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Landlord charging me £126 from deposit for changing 6 bulbs?
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DannyboyMidlands wrote: »If you wanted control over the cost then you should have just changed them yourself. You didn't so the landlord has paid someone to do it. Where's the problem?
You had your chance to deal with it and didn't bother. Too late to be whinging about it now.
Because it's utterly opportunistic, that's why. No one needs to pay an electrician £50 to change a few lightbulbs and the cost of £60 for the bulbs themselves sounds spurious.
Without evidence of the actual cost of the bulbs and a legitimate invoice, who's to say that the LL's not simply using any old excuse to reduce the deposit?"Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.0 -
The electrician would have been due a visit to the property before its next let out to carry our a change of tenancy periodic inspection.
This instantly negates the parking charge, and an hours labour to replace 6 lamps whilst hes already on site seems ludicrous. I could change 6 complete fittings in an hour.0 -
The electrician would have been due a visit to the property before its next let out to carry our a change of tenancy periodic inspection.
This instantly negates the parking charge, and an hours labour to replace 6 lamps whilst hes already on site seems ludicrous. I could change 6 complete fittings in an hour.
There's no need for any such inspection.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
The electrician would have been due a visit to the property before its next let out to carry our a change of tenancy periodic inspection.
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That's quite a conclusion you've jumped to there, especially when there's no need for a periodic electrical inspection.What goes around - comes around0 -
fluffnutter wrote: »Because it's utterly opportunistic, that's why. No one needs to pay an electrician £50 to change a few lightbulbs and the cost of £60 for the bulbs themselves sounds spurious.
Without evidence of the actual cost of the bulbs and a legitimate invoice, who's to say that the LL's not simply using any old excuse to reduce the deposit?
I agree that the cost for the bulbs sounds a bit high, but if the electrician has to go to the flat to find out what bulbs are needed, then go out and buy them, then go back and fit them, the costs are bound to mount up. Especially in central London, with lots of traffic and difficulty parking. I expect the electrician added that onto the cost of the bulbs.
Really, the tenant is entitled to a copy of the bill, and if that is genuine there's nothing to challenge. He'll know in future not to leave 6 duff bulbs. Lesson learned.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Could it be argued that if the bulbs were duff this is wear and tear and not damage.0
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jjlandlord wrote: »Considering that it is the tenant's responsibility to change bulbs in any case, I'm sure this new tenant was delighted to get a discount for no reason!
£200 was the agent's cut. As the tenant was prepared to look after the place responsibly it seemed fair to give them the discount (so landlord's income didn't change).
The policy worked; that tenant behaved perfectly and only moved out when he bought his own house. He gave us a list of his friends who couldn't wait to take on the flat and the successful candidate moved in the same day the first tenant moved out.
Result; happy tenant, happy landlord (flat well looked-after and no voids!).0
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