Letting out a property - furnished or unfurnished ?

G_M

And if it's not an HMO there's no requirement to PAT test anything.

rexmedorum

I would say flexibility definately helps a lot.
We have had quite a few offers to rent places 'if LL takes out that extra bed/wardrobe/cupboard' rejected. Now we are part-furnished: whitegoods, bed, sofa. The rest is easy to buy and load in a van when we move again (which I hope won't be any time soon)

aless02

Just to disagree, we are a family of 3 and have always lived in in furnished rentals. More for practical reasons that we haven't been able to afford to buy furniture! When we moved out of London, we found furnished accom to be pretty rare, which is unfortunate as quite of lot of people DO need it.

saayinla

I recently just got a place to rent and requested for the land lord to remove her appliances like fridge freezer, cooker and washing machine to which she decline.
These are the Options I want to give her:
Option 1
I will be viewing the property again maybe by weekend and will try and get the landlady to reason along the line that if she removed her appliances she does not have to be liable for any repair cost should anything happen during my tenancy or

Option 2:

I can just ask her if I can buy her old appliances off her and put them on gumtree.

Option 3:

Sell her Appliances and buy her similar Items when my lease expires/when I am leaving.

Hope I am not asking for too much.

PS: I have over £1k worth of my own that I will rather use.

Blackdog

saayinla wrote: »

I recently just got a place to rent and requested for the land lord to remove her appliances like fridge freezer, cooker and washing machine to which she decline.
These are the Options I want to give her:
Option 1
I will be viewing the property again maybe by weekend and will try and get the landlady to reason along the line that if she removed her appliances she does not have to be liable for any repair cost should anything happen during my tenancy or

Option 2:

I can just ask her if I can buy her old appliances off her and put them on gumtree.

Option 3:

Sell her Appliances and buy her similar Items when my lease expires/when I am leaving.

Hope I am not asking for too much.

PS: I have over £1k worth of my own that I will rather use.

Which option you choose you should get the LL consent. Do option 3 without her knowing could be a problem when you leave. I am sure with a little bit of common sense option 1 would be best for both of you.

Yorkie1

Option 1 will mean she has to put herself out to store the items - possibly at cost or inconvenience. Plus the fact that they are not designed to be stored without use for long periods of time, so are likely to have repair issues when she tries to use them again.

Option 2 means she is left without any appliances and will have to buy new ones - at full cost - when you move out, having paid her only a second-hand rate for the existing ones.

Option 3 means she is left without any choice in what appliances you choose to lumber her with.

If she isn't desperate to have you as a T, I'd have thought she'll go for someone who is less trouble on this issue.

saayinla

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Option 1 will mean she has to put herself out to store the items - possibly at cost or inconvenience. Plus the fact that they are not designed to be stored without use for long periods of time, so are likely to have repair issues when she tries to use them again.

Also saving her the cost of replacing any or all the 3 Items should there be a problem during my tenancy.

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Option 2 means she is left without any appliances and will have to buy new ones - at full cost - when you move out, having paid her only a second-hand rate for the existing ones.

She does not have to buy new ones and the ones currently installed had seen better days, I would be raising this issue if they were in generally good condition. Plus I happen to have close families who own rental apartment and they are wise enough to buy a £50 second hand off gumtree which have lasted more than 4 years without a fault.. (agreed may not always work out like this)

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Option 3 means she is left without any choice in what appliances you choose to lumber her with.

If she isn't desperate to have you as a T, I'd have thought she'll go for someone who is less trouble on this issue.

THis will entirely be based on mutaal agreement as these are all options which is not meant to agree to anyway.

I have not been unfortuante enough to have had a bad LL and I wouldnt want to be at the mercy of one should anything goes wrong, I have a family which I have to consider too you see. All my appliances has extended warranty on them plus the capacity is also an issue for me, washing machine drum size, Fridge Freezer not been frost free etc...

Its up to her at the end of the day anyway.

saayinla

Sorry to hijack this thread, but if a property was rented as Furnished and has kitchen appliances etc, you are not under any obligation to USE these Appliances are you?