The property management companies wouldn't even accept the property to MARKET it for rent until these repairs were done, so what were we supposed to do?
I also have another rental, tenant-occupied since 2018. The current tenants reported some leaking under the kitchen sink and dishwasher. Plumber we hired said the pipes in the entire house (built in 1961) were in fragile condition to the point it was risky even putting a wrench to them. So had to have a whole house plumbing replacement. After that, it was discovered the under-sink leakage was far more extensive and had damaged the sub-flooring of the entire kitchen and adjacent family room. (Previous tenants had covered it with flooring they installed without telling us.) The 1961-vintage cabinets had to be removed to replace the sub-flooring. They couldn't be reused so were replaced and a "stickout" part of the counter was removed to open the area up to make it more usable. (U-shaped kitchen countertop replaced with an L-shaped one.) Stove had been a countertop model with a separate oven but was replaced with a traditional over/under stove and oven. Was cheaper than replacing the old design.
So that is also a "rehab" and not deductible?
