responsibility for water feature

bootalishus

Hi
moving into a rented house in a couple of weeks. The owner is very particular which is fine as I will treat and respect the place like my own. My only slight worry is a very large very heavy 2 tier fountain style water feature on the patio. The landlord has expressed concerns over it with my 2 children (my son does like to play football) even though he doeant want the thing. The landlord has a new home and hasnt taken it with him as he has no room for it and is only renting out this house because he cant sell it.

Is there anything I can do about this as I will be a nervous wreck with my son playing in the garden.

Debt_Free_Chick

If it's damaged whilst you are renting the property, it will be your responsibility - so does your insurance cover it?

Doozergirl

Don't move in. If they are particular now you will find they're hellish when you move out. Some people are completely incapable of seeing it as a business which incurs some wear and tear - they still think of it as home and if your landlord is already expressing concerns then they will be looking for every reason to pick holes. It never feels like home when you're really worried.

I had a landlord like this. She used to walk past the house. A lot.

Our daughter was about 18 months old and she scribbled on a wall. We asked them for the paint colour, bought paint and had a decorator repaint the entire room freshly. You should have seen her going off at the LA when there was absolutely nothing to see except an immaculately painted room without any of the wear and tear from them living there, let alone us. She also accused us of damaging grout (I don't know how you do that). The LA even told her that we'd left it in great condition but she was having none of it. It was because of her that we were moving out in the first place; I don't really like being stalked.

The next landlord we had was a professional landlord, left us to it while we were there and they called us to say thank you that we'd left the place in better condition than when we moved in.

It's a lot easier when they haven't left their precious things around for your kids to damage. If it's precious, it frankly shouldn't be there.

tbs624

bootalishus wrote: »

Hi
moving into a rented house in a couple of weeks. The owner is very particular which is fine as I will treat and respect the place like my own. My only slight worry is a very large very heavy 2 tier fountain style water feature on the patio. The landlord has expressed concerns over it with my 2 children (my son does like to play football) even though he doeant want the thing. The landlord has a new home and hasnt taken it with him as he has no room for it and is only renting out this house because he cant sell it.

Is there anything I can do about this as I will be a nervous wreck with my son playing in the garden.

The other alternative to Doozergirl's suggestion is that you suggest that the LL sells the water feature via the small ads, before you sign up to move in. Most LLs would not want the potential liability that comes from having a heavy stone, 2 tier feature thingy in a property let to a family.