Furnished Rented House - What should be provided?

pimento

Sainsbury do a £20 vacuum cleaner? Well I never!

Does it pick up or just move the dust around?

19lottie82

pimento wrote: »

Sainsbury do a £20 vacuum cleaner? Well I never!

Does it pick up or just move the dust around?

I'd suggest the latter. IMO a second hand dyson (£20 - £40 on gumtree) would be a much better investment.

PasturesNew

pimento wrote: »

Sainsbury do a £20 vacuum cleaner? Well I never!

Does it pick up or just move the dust around?

It's briliant... I've got one. It's small/lightweight.... I hadn't intended to keep it, I'd intended to leave it at my last place, but it was so small/light and I had a spare corner in the car so I lobbed it in.

The bag is removable, so no paper bags to buy either. Slide it out and there's a plastic slider along the whole end of the bag, so easy to slide that off, empty the bag and slide it back on again.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/appliances/vacuum_cleaners/cylinder/122043818_sainsburys_basics_vacuum_cleaner.html?hnav=4294960922

pimento

It looks OK. The house has no carpets, just laminate so it would almost certainly be just the job. Thanks for the tip.

CKhalvashi

We've got bits and bobs in our BTL's, part of which was there when we lived there (if that was the case), and part of which would be bought.

Oh is a huge fan of Miele units, which have always stayed with a property, as well as sofas, beds (but no mattresses) and in some cases TV's and other electricals (mainly those that have been upgraded).

In all honesty, it depends on the LL, but things that I've never included is pots/pans, bedding, towels and tableware/glassware

CK

martinsurrey

I do think that when people read fully furnished they get a bit carried away.

Go on the Tesco furniture section and the kind of things you find there are what should be provided.

Hoovers are not.

I've lived in rentals for about 12 years in about 12 different places (both student and normal) and have never had a vacuum provided.

The problem from the land lord's side is that if they provide it they are responcible for its upkeep and to keep it in a safe manner, so that means electrical safety checks, it can get very complex, and expensive, which is why most landlords will not leave any electrical items other than what they are required (oven, fridge, washing machine).

Spamfree_2

The more the landlord provides, the more scope there is for him to have forked out lots of money for things to be broken or lost.

p00hsticks

tbs624 wrote: »

The As for LLs providing a TV - nope, [edit:wouldn't] do it, ever, for any type of T

As other posters have said, unless the landlord is also prepared to pay for the TV licence, putting a TV in the property immediately puts the onus on the tenants to go out and buy a TV licence, which they may not want to do, especially in a shared student house.

Far better to leave the choice of TV or no TV to them.

annie_d

When i have had to provide stuff for my daughters in furnished accommodation at the end of the tenancy i certainly HAVE left it there! Bins, bowls, mops, brushes, mirrors, lampshades, toilet brushes, toilet SEATS I had bought, the list is endless.
I am not alone in this as all my colleagues with children in this situation learned that these items just couldn't be used again following a student's life with them!

annie_d

oh! cutlery, crockery etc etc etc