[youngheart49]

My tenant wants us to go across town and change light bulbs and relight the pilot light on the furnace every year are we required to do these things?

[JudyKayTee]

What does the lease or rental agreement say?

I would not change light bulbs IF the tenant can easily reach the fixture. I WOULD relight the pilot light so the tenant doesn't blow your property sky high.

(I had a tenant who called me to relight her STOVE's pilot light.)

[excon]

Hello again, y:

Once is enough. I answered your question over there.

excon

[JudyKayTee]

Hello again, y:

Once is enough. I answered your question over there.

excon

Interesting - twice that the OP didn't like the answer so he reposted the question.

[AK lawyer]

... relight the pilot light on the furnace every year ...

Just curious: does the pilot light go out once a year for some reason?

[Fr_Chuck]

Yes, why is it going out or being turned off, normally they are just left on. Now as a landlord you should be doing an annual service to the heating and air system.

[AK lawyer]

Yes, why is it going out or being turned off, normally they are just left on. Now as a landlord you should be doing an annual service to the heating and air system.

Turning off the furnace every summer to save a few cents doesn't seem like a very good idea.

[kalliereann]

Is there a clause in the lease (assuming there is one) referring to small/non-habitability repairs?
Some management companies I've worked with will do these repairs, but charge the tenant a service fee of ~$75.

This also usually makes the tenant stop calling in things that they would otherwise repair anyway. Or things that do not need repairing to begin with.