Question about "wear and tear" rental property...

missimaxo

We are not yet moving out but will be doing soon. Most of the carpets in our house have stains on them (which were there when we moved in, and noted on the inventory).

Our darling 2 year old son managed to spill some carpet cleaner (neat) on our bathroom carpet leaving a slightly bleached stain of approx 1 foot square.

The bathroom carpet already had staining where water has spilled over the bath.

I am just curious about what we should do/ what will happen...

1 Should we replacethe carpet? It matches another carpet in our house so colour matching could be a problem.

2 Do you think it would be allowable wear an tear or do you think the landlord will deduct for the cost of a new carpet (it is perfectly usuable).

3 If 2 - do you think we should ask for a reciept for the new carpet? I would not want to be charged and them not fit a new carpet. As stated above there are already stains left on other carpets.

As part of our tenancy (as we have cats here) we have to have the carpets cleaned before we leave - so they cannot justify charging for cleaning. We also do them ourselves every 6 months as the lounge is an utter nightmare where even water stains! So we know it cannot be removed.

Thanks

missi

dolce_vita

Any decent landlord (like myself) would see this as reasonable wear and tear.

However, having not met your landlord or seen the extent of the damage myself, I can't say what they will do.

hope this helps

good luck

missimaxo

dolce_vita wrote: »

Any decent landlord (like myself) would see this as reasonable wear and tear.

However, having not met your landlord or seen the extent of the damage myself, I can't say what they will do.

hope this helps

good luck

Thanks - we have found remnants of paint colours in shed so will be repainting walls that are marked - we are thinking this will be the only damage from 2 1/2 years in here. Our landlords I know are very reasonable (eg fence fell down through winds and rather than a patch job they replaced the lot) but they live in germany and use a letting agent. I expect the agent to be worse than the ll's.

Fingers crossed!!!!

pickles110564

dolce_vita wrote: »

Any decent landlord (like myself) would see this as reasonable wear and tear.

Spilling neat solution on the carpet is reasonable wear and tear? Get with it and replace the carpet.

dolce_vita

pickles110564 wrote: »

Spilling neat solution on the carpet is reasonable wear and tear? Get with it and replace the carpet.

I would do.

But I wouldn't charge the outgoing tenants is what I'm saying.

You imbecile

missimaxo

pickles110564 wrote: »

Spilling neat solution on the carpet is reasonable wear and tear? Get with it and replace the carpet.

I know we are at fault - what is ironic is that when my darling son split the cleaner - I was using the solution to clean the carpets! He thought in a 2 year olds mind that he was helping.

I wasn't particularly arguing that we were at fault and should put it right, what slightly perturbed me was that we could be charged for a new carpet when

a) it does not actually affect the use of the carpet and when compared to equivalent carpets in the house it is in similar condition

or b) we could be charged without a new carpet actually going down.

I just wondered what others opinions were...

CYBERCIDERSAVER

Talk to the agents. a bathroom is usually a pretty small room so replacing the carpet with a remnant wouldn't cost much, £20?

Or could you find a nice big bathmat to leave behind and cover it up??

missimaxo

CYBERCIDERSAVER wrote: »

Talk to the agents. a bathroom is usually a pretty small room so replacing the carpet with a remnant wouldn't cost much, £20?

Or could you find a nice big bathmat to leave behind and cover it up??

I wish - the room in this house is huge! Honestly I have never seen such a big bathroom compared to the size of the house (its a 2 bed end terrace). Next door actually have it as a bedroom. I estimate 10" x 10".

I am tempted by the bath mat but it is an unfurnished house so would be too obvious I think.

Generali

pickles110564 wrote: »

Spilling neat solution on the carpet is reasonable wear and tear?

It is if you rent to a young family.

Plus side - they tend to stay a while which reduces voids thus increasing LL's income.

Minus side - accidents happen thus increasing LL's costs.

Letting is a business. This is a business risk.