Do you like your current tenant or do you not like your current tenant? 🙂
Assuming it’s a SFH….I don’t lease a SFH with washer/dryer, even though there is one… In my lease I stipulate tenant is responsible for furnishing washer/dryer. I provide one out of courtesy but if it breaks, that tenant needs to use his own…
That said, a basic dryer is like $200-300… Probably not worth arguing over, especially if the tenant is “nice”. I’d just replace it and get an extended warranty on it to cover your future repair costs (though a very basic washer/dryer shouldn’t really be proned to failure…Just make sure you get a no frills dryer, preferably one with NO digital display/buttons, but instead one that has only a manual knob, and one with the fewest cycles/speeds/features)….
Depending on the rental demand, if you really wanted to recoup the cost, you could probably jack up the rent next year anyway to cover the cost.
For next tenant lease, I would modify your lease agreement.
For an attached property, I would provide a washer/dryer, since imho it’s just different when it comes to a 1/2/3 condo/townhome…..
