Charges for filling holes?

GeekWizard

Helloo,

How much can a landlord charge for filling up holes left in the property?

I live in the south east .

Many Thanks!

DaftyDuck

Big holes? Like ones a car makes hitting a wall? Or small ones, like a picture hook leaves?

moromir

As much as it reasonably costs, remember someone will need to attend, carry out the work, wait for it to dry, repaint the wall/s if necessary etc.

GeekWizard

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Big holes? Like ones a car makes hitting a wall? Or small ones, like a picture hook leaves?

Picture hook ones mainly. And then there are about 6 bit bigger holes from putting up the TV stand.

GeekWizard

My landlord has given me a bill of £250.

Is this reasonable ?

Jamie_Carter

GeekWizard wrote: »

My landlord has given me a bill of £250.

Is this reasonable ?

It depends on how many holes there are?

If it means getting a decorator in to do the job, then he would probably charge a day rate to allow for filling, drying, sanding, and painting. So £250 is reasonable when you also have to take materials into account..

propertyman

Or rather than moaning, you could have been less of a git and cleared up the holes you made in the first place. :mad:

Cisco001

Fill it up yourself?

ACG

If me or you did it, you would charge for polyfiller or a bit or pre mixed plaster - £20 maybe?
But a landlord can easily say they got a tradesman in to do it and basically charge for a few hours work plus the materials - in which case £250 probably isnt unreasonable.

Why would the landlord do it himself when he can get someone in to do it at your expense.

lessonlearned

£250 is entirely reasonable if he had to pay trades.

DIY - about 50p worth of filler (Wilkinsons) and a few dabs of touch up paint.

Geek - time to be less geeky and a bit more hands on.

GeekWizard

Its around 20 holes in total. Does it take a decorator the whole day?