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Landlord responsibilities - standard of fittings, advice please.
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It's not sudden, G_M has always suggested a home made cake in these situations.
Home-made is likely to be cheaper too!0 -
Quotes have been sought to replace the carpets on more than one occasion but so far nothing has been done about them.
Maybe LA has done previous inspections and not been pleased with the way the house is being looked after and don't want to invest further to see it all destroyed.
SIL changed living room, stairs and two of the three bedroom carpets when she left the property before renting it. When the tenants left, only 3 years later, the carpets were left in a shocking state and she had to replace them all again. She did get money back from the deposit, but taking everything into account, it didn't come close to the total costs she incurred.
Every situation is different and without knowing all the detail, it is impossible to know how unreasonable -or not- the LL is.0 -
Thank you to everyone who give such helpful advice etc, it's good to know where things stand. I will mention the carpet at the next inspection and contract renewal and see what happens.
FBaby I think you misunderstood my question, I didn't ask if the LL was being reasonable, just if there were official guidelines or similar on the condition of fixtures within the house.
Thanks for your comment that we may "destroy" the house!! How ridiculous especially as I've already said the LL wants us to stay! We love the house, we have decorated and done up the garden (yes we did get permission first). I'm sure your SIL did have a bad experience however we were told by the LL directly that they view us as "excellent tenants".I wish I knew more than I do!!0 -
No need to get all personally offended, we don't know you. When I said that you could 'destroy' the house, this was on the basis of 'any tenant could destroy', not you personally.
You'd already been told about official guidelines and you've been told that it would have to be a trip hazard which doesn't seem to be the case, so it then does indeed default to being reasonable or not.
Indeed, nothing else to do but ask and see what the response is and then negotiate on the basis of this response.0 -
Landlord does not have to replace carpet.
He could replace carpet and you could not sign contract and walk away anyway.
He could promise to replace carpet, you sign contract, then he reneges on promise. If you sign and he reneges on promise it will be difficult if not impossible to enforce getting the new carpet.
Ideally you want it done before you re sign but somebody has to trust the other one.
You need to decide how much of a deal breaker the carpet is.
Of course you don't even have to sign a new fixed term contract. You can go rolling if you want.
O.k so maybe I'm over thinking it and am cynical regarding the landlord doing repairs but landlords have been known to say whatever they want to get tenants to resign
I hope you get it sorted.
DfMaking my money go further with MSE :j
How much can I save in 2012 challenge
75/1200 :eek:0 -
Hi Df,
Many thanks, I think I will pop an email over before we sign and hope for the best!!!
Thank you allI wish I knew more than I do!!0 -
worth at least getting all these issues on paper, so you have proof come leaving day, then the LL can't say the condition is down to you and is clearly wear and tear.0
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Fair enough if the tenant damaged the carpet themselves but if it was just down to the carpet being old and worn that was a pretty !!!!!! thing to do. I'm sure you wouldn't like a thread worn trip hazard or just bare floorboards in your own home.
What I would like or don't like in my home is irrelevant.Well life is harsh, hug me don't reject me.0 -
That's exactly what we did when the tenant reported the torn carpet to the enviromental health office.
They told us that we had to provide carpet. We said we didn't.
I think that is perfectly reasonable. Be "nice" about it.
If the carpet was provided by the LL and was included on the inventory then its the LL responsibility (assuming wear and tear and tenant hasn't damaged it)baldly going on...0 -
Maybe because the LA went ahead with quotes without consulting the LL first? Maybe it was his mate and he quoted for top quality carpeting.
Maybe LA has done previous inspections and not been pleased with the way the house is being looked after and don't want to invest further to see it all destroyed.
It's unlikely a landlord would want to offer a 2 year fixed term to a tenant if he was unhappy with their conduct so that's not really applicable in this case. Maybe the letting agent did go ahead and get quotes without asking the landlord first but that begs the question as to why the landlord thinks it's acceptable to let a property in poor condition and I think the OP is right to get the landlord to commit to replacing the carpets before signing a new fixed term.0
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