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Landlord refuses to replace unusable sofa in furnished house
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[Deleted User] wrote:Of course the landlord can deduct from the deposit, if it's on the inventory. Agree should give him the option to come collect it before you bin it though.
Yes and how much is a 30 year old, urine covered sofa worth??
£0.12 ?0 -
Yes and how much is a 30 year old, urine covered sofa worth??
£0.12 ?
Oh yeah agree it's not worth much, but I just meant he can definitely take it out of the deposit.
However if I was the OP I'd have got rid of it and bought a new one by now, reaching into your own pocket has got to be preferable to sitting on a wee-stained sofa.0 -
Yes and how much is a 30 year old, urine covered sofa worth??
£0.12 ?
That's being generous.
The lifespan of a good quality sofa is somewhere between 10 and 15 years.
30 years....it's a worthless piece of junk. I'd bin it.:footie:
Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. 0 -
I don't think it's too much to expect that any sofa listed in the inventory is fit for sitting on, however agree with others you might face a long struggle for justice on this one, and be quicker to get a sofa yourselves.
Try british heart foundation, or other charity shops for cheap sofas that don't smell of cat-wee and do have fire-safe certificates.
The landlord can hardly complain about ending up with a newer, better smelling sofa, that he hasn't had to spend any time or money on.0 -
Cherry_Gale wrote: »I don't think it's too much to expect that any sofa listed in the inventory is fit for sitting on, however agree with others you might face a long struggle for justice on this one, and be quicker to get a sofa yourselves.
Try british heart foundation, or other charity shops for cheap sofas that don't smell of cat-wee and do have fire-safe certificates.
The landlord can hardly complain about ending up with a newer, better smelling sofa, that he hasn't had to spend any time or money on.
The LL wont be getting it. Its the OP's sofa.0 -
The agent has however said the landlord will only allow us to get rid of it if we replace it with a new one.
In that case either
* store it (shed? attic?) to replace when you leave or
* bin it and accept a deduction from your deposit for the value it would have had at the end of the tenancy. To assist with any future dispute, take photos, ask the agent to inspect it and report, get a friend as a witness to its condition?
The fire regs is another possibility.
As is Environmemtal Health if it's that bad.0 -
If everyone that walks in can smell it why didn't you?0
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Gather as much evidence as you can that the sofa is in unusable condition, including photos, then get rid of it.Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0
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Replace the sofa at your cost. When you leave, pee on it.0
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Get one from freecycle it's easy enough you would be surprised how easy.0
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