Can a tenant replace sofas in a furnished lease?

wannahouse

franklee wrote: »

wannahouse, I'd be surprised if sofas 30 years old meet fire safety regs. They should still have the labels on. Didn't the regs change in the late eighties (1988)? Also if you are buying second hand you need to make sure they have the right fire safety labels if you are putting them in a let property alough I think antique furniture is excepted.

yeah, i buy stuff thats only a few years old for our flat, as its modern, so all meets regs, but i don't think the landlord really cared where we used to live, as they had the attitude "if it was good enough for us,its good enough for you!" nice people, but a bit tight with some things.

who would you actually complain to, that would do something anyway?

franklee

wannahouse wrote: »

yeah, i buy stuff thats only a few years old for our flat, as its modern, so all meets regs, but i don't think the landlord really cared where we used to live, as they had the attitude "if it was good enough for us,its good enough for you!" nice people, but a bit tight with some things.

who would you actually complain to, that would do something anyway?

I'd try the TRO (tenancy relations officer) at the local council. Not all councils have them in which case I'd be asking who them deals with it instead.

In the OP's case any lack of fire safety will be grounds to complain about the sofas but of course they may be new enough to comply.

Another solution depending on type of sofa is to fix a board of mdf or similar under the cushions. That may firm them up enough?