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Oven Issue at End of Tenancy. Help!

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  • MentalMinnie
    MentalMinnie Posts: 814 Forumite
    [IMG]HTTP://i47.tinypic.com/330bjo5.jpg[/IMG]
  • MentalMinnie
    MentalMinnie Posts: 814 Forumite
    Boom!

    So, what are your thoughts?
  • rockitup
    rockitup Posts: 677 Forumite
    MentalMinnie wrote: »
    Boom!

    So, what are your thoughts?

    Looks like some plastic tray or container has caught alight at some time and has been a job to shift.

    Have you tried warming up the oven and using a flat-edged scraper gently?
  • MentalMinnie
    MentalMinnie Posts: 814 Forumite
    rockitup wrote: »
    Looks like some plastic tray or container has caught alight at some time and has been a job to shift.

    Have you tried warming up the oven and using a flat-edged scraper gently?

    Yep, and it still won't shift, we actually scrathed the oven bottom trying to shidt it, but thankfully the scratch we made is tiny and hasn't been noticed. It almost feels like it's metal as well.
  • MentalMinnie
    MentalMinnie Posts: 814 Forumite
    Could the landlord try and claim for a new oven based on the above picture?
  • dotdash79
    dotdash79 Posts: 1,069 Forumite
    how old is the oven?

    At a guess he might try to charge you for a "professional clean" but tryign to charge for a new oven might be a bit much as the oven is still working.
  • MentalMinnie
    MentalMinnie Posts: 814 Forumite
    dotdash79 wrote: »
    how old is the oven?

    At a guess he might try to charge you for a "professional clean" but tryign to charge for a new oven might be a bit much as the oven is still working.

    No idea, at a guess, 3-4 years old.
  • dancingfairy
    dancingfairy Posts: 9,069 Forumite
    edited 3 April 2013 at 1:58PM
    How long was the tenancy? and how old is the oven?
    Worst case scenario is they argue you have deprived them of the use of the oven. Say an oven is expected to last 20 years and it is now 10 years old then you'd have to pay out for the 10 years life that it should havehad left so you'd end up paying for half a new oven.
    Unfortunately I have no idea how long an oven is expected to last for in a rental property but the above should give you an idea of how things would be calculated.
    Hopefully the landlady will just deduce something for a professional clean of the oven and not try and argue that a new oven is required as suggested by the above poster).

    df
    Edit: Had a quick google and a few websites are quoting 17-19 years for ovens/stoves. Couldn't find anything definitive. That sounds an awfully long time to me though. I would have said maybe 7-10 years would be reasonable (maybe I'm just pessimistic and used to cheap rental properties :)).
    I would assume (hope) that the various arbitration schemes have their own guidelines/rules about the expected life of things? Hopefully one of the experts will know.
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  • dotdash79
    dotdash79 Posts: 1,069 Forumite
    edited 3 April 2013 at 2:00PM
    Even if he did try to charge you for the price of a new one then you couldn't be charged the full price, as the landlord would have new oven for doing nothing.

    if you search google for "landlord not entitled to betterment" and click on the proerty hawk link (it was second on my results)
  • DaftyDuck
    DaftyDuck Posts: 4,609 Forumite
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    I still think you'd have some case to argue if they are unable to show photographic evidence the oven was not clean on arrival. Mark aside, it certainly is now. That fact would strongly argue in favour of (at most) paying for a professional clean.

    It could be sugar product, cooked at high temperature.

    I'd still say wait, calmly. Not all Landlords are evil... ;)
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