Do yall provide curtains in your properties? If so, how often do tenants change them out? Do you get the originals back?

Probably an odd question, but I do have a reason. I typically do not provide them. I hang the cheaper mini-blinds, but that's it for window treatments. It seems that the tenants will then nail a blanket up for curtains and block the light. The problem with this approach is they hardly ever (like never) use an appropriate hanger. Typically, it's a 16 penny nail or a 4 inch deck screw. Of course this leaves gaping holes in the window frames. I'm just wondering what the rest of you experience on this or ideas on how to handle?

No to curtains. We have never been able to predict ahead of time what type of curtains they will like and refuse to try and guess.

Yes to mini blinds and curtain rods.

We show them how to hang the curtains at lease signing and still end up with broken rods.

We sell them replacements during inspections and offer to hang the curtains for them at that time.

We provide mini-blinds. If a tenant wants curtains, they are supposed to have us install them, and the rods stay at move-out.

I provide mini blinds and curtain rods mostly. They have to use the rods provided, that way I don't get all these holes from different rods. There is one unit that the tenant left curtains she made and they were used by the next tenant and the one after that. ( 5 years now)

I HATE miniblinds. Most of my windows have the brackets and if tenants want to purchase the blinds, fine. I don't take them down and I don't clean them. If they are ruined beyond use, I just toss them and don't replace.

I have curtain rods and I hang cheap curtains. 9 out of 10 tenants don't touch them and they're there when they move out. I sometimes wash them - sometimes toss them and replace. I buy them on discount tables at discount stores (which means they are about $2/$3 a set or at yard sales for less than that.

I have lower end units that would end up with the sheets and black trash bags.

Bali blinds from Home Depot. Bali Grab and Go(5-10 bucks) for cheapo places, Bali Premium Vinyl(20ish dollars) for better places. Bali Aluminum(20-30 bucks) when I have odd lengths or want a room darker. I do not care for the vinyl blinds at Lowes. I do not like the style.

I provide blinds on windows and usually change them at turnover time.

I have mini blinds and curtain rods on ALL windows.

I will put sheers and/or curtains on the living room window to "dress it up" at showing.

Then I put curtains on various other windows sometimes because I have sooooo many curtains that tenants have left behind!

Yes to blinds and curtain rods.

I sometimes hang curtains. Bought a bunch of sheers with a nice pattern when the Family Dollar was getting rid of these (ran all over town to pick these up for future use). They were down to $1.25 each.

I felt sorry for a couple of young tenants and picked up some room darkening curtains to help with their energy costs.

When they got evicted recently for falling behind in rent for 2 months, they "thanked" me by taking all my curtains.

I must be the only oddball here - we use roller shades. Medium quality, room-darkening in the bedrooms. Tenants love them.

Blinds on all windows

I tell tenants they may put up curtain rods however they stay with the property. In the lease it states if they remove curtain rods it's $40.00 charge per window. (patching and paint charge)

Some have taken the rods and they were charged. they left only the hooks but not the rod (charge of 15.00 for the rod)

I have left curtains in the past, but no more. They ask to have them removed and I take them at lease signing and note that.

I note on the move in ...blinds on all windows and note all windows that have curtain rods.

I put brackets and curtain rods on all the windows. Protects the frames and walls from novice installation. Make them out of electrical conduit spray-painted, so they're super cheap and durable too.

Mini blinds snd inexpensive curtain rods.

I used to put basic curtains in (not the whole house) but they disappeared. Like another poster, I had s T leave some nice ones so I left them up. Finally they too disappeared.

if you buy curtains cheap enough, you don't care if they disappear.