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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My diplomat friend says never ever rent to diplomats[/quote]

Why so? Is it because they entertain too much? Or is it because they normally cannot afford such nice housing in their own country so are inexperienced in taking care of large properties? I know some European and Asian diplomats could only afford to live in tiny apartments in their own cities, so can be very neglective of normal maintenance required by American houses. Plus they normally have too many children (the more children the more benefits and wife normally don't work)[/quote]

It’s also that Europeans are just….less picky when it comes to maintenance issues. I was friends with a bunch of young world bank folks in my twenties. Many of them, I would go to their places and could see about ten things they needed to ask their landlord to fix. Like, one group house the head barely worked! It was freezing. But they just accepted it as par for the course.

Maybe write in the lease that you have the right to inspect once a month or something. Just make clear that you want to hear about maintenance issues.

In some countries the tenants are responsible for repairs so that could be part of the issue[/quote]

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