Cheap doors landlords responsibility?

JC1440

Hello,

One of my kitchen cupboard doors is cracked. It was through no fault of mine, I was gently wiping it, and it's this kind of cheap, plastic sort of covering which looks like it would crack if someone stared at it too hard. Is it up to the landlord to pay for this to be sorted? I've spent absolutely ages looking around for a matching door, and have come to the conclusion I would have to pay a joiner to make one up, which would be expensive. Thanks!

Laurensalive

If it is fair wear and tear, the landlord should replace the door.

HappyMJ

JC1440 wrote: »

Hello,

One of my kitchen cupboard doors is cracked. It was through no fault of mine, I was gently wiping it, and it's this kind of cheap, plastic sort of covering which looks like it would crack if someone stared at it too hard. Is it up to the landlord to pay for this to be sorted? I've spent absolutely ages looking around for a matching door, and have come to the conclusion I would have to pay a joiner to make one up, which would be expensive. Thanks!

Landlord's responsibility but they don't have to fix it. Just tell the LL the door broke and it wasn't your fault. It's wear and tear don't worry about it and if LL tries to claim for it out of your deposit then make sure you've got the photo's to prove it was cheap and was prone to break anyway. How old do you believe the door to be?

thesaint

I have never heard of any kitchen door crack through a gentle wiping.

Obviously, I am in the minority, as the two previous posters have said it is fair wear and tear

vuvuzela

thesaint wrote: »

I have never heard of any kitchen door crack through a gentle wiping.

Obviously, I am in the minority, as the two previous posters have said it is fair wear and tear

To be fair, the first poster did say "IF it was fair wear and tear".

JC1440

Thanks, all.

I don't know about ''fair wear and tear.'' I don't know how old the door is. But, yes, I pretty much touched it and it cracked. I think it is a wooden door with some kind of plastic covering, but on this one door, on this one area, the covering wasn't flat down like the rest of the door, it looked like the plastic type covering on the rest of the door was stuck down correctly, and this bit wasn't.

Mossfarr

I had something similar on one of my kitchen cabinet doors. It is usually caused by heat melting the adhesive between the wood and the 'plastic covering', a bubble forms, the plastic dries out and it cracks. In my case It was the kettle causing the problem.

Its probably due to the layout in the kitchen, the heat source can be kettle, cooker, microwave etc. so I would let the landlord know. It doesn't sound like anything you can be blamed for, more likely to be a long standing problem.
Mossfarr

chanz4

I have, if its good old homebase essentials they are cheap and crappy