Why won't my landlord let me replace kitchen

shell_belle_2

ognum wrote: »

This is a difficult question. I am a LL and I don't know how I would feel about the tenant changing the kitchen.

It will depend on the quality of the current kitchen and the type of kitchen you want. Who then deals with problems with different appliances or other damage.

How would you then feel if the LL then asks you to leave, will you feel the right to stay in the property until you have had back the value of the kitchen you put in.

I am often surprised by the speed at which people agree to a property and then they move in want a different shower or a new kitchen or new lamp shades etc etc. Why do you not move and rent somewhere with the kitchen you want.

Don't spend your hard earned cash on the LL house.

When I moved in I was promised a new kitchen and bathroom within 3 years, I have now been there nearly 4 years and the only new thing I have is an extractor fan in the bathroom and that is only because I involved envirmental health.

The kitchen is a mish mash of different units there are only 4 units at the moment and only 2 of these match. Then there are some shelves.

quidsy

But why? They could kick you out as soon as it was done. Why not save your money for something more beneficial to yourself.

quidsy

Move, you LL sounds like a twot. If they promised replacements after 3 years & are not forthcoming then they know you want to stay & don't care enough to fulfill their promise. Look for somewhere else & give notice.

shell_belle_2

quidsy wrote: »

But why? They could kick you out as soon as it was done. Why not save your money for something more beneficial to yourself.

Because I have to live with the kitchen as it is. One good thing to come out of this is that I have looked about and found that at a stretch I can afford to buy about 15 miles further out of London. I will have to look into this a bit further but it is now a possibility which I am pleased about as I thought i would never be able to buy.

gazfocus

To be honest, I can see it from both sides of the coin.

When I used to live in rented houses, there were times when I'd have paid to improve the house. The first house my wife (fiance at the time) and I lived in was decorated top to bottom at our cost when we first moved in, although, I would never have stretched to paying for a kitchen. Sometimes you just need to decide whether you can live with the house as it is. If not, it's time to move.

On the other hand, I now rent my first house out to a lovely couple. Before they moved in, my wife and I spent a fortune on it. New kitchen, new conservatory, new flooring throughout the downstairs, decorated top to bottom, etc, and we made it clear to the tenants that it's their home. Treat it as such. They made a couple of requests to do things which we said was fine, but I would be very cautious about them wanting to do anything like fitting a new kitchen.

At the end of the day, I know the kitchen we put in is of a good quality and was fitted well. What's to say that a kitchen fitted by the tenant wouldn't be a cheap B&Q basics kitchen fitted as a DIY job? Having said that, I would at least be willing to have a conversation with the tenants about it and look at quotes they've had.