Tenants have had carpet fitted without permission

phlash

Becks045 wrote: »

Fed up of tenants thinking they own the property and can treat it as they like and ingore the legally binding document of a contract.

As a landlord for many years, I'd never recommend it to anyone, a real pain!!

That's the risk/reward ratio.

Why should any business be an easy ride? I don't understand why amateur LL appear to think that business should be so smooth, they are at the end of the day funding your 'investment', the sooner you change your approach the calmer you will deal with this situation.

Sammy85_2

My tenants have done the opposite, moved in and replaced the carpet for solid wood flooring throughout - with permission of course. They are also in the process of replacing the kitchen and bathroom, im happy to give permission provided it is of an acceptable standard, although i didnt feel there was anything wrong with the old ones, i would have been happy to have it in my own home.

I can see where you are coming from with regards to not having permission, but If they have gone to this kind of expense then surely that is a good sign, they are making it their home and after spending money on the property they may be more likely to stay long term.

Becks045

phlash wrote: »

That's the risk/reward ratio.

Why should any business be an easy ride? I don't understand why amateur LL appear to think that business should be so smooth, they are at the end of the day funding your 'investment', the sooner you change your approach the calmer you will deal with this situation.

I agree, you don't get anything for free so of course its not only a large financial investment but a huge time investment. I am calm in my approach!

fimonkey

Becks045 wrote: »

Fed up of tenants thinking they own the property and can treat it as they like and ingore the legally binding document of a contract.

As a landlord for many years, I'd never recommend it to anyone, a real pain!!

And there are many tennants who are Fed UP of LL's who think tennants exist purely as an investment, and the property they rent cannot be treated as a home.

Fire_Fox

Sammy85 wrote: »

My tenants have done the opposite, moved in and replaced the carpet for solid wood flooring throughout - with permission of course. They are also in the process of replacing the kitchen and bathroom, im happy to give permission provided it is of an acceptable standard, although i didnt feel there was anything wrong with the old ones, i would have been happy to have it in my own home.

I can see where you are coming from with regards to not having permission, but If they have gone to this kind of expense then surely that is a good sign, they are making it their home and after spending money on the property they may be more likely to stay long term.

Be careful to specify in writing exactly what you expect your tenants to leave when they go. Not long back we had some tenants who fitted a carpet with verbal permission, then wanted to take it leaving the landlord with just underlay. He was not best pleased but the tenants didn't want to lose give away a free carpet.

sequence

fimonkey wrote: »

And there are many tenants who are Fed UP of LL's who think tenants exist purely as an investment, and the property they rent cannot be treated as a home.

Exactly! I hope our laws get changed soon to something so that tenants can treat their home as a home

puddy

are you sure that they have put down gripper rods and glue, they may have laid it down, a big enough area of heavy carpet will hold itself down,, you wouldnt mind it they bought in rugs would you, because they are not stuck down

try and find out if there is likely to be damage to the laminate to plan how to resolve this when the tenancy ends

jamespir

if you dontlike them having tell them to remove it

FuzzyMoose

jamespir wrote: »

if you dontlike them having tell them to remove it

No

As long as the property is returned to the LL in the same state it was in at the start of the tenancy then it is no one elses business.

*If* there is already damage to the floor then ripping up the carpet will not fix it.

If there is not any floor damage (or even if there is), leaving the carpet in place will:

a) Not cause any more damage
b) PROTECT the floor underneath
c) keep you tenents happy so you will hopefully not have to look for new ones in 6-12 months

jdturk

I wouldn't kick a fuss up about it, sounds like they are going to be there for the long haul!