Reasonable cost from landlord?

Lovem

pppppppppppppp

hcb42

It does not seem excessive. Wallpaper can cost anything from a few pounds to several hundred!

hcb42

I dont think I would pick a wallpaper less than £15 for my house anywhere - selling/renting or not...what he cannot do is put on a roll of Sanderson's hand printed wallpaper when he had cheap stuff previously, but if he is only charging you £45 plus consumables I think you might have got off lightly, as you are not being charged for a decorator in that.

paddypaws101

Do you want to formally dispute this cost? I presume that your deposit is held in a proper scheme, in which case the arbitration service would be unlikely to allow the full original cost of a 6 year old paper.
I suppose it depends on of you want to fall out with landlord over a relatively small amount of money....presumably you will be hoping for a good reference from them and the return of the rest of your deposit.

sniggings

paddypaws101 wrote: »

presumably you will be hoping for a good reference from them and the return of the rest of your deposit.

The LL might not give a good ref, nothing the LL can do about keeping the deposit...delaying it, not stopping it.

sniggings

Lovem wrote: »

We are buying our on home at the moment. However I don't see the need to dispute as I was just taken back as it is 9 year old wallpaper (I got the year wrong in the first post) so it was lifting off the wall and it is a small tear. However for the sake of less than £100 I would rather just pay it. I just needed a second opinion on it

Not sure if it's true, I was told LLs get 10% a year tax relief every year for furniture, so after 10 years it's worthless, if this IS the case, worth fighting it, was also told going to dispute costs the LL, so they are not keen either to go that route...especially for £100.

G_M

1) what was the quality of the wallpaper. He can't charge you to replace a cheap bottom of the market paper with a top of the market paper/

2) Age. The wallpaper is 6 years old. For simplicity sake, lets assume it should last 12 years, so it's halfway through its life. So he can only charge 50% of the replacement cost. To charge the full cost would be 'betterment'.

3) however he could, if he wished, charge the cost of a decorator to put the wall paper up.

Ultimately the best solution is an amicable agreement. You buy a wallpaper he agrees to and put it up (properly!) and thereby save the labour cost.

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jenny54321

I have never been so picky as to haggle over a piece of ripped wallpaper. I let out several houses and have had rubbish left in each one of them by the tenants, ive had 2 cookers stolen, a fridge, and a room painted bright pink against my wishes, ive had a big ferocious dog living in a ppty when there was supposed to be none and had to replace all the carpeting.
Althougth i have always had to keep 100 percent of the deposit to pay for damages -
you are allowed wear and tear -
I dont think that the landlords can do much -will the rip glue back on at all ? and why didnt you just hide it with a picture or something?

Summer-Sunshine_2

Is the rest of the wallpaper in good condition? If not then If it was me I would take pics and also wouldn't the rest be just normal wear and tear, I mean it's 9 years old you say (wallpaper)?

Also when you buy a new wallpaper if it comes down to it KEEP the receipt as back up if any rows start?!