Tenant Wants New Mattress After 2.5 Years - Original cost £500

roses

Hi,

My friend rents our her house and her tenants have complained that the mattress springs are digging into their back and they want a new one.

She used to live there and bought the mattress just over 2.5 years ago for £500 so she is really reluctant to change it but since they are moaning, she feels she has little choice.

Are there any mattresses people can recommend for about £200 king size suitable for tenants? She is loathe to spend more than that since the £500 she bought seems to have lasted less than three years.

ognum

if you but a cheap mattress they will be wanting another one in 6 months. Exactly the reason it's easier to let unfurnished!

de1amo

my mattresses last me decades! if they have worn the mattress out they should replace it!---or just say tough!

Good_Money

Can you suggest that as a mattress is a personal comfort thing, they buy their own one at their expense and if they move in the future they can then take it with them as they own it?

McKneff

Tell them to turn the bl oody thing over.

de1amo

my current mattress is 6 years old and supporting my bad back well--my uk mattress is 30 years old and i have no intention of replacing. i am sure if the tennant had to pay for it they wouldnt want to changed!??--i would just delete it off the content list because they arent much good in the eyes of re-lets

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i am curious why you spend 500 quid on a mattress for a let????

cattie

If they are not happy and can't be bothered to turn the thing over as McKneff suggests, or buy a new one themselves as others have posted, tell them to invest in a cheap memory foam topper if the quality mattress provided doesn't suit them, then when they leave they can take it with them.

My nephew rents out a flat to sharers and despite being told otherwise by his family, he will insist on buying cheap mattresses for the beds, so they get done in very quickly and is a real false economy.

Your gf has provided a decent mattress from the start and if the tenants don't like it they should do any of the above suggestions or look for another flat when their contract is up.

roses

Hi, she spent £500 on it because originally she lived there.

They claimed that they have turned it every every week for the past three months!

I am sure they are exaggerating since £500 mattresses do not deteriorate so quickly however when they are claiming it is causing them problems sleeping, she feels obliged to change it.

A mattress topper may be a good alternative.

propertyman

What a horrible lot you are

If you let furnished you have to replace it unless you can show that they have "abused it". In the London area David Phillips and Happy Nightmares specialise in supplying let units, and can help as can Argos.


However first check the base, slats and the thin hardboard in bed bases, can bend a lot and put years on a mattress in months by stretching springs far too much.

A sheet of mdf might be needed and a mattress topper give the feel of quality to an average mattress

de1amo

i started suggesting we get a new mattress to my wife and she took me to the doctors!----turns out i have a herniated disc and my wife knew i would never replace such a relatively new mattress unless i was in pain!!

i have letting flats and use the finest mattress that can be bought secondhand--if i let my own home out i would take my expensive mattress with me--why leave it because we all sleep somewhere!

propertyman

de1amo wrote: »

my current mattress is 6 years old and supporting my bad back well--my uk mattress is 30 years old

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