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Unreasonable Student Landlord... And a broken bed
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Is your deposit secured with e deposit scheme, as it should be? if so, the LL can stuff his £200.
He is only allowed to charge the cost of replacing like for like and not allowed betterment. Take photos of the previous repair. And of the general construction of the bed.
He will need to prove how old it is (is there a fire safety tag on it?). The general assumption is that everything needs replacing at intervals, so if the bed is low quality and 5 years old, he would not be able to claim much if anything even if you left it broken.
However for you own well-being get on freecycle or freegle and get a replacement for nothing and they is b all he can do about it.
If heIf you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
Thank you for your help everybody, it's very much appreciated. Essentially, I think you're right - it's very hard to assign blame and I don't particularly want the hassle of going to court about a broken bed. So, thanks for your ideas and I will certainly be looking for a cheap bed. I don't see how he can expect me to replace a cheap ancient bed with a new one for the "generous" sum of £200.
New for old would be 'betterment', which he is not entitled to. I suggest you take photos of the decrepitude of the current bed and write (a physical letter) to him pointing this out and enclosing the photos.
Ask him if he wishes to replace the bed or if not you can get another cruddy old bed off freecycle and replace it with that, as a goodwill gesture.0 -
Thank you everyone for this extremely useful information, which I didn't have a hope of knowing without your help. I hate it when landlords try to get one over on tenants! - so it's nice to know where I stand.
I will consider my options and get in touch with him again, hopefully this thing can have a positive outcome and not me paying a fortune for a new bed!
Christi0 -
Some useful info on betterment
http://www.arla.co.uk/information/deposit-protection/betterment-and-apportionment/
http://www.lettingsinventoryclerk.co.uk/9.html0
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