Renting - muddy feet

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sonastin wrote: »

I viewed a house with a view to buying it. The owner lived abroad and had left lots of lovely post-it messages for the EA - one of which was "no shoes upstairs please". EA's advice? "Oh just ignore that"! Might have had something to do with the fact that the property had been on the market for 2 years, the owner wasn't willing to entertain offers and she got cold feet and took it off the market as soon as she got a proceedable buyer!

I viewed a house to rent once which seemed perfect, but there were post it notes EVERYWHERE setting out which cleaning product to use on each surface. Turned that one down straightaway.

On the flip side, when I was moving out of a place that was being sold, there were tons of buyers viewing, and they, over time, left a lot of high heel marks on the parquet flooring. The LL wanted to charge us for it. I knew it wasn't us as no-one in the house even owned high heels. He eventually agreed that if the house sold and the buyers didnt request it to be fixed he wouldn't charge us but it did teach me to be careful about who was let in to view the place while you were on your notice period.

The problem with getting the LA to pay is that you are unlikely to have any evidence that it was them and their viewers that caused the damage.

kmmr

James_N wrote: »

And I, having lived in Sweden, wouldn't dream of NOT taking off my shoes. To walk around a house in outdoor shoes is just plain filthy. Anyone calling at mine quickly learns!

Must admit I always take off my shoes. In some places where it's clear the people living there wear shoes I leave them on, but I feel odd leaving my shoes on.

But, each to their own. I know it's not really that common, so I don't insist on it. Normally people see you barefoot and offer to take off their shoes.

I also have nice new wood floors, so I must keep an eye out for stilettos!