White goods in rented accomodation

sooz

clutton wrote: »

sooz there are thousands of different tenancy agreements - its what is in the OP's agreement that will be important here

I appreciate that. What I was saying is it says this in my agreements, and then later says something else.

I use the 19 page ARLA agreements, and when I read through them with my tenants, some do comment on that particular line, til I explain that my obligations towards the appliances comes several clauses later.

sooz

There is a very very similar thread on landlordzone.

Is it yours?

Are you the landlord or the tenant?

Guy_Montag

sooz wrote: »

There is a very very similar thread on landlordzone.

Is it yours?

Are you the landlord or the tenant?

Give us the link

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=7397

Guy_Montag

jebervic wrote: »

yes but if the tenacy agreement states "but not other fixtures, fittings and appliances for making use of water or electricity" then surely a washing machine or diswasher are appliances that make use of water and are therefore excluded?, whether on an iventory or not, surely they can be removed and signed as being removed from the inventory?.

I would have thought if they were on the inventory you would be responsible for them.

What is on the list of items that the LL is responsible for?

King_Of_Fools

In our unfurnished property contract it says something like, "If white goods are left at the start of the contract then the landlord does not have to repair or replace them if faulty."

We did not have any left, however, so had to supply our own - that is fine with me as I will take them to my next house.

Gorgeous_George

I think the LL is on safe ground but he/she really should have pointed out that the items were left as a gesture of goodwill in your UNFURNISHED accommodation. if not, you could argue that you only took the property because the items were included.

You could find your rent increases to cover your LL's costs or you could find yourself served notice to quit.

My tenants broke a dishwasher and a fridge through mis-use and I refused to replace them. They reported the cooker as faulty and I had it replaced within 72 hours. My new tenants were not given a dishwasher nor a fridge.

BTW, 'white goods' does not just refer to goods that are white. My white goods are silver.



GG