Renting without kitchen appliances

Annisele

I once rented a property that didn't have an oven when we first went to view it.

The agreement we came to was that we would buy an oven and fridge (price and models chosen jointly with the landlord), and if we stayed in the house for the full twelve months of our tenancy agreement we would leave the items and the landlord would refund their cost. We already had a washing machine, so that wasn't a problem. We also bought a freezer, but the landlord didn't want one of those so it was never part of the agreement - I can't remember exactly what happened to it, but I think it found its way to a charity at some stage.

We ended up staying there two and a half years, and the landlord did uphold her end of the agreement - she paid back our full deposit as well as the cost of the oven and the fridge, and we left the oven and fridge with her. She also 'bought' our washing machine from us (though as I recall we charged her a token £1; it was old, we didn't want it anyway, and she'd been an unusually good landlord).

I *think* that she had cashflow problems at the time we moved in, and wanted to provide white goods but couldn't actually afford to. We were lucky, in that the landlord did abide by the (written) agreement, and that by the time our tenancy agreement ended she could afford to do so.

I'm not saying that the solution we came to is necessarily a good one, but it suited both parties.

de1amo

Be interesting if the LL goes for this low offer on his investment--if an agent gave me a price of 475 unfurnished i would expect about that price--if that is the correct market value for the flat--white goods to a landlord are an expense and a pain-i once supplied a new electric oven and when the 6 month let was over it was left in far from new condition!

LittleMissAspie

IME most unfurnisheds include white goods. I wouldn't bother viewing one that didn't because you never know if you can take it with you, you could be wasting money buying them and then having to get rid of them.

HappyMJ

My local YMCA shop furnishes a whole house for £500 using second hand furniture delivered. That's £40 a month if you stay a year then you can if you don't want it donate it all back again and they pick it up or you can lug it all about with you. All the electrical stuff has been PAT approved and if anything goes wrong just ring them up and they deliver another one for a small charge. You can claim poverty to get it for free but the charges are so low it's not worth doing.