Should I have to pay for my landlord's carpet?

DVardysShadow

rufusgizmo wrote: »

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phlash/clutton - we have never received an inventory, signed or unsigned. We have it in writing that they intended to use the old carpet for furnishing another property (whether they eventually did or not, I don't know for sure, but definitely they said they were going to). Also we have our request to have it removed, and confirmation that it would be before the move-in date, on email. And we have the receipt for the carpet.

Also we live in Scotland, so we don't have a deposit protection scheme as far as I understand it.

It is quite clear, the contract was to rent the place without the original carpet.

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Morally I think you should leave the carpet as you wanted it changing and you didn't make it clear this was a temporary change - you were expecting the landlord to send someone out to remove the old carpet, find a winter-proof storage space AND then pay someone to refit the carpet at the end of the tenancy? If I was your landlord I would have taken the change as permanent, the fact that he said he might use the carpet elsewhere is a strong indication of that. Legally you did pay for the carpet and the landlord may have difficulty proving what was and was not in the property when you took occupancy as there is no dual signed inventory.

Morally, everyone should abide by the contract. Legally too.

OP's expectation was to rent the place without the carpet. What the LL did with the carpet was LL's concern and of no bearing on T. The only issue may be if LL can prove some agreement that T would leave carpet. Even so, the moral and the legal would still line up.

NEH

From a tenant's persepctive i would take the carpet with you or sell it on elsewhere if you really don't want it....I would have thought the lack of inventory would mean that they don't really have a claim on it....Did you take pictures when you moved in?

Underlay was there when you moved in that is what i would leave.....There were no curtains in our house when we moved in,we curtained the whole place and I intend to take them with me or sell them on when we do move....

LittleMissAspie

It seems obvious to me. A tenant is supposed to leave the place as they found it. So take the carpet with you.

NEH

theartfullodger wrote: »

Less fair wear 'n tear (eg carpets pro-ratadly worn more..., the odd paint scuff/mark...trees grown a bit)

Cheers!

Lodger (landlord)

or in the case of our house the odd piece of paint from the wall drops off or part of the door frames comes apart (badly built house) :rotfl: