Rows of drawing pin holes in the wall by tenant who put up cloth prints on the wall

miggiwoo

:rolleyes:

lynzpower wrote: »

This really does seem rather petty to be honest.

A tube of filler is about a fiver ( im certain it would take about 1 millionth of a tube to fill a drawing pin hole) tin of white paint ditto a fiver. So you could charge them a tenner. Lets face it are you really going to get a contractor out for this job? They will PTSL at the minute nature of the work.

I really cant see drawing pin holes making your property difficult to let at all in fact im sure no prospeective tenant would really even notice it!

Well said lynz , am about to move into rented house (for the first time) after selling out house and this makes me nervous about breathing too hard in the property.I understand about respecting peoples property (our house is always very clean and well kept , even with 2 small kids) but getting decorators in for "the job".:rolleyes:

Captain_Mainwaring_2

miggiwoo wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Well said lynz , am about to move into rented house (for the first time) after selling out house and this makes me nervous about breathing too hard in the property.I understand about respecting peoples property (our house is always very clean and well kept , even with 2 small kids) but getting decorators in for "the job".:rolleyes:

Why not? if it was such a simple job, then why was the tenant so bone idle as to not make good when he left?

Why should a landlord do this in "his spare time", unless he gets paid for it?

Premier_2

abaxas wrote: »

Most important question. Do you have an inventory?

No inventory = no deductions.

If only that were true ... but it isn't

N79

miggiwoo wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Well said lynz , am about to move into rented house (for the first time) after selling out house and this makes me nervous about breathing too hard in the property.I understand about respecting peoples property (our house is always very clean and well kept , even with 2 small kids) but getting decorators in for "the job".:rolleyes:

If the T had made good the damage at the end of the tenancy then they could have done so however they wished. They could have gone for the 10 pound option or the professional decorator option.

In this case, the T did not sort out the damage and pin holes in the walls of property are not fair wear and tear. Therefore the LL is entitled to put right the damage at the Ts expense. It is not reasonable to assume that all LLs are in a position to do the work with no labour costs. That might be fine for semi professional / semi amateur LLs with 1 house but what about LLs with hundreds of houses. Obviously they will employ a contractor and are entitled to reclaim their reasonable costs from the T, either from a deposit or via subsequent action.

The key here is reasonable. One way might be for the LL to obtain 3 quotations and use the cheapest. There are others.

Please don't feel that you can not treat the house as your home during the tenancy because it is your home. However, just be prepared to return it to the LL in the same condition as when your tenancy started, fair wear and tear excepted.

DawnW

As a LL, I would just fix this myself to be honest (50+ woman, limited DIY skills). If I was elsewhere and couldn't, and had to pay someone, I would just do it. You just can't be too precious if you rent out your property.

tbs624

confused_landlord wrote: »

Thanks. I only saw the room when the throws were held up with the pins.

I think I would have chosen to discuss the matter then, and sorted out f2f with the tenant how it should be made good.

Have to ask - do you have wallpaper/painted walls so grim that the tenant felt it was necessary to cover them in this way?

If tenants are going to slap things on the walls then I actually prefer drawing pin holes to the marks left by blu-tac,and find them easier to rectify.

Maybe it would be useful to go over the wording of your tenancy agreements and highlight this sort of issue with any future tenants.

lynzpower

Maybe I did not make myself 100% clear. Sorry about that.

I DO think its petty to consider deducting for something that one hasnt seen. ( howeverm Ive read a few of confused landlords threads and he seems thoroughly reasonable, so Im not saying HE is petty IYSWIM)

When people put cloth up in a rented property ( I have seen this in a numbe rof households, Ghanain? Kenyan? ) secured with drawing pins, it generally isnt rows of cloth, its a sheet of cloth- pinned at the top and possibly the bottom. ( in some cultures the cloth is sacred and minimal impact to the cloth-pattern is important) When OP said ROWS of pin holes, I assumed rightly or wrongly its to mean a few pin holes to mount the cloth- maybe then on each wall. In my exprience these cloths are used instead of wall paper/ pictures up ( maybe change that AST to not just "no mounting of pictures )


You have a short term tenant there is there any reason why he only stayed 3 months? I wondered wghether this might hbe impacting on your reason for keeping for this.

Ultimately, you need to see what the damage is. You seem like a reasonable fella and if you are in the UK then you need someone to manage the property anyway, Can they not do it- and take for thier time. I personally wouuld go round there and do it it really does seem like a 10 min job , so if its within a mile or 2 of SE1 let me know and call it my good deed

Zammo

confused_landlord wrote: »

Also, if he does not leave the amount requried, what is the process to get the money in small claims court?

My advice - Take that b@stard for every penny he's got.

You're really not cut out to be a landlord are you?

fimonkey

Lynz, you're an absolute sweetheart! Always very reasonable and sensible! Bless you for your offer, I hope good karma comes your way for that.

lynzpower

fimonkey wrote: »

Lynz, you're an absolute sweetheart! Always very reasonable and sensible! Bless you for your offer, I hope good karma comes your way for that.

thanks hunny I am very much of the opinion what goes around comes around, I havnet been giving anywhere enough recently, so thats probalby why I feel like im not getting enough back X