedback given during the inspections is actually ‘positive’ because it means the property manager is doing their job (stock image)