Lodger has left mattress badly stained

blued

spirit wrote: »

Dare we asked what he did to the mattress? did he !!!!!! himself?

Fwiw, I had a lodger who left my room in a right old state. I had to redecorate (had only done it prior to his occupation) clean the carpets and deep clean the room. I did all of the work myself but sent him copies of receipts for paint. If it's not wear and tear then you are within your rights to charge them.

I didn't ask, he didn't say and I don't want to know!

We'll be redecorating the room and giving it a good clean.

tyllwyd

melancholly wrote: »

are they crinkly? (i'm trying to find the right word but waterproof ones often sound like you're lying on a plastic bag when you turn over in bed. something nice that was waterproof would be great - more worried about spilling tea in bed than anything else!)

No - I originally bought the kids cheap ones, and they were so noisy that the kids woke up everytime they tried to turn over in bed. The M&S ones are fine, you honestly wouldn't realise they are not just standard quilted protectors.

Mupette

Sounds like the old lodger is a bit embarrased and won't be fighting you on this.

I've lived in some rented hovels in my time, and mattresses with stains on made my skin crawl.

melancholly

tyllwyd wrote: »

No - I originally bought the kids cheap ones, and they were so noisy that the kids woke up everytime they tried to turn over in bed. The M&S ones are fine, you honestly wouldn't realise they are not just standard quilted protectors.

brilliant! will go have a look - thank you!

flimsier

6 months is a short time, but not too short. Buy another mattress for your next lodger. Request they use a mattress protector. Move on.

Tim_Deegan

Unfortunately the OP has to take some of the blame for not supplying a waterproof mattress protector, and insisting that the lodger uses it or they will lose their deposit.

It could just be that the lodger sweats a lot. If the mattress contains any reflex foam, then this could make this far worse. So in this case it isn't really the lodgers fault for sweating.

I would replace the mattress (with a two sided one, as they last far longer), and supply a breathable waterproof mattress protector, that you insist that they use. And learn from this expensive mistake.

blued

Tim a new mattress has been ordered at the lodgers expense. Case closed!u

Also if a lodger sweats to the point they stain mattresses I'm sure they'd be aware of this and if that was me i'd take measures to ensure I wasn't damaging other people's property!

tbs624

tyllwyd wrote: »

No - I originally bought the kids cheap ones, and they were so noisy that the kids woke up everytime they tried to turn over in bed. The M&S ones are fine, you honestly wouldn't realise they are not just standard quilted protectors.

Jon Lewis ones ditto

tbs624

blued wrote: »

Tim a new mattress has been ordered at the lodgers expense. Case closed!u!

Mr Deegan's specialist subject is apparently mattresses.;)

Tim_Deegan

blued wrote: »

Tim a new mattress has been ordered at the lodgers expense. Case closed!u

Also if a lodger sweats to the point they stain mattresses I'm sure they'd be aware of this and if that was me i'd take measures to ensure I wasn't damaging other people's property!

I can see where you are coming from. However as your lodgers have no say in the construction of the mattress, it wouldn't entirely be their fault. They may have been used to a high quality mattress that didn't contain reflex foam, and not really sweated much on it. But then if you had bought a mattress that does contain reflex foam (you probably wouldn't know about it anyway), then this could make them sweat.

So I'm just looking at this from the view that a judge might. They could say that sweating is natural, and therefore it should be expected that an unprotected mattress could become sweat stained. So in the future I would make sure that a waterproof mattress protector is used for your own protection.

Personally I always recommend mattress protectors, because it is far easier to put them in the washing machine than it is to clean a mattress.