White goods in rented house??

Never2late

HI All

I have after many years on my own met a lovely man to share my life with. We are moving into a new home soon, and I am going to rent out my house unfurnished.

I keep getting told different things about what items you would expect to find when renting an unfurnished house. First I was told curtains, blinds and cooker, then I was advised to leave white goods e.g cooker, washing machine, fridge, freezer, kettle and toaster.

I thought I know where to go where lovely people give good advice.

Many thanks

bazzyb

Unfurnished essentially means a completely empty property so you don't need to provide any of that stuff. However it is fairly common for landlords to provide a fridge freezer and oven, but certainly not 'the norm'. Again, some provide curtains or blinds and this will make it more appealing if there is much competition locally - especially if you have unusual window sizes as it would be an expense for buyers to get them made to the right size.

As for things like kettle and toaster, I would only expect those to be provided in a fully furnished property.

It is up to you what you provide, but you will be responsible for checking and maintaining anything that you do include. Also keep in mind that some tenants may already own their own white goods, so if you put something in they could request that you remove it anyway.

jjlandlord

The default position is that you do not have to fix the white goods you provide unless you specifically agree to it (e.g. in tenancy agreement).

SerialRenter

jjlandlord wrote: »

The default position is that you do not have to fix the white goods you provide unless you specifically agree to it (e.g. in tenancy agreement).

Although if that's the route taken it should be made clear to the tenants as there can be some ambiguity with implied contracts.

Then again, I've never been in a situation where a LL hasn't replaced a broken (through no fault of the tenant) white good, even when its not in the tenancy agreement.

sacha28

Surely unfurnished means unfurnished? If you have appliances that are intergrated then, obviously, they stay.
The only thing I would say is that you can leave what you like in the property but who will be responsible when these items break down (and they will, at some point)? I don't know the in's and out's legally but if you have tenants in an unfurnished property can you insist they replace your white goods that you chose to leave when they break?

SerialRenter

sacha28 wrote: »

Surely unfurnished means unfurnished? If you have appliances that are intergrated then, obviously, they stay.
The only thing I would say is that you can leave what you like in the property but who will be responsible when these items break down (and they will, at some point)? I don't know the in's and out's legally but if you have tenants in an unfurnished property can you insist they replace your white goods that you chose to leave when they break?

Plenty of unfurnished rentals have the landlords white good in them, mine included with a small fridge, washing machine and oven/hob.

jjlandlord confirmed the landlords obligation to repair, you can read more here:
http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2013/03/07/is-the-landlord-responsible-for-the-repair-of-kitchen-white-goods/

ConfusedofYorkshire

As a tenant I wouldn't rent your house if it sisnt have a cooker and a fridge. I'd prefer it has a washing machine.

It's nice to have curtains, though I have had to buy them before. I wouldn't include a microwave and toaster unless you want to.

It also kind of depends on what sort odd rental it is. If it's a time someone might rent for years and years they may well want to provide their own white good and curtains. But someone like me who moves a lot want want to have to buy a new set of curtains to fit every time.

jjlandlord

SerialRenter wrote: »

Then again, I've never been in a situation where a LL hasn't replaced a broken (through no fault of the tenant) white good, even when its not in the tenancy agreement.

I'm not sure that "replacing" is the same thing as "repairing".

puppy999

I am in rented and mine has nothing, If I were you I wouldn't leave anything in has people don't look after them and where I live the rent is the same weather there are white goods in or not ......

pcgtron

Where as mine has cooker, dishwasher (Both integrated)
Fridge Freezer (That I bought for the tennant as they asked for one)
Curtains (1 difficult sized window that the curtains were made to measure and one big bay window)
All of which, I would want in an unfurnished.
Toasters and Microwaves are up to the tennant to provide in my opinion

RuthnJasper

When I moved into my unfurnished rental property I had to bring everything, including white goods. I viewed the property before signing the lease and so was well-aware of what I was - and was not - taking on.

Best wishes to you. x