lodger problem - landlord using deposit.

danshah316

martinsurrey wrote: »

if that £380 is inc delivery and fitting, why dont you order it now and get it fitted and take the old one to sell before you move out?

I am not ordering a new one right now as I have ordered the cleaning products recommended earlier in this thread, and am hoping that when they arrive, I will be able to use them and get rid of the mark.

danshah316

Wanderingpomm wrote: »

You can ask for that hob as you have paid for a replacement. Take it and put it on ebay or gumtree. Don't just give them the money or they'll probably just live with the mark!!

I would accept the hob as a replacement. But asking for it is not going to necessarily mean the LL will just give it to me. If they didn't have my deposit money, things will be a lot easier as I would pay them when they hand the hob over. I think they plan on just keeping the hob and keeping my £380 too.

danshah316

martinsurrey wrote: »

2) if I walk in to a pub and put my foot thorugh a TV, I would expect the bill.

If you do that, you kinda deserve to get the bill. Also you mentioned criminal damage in a previous post, so I believe I don't really need to tell you the situation is hardly the same.

danshah316

martinsurrey wrote: »

It is you who should have hired a professional cleaner if you cannot clean things back to the standard you recieved them in

Are you saying if the LL hired a professional cleaner to clean the communal equipment on a Monday morning, then I use it on Monday afternoon (with their permission) and only give it a normal everyday clean, and don't get it looking spanking new like it was before I used it, then I should pay to have a professional come in and clean it again?

adouglasmhor

TBH you should have read the instructions of the cleaner that did the damage, you have spent more time on this thread than it would have taken to do so.
As the mark disapears sometimes I suggest you have removed some sort of protective coating or anodizing with your attempt. Possibly the cleaner you have ordered will either blur the eges of the mark making it less obvious, or fill the mark so it is not noticable.

danshah316

adouglasmhor wrote: »

TBH you should have read the instructions of the cleaner that did the damage

Thank you captain hindsight, I should have done but I didn't. Either way, it's not like it says on the instructions 'Do not use this product on any surface'. I didn't know that the surface was aluminium and the LL wasn't exactly helping.

I am on this forum hoping to get advice on how best to move forward based on my current scenario.

danshah316

adouglasmhor wrote: »

As the mark disapears sometimes I suggest you have removed some sort of protective coating or anodizing with your attempt. Possibly the cleaner you have ordered will either blur the eges of the mark making it less obvious, or fill the mark so it is not noticable.

Thank you, hoping all this works and I will update next week with cleaning results.

19lottie82

silvercar wrote: »

My analogy would be if a carpet is expected to last 10 years and a tenant damages it after 5 years needing its replacement. The landlord is only allowed to recover a proportion of the costs of the new carpet. He isn't allowed to claim the costs of a new carpet, even though he would not have intended replacement at this stage.

Hi silvercar sorry on my phone and not sure how to multi quote,


Betterment - yes you're right the LL cannot claim for this but the OP stated in her first post that the kitchen has just been refurbished so that really doesn't come in to play here.

Wear and tear - you're right again, a landlord cannot make deductions from a deposit for wear and tear but this is not wear and tear, its damage caused by using an abrasive cleaner on the wrong surface.

Manchee

tight_is_right wrote: »

Incidentally, what would be the result of this happening if the hob was 6 months old with a few little scratches already on it? In LLs eyes the hob would surely be pending replacement and ready for the tip already?

Hobs have a much longer life span than 6 months, it wouldn't be due for replacement for a long long time. In that scenario you would look at the price of a replacement to the standard the hob was previous to the damage, minus how much time had passed on its life expectancy. So if a replacement with a couple of small scratches was £250, and it would be expected to last, say, 19.5 years (based on a life expectancy of 20 years from new) which is 239 months, the amount that could be deducted would be about £245

adouglasmhor

danshah316 wrote: »

Thank you captain hindsight, I should have done but I didn't. Either way, it's not like it says on the instructions 'Do not use this product on any surface'. I didn't know that the surface was aluminium and the LL wasn't exactly helping.

I am on this forum hoping to get advice on how best to move forward based on my current scenario.

It does say oven cleaner though. Maybe that was a clue.