List of wear and tear lifespans?

Better_Days

Sorry money but my Bosch w/m's only last 5 or 6 years. Time before last I bought one which was a bit above their 'mid range' - although it had more features there was probably more to go wrong. I consider anything over 5 years to be a bonus. And as a PP has pointed out they are getting relatively cheaper. Problem is with w/m's is that by the time you have called out a repairman and paid for parts and labour it is probably not worth it to repair the w/m.

I have been a bit luckier with FF's (although the last one packed up when DH left the freezer door open overnight when it was only a couple of years old.)

Overall I think you are rather optimistic with the times you expect things to last.

Although I do think it is a scandal that the new boilers only have one or two year warranties - now these should last at least 10 years. My current one is still going strong despite being 1988 vintage. Still that's another discussion

dancingfairy

I can understand worrying about it (especially when you come on here and only here about the relative few who have problems rather than the thousands that don't) but realistically what good is worrying going to do? It is unlikely to make any difference to how you treat the house from what you've said and frankly it would be up to a dispute resolution service if there was a problem.
Wear and tear is just that, what the average person would expect it to look like after your tenancy. It is also unlikely that everything was brand new when you moved in. Say your carpet was 3 years old when you moved in and was expected to last 7 years for sake of argument. If you lived there for 2 years and then somehow damaged the carpet you'd have shortened it's life from 7 years to 5 so you would have deprived the landlord of 2/7 of it's life so you would need to pay 2/7 of the price of a carpet. Also this is a worst case scenario (it's unlikely that you would totally ruin anything I would have thought).
Don't let this ruin your time in your house
df