Landlord won't replace V old carpet...

seashore22

ReadingTim wrote: »

Who'd have thought that the human race, which has survived for tens of thousands of years, could be stopped in its reproductive tracks by a slightly grubby old carpet?!? The mind boggles.

The op might be doing her baby a favour. A bit of grime does wonders for the old immune system.

marliepanda

Have your pets in any way contributed to this muck (I have pets, Im not judging)


If a carpet cleaning company has been through and cleaned, there is unlikely to still be anything nasty, just stains and discolouration. Nothing to harm a baby, and nothing your pets wouldn't be putting on the carpets anyway :P

ReadingTim

seashore22 wrote: »

The op might be doing her baby a favour. A bit of grime does wonders for the old immune system.

pity it doesn't seem to work for common sense...

theartfullodger

Fay_elizabeth wrote: »

I just want to get a couple of opinions on this matter if poss.

We live in a small 2 bed rental house in Bristol, we pay £805 a month for our house and rent through a lettings agent (next door have the mirror image house and they pay £500 to a private landlord, sickening!)

We've lived here 2 years and improved the property tenfold by repainting all the walls and ceilings and sorting the (overgrown) garden out for them. .....

Surely not: If you really have improved in 10-fold I'll gladly donate £15 to an agreed housing charity.

Why, why oh why do tenants do such decoration - which is the landlord's responsibility ?? Sincerely hope you had his agreement to do this or he can demand (& probably get) costs to put it back as it was before: Yes I know you & probably anyone looking at it will think your improvements make it better.

Was there an inventory & photos, signed by you, at move-in?

System

seashore22 wrote: »

I agree with IAmWales about the moving.

It's not ideal, but we moved 3 times between 4 months pregnant and birth.

4 months pregnant - sold our house and moved into a friend's house.
6 months pregnant - moved into a rented house.
Day of birth - got keys to our new house.

I was standing on chairs cleaning windows at 9 months and husband was gutting the kitchen while I was in hospital. Not ideal, but it's surprising what you can do when you have to. It should be easier to find a property on the outskirts of Bristol, as opposed to city centre properties, even with animals.

In my admittedly limited experience of renting, properties that allow animals tend to not be as nice as the ones that ban them. For obvious reasons I suppose.

Agree with this. I moved house 3 times while pregnant (across 2 different pregnancies), and one of those was right the way across the country. If you're really not happy with the flat/price then moving is probably your best option (unless you're already paying market rate for the quality of property that you're in now).

That carpet looks fine to me. If it's been recently cleaned, I doubt you need to have any concerns about putting your baby down on it. Babies are much hardier than people think!

FBaby

I would never ever agree to put a brand new carpet unless totally necessary in a property where the tenants have pets and a baby on the way!

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Fay_elizabeth wrote: »

and no our pets didn't cause damp?! It appears to be rising through the concrete under the carpet.

In this case it would be insane to put a new carpet down. Complain about the damp. Once the damp is sorted, buy cheap rugs.

aneary

I think you need to talk directly to the landlord.

The LA will not want to give you a long term tenancy think of all the money in fees they will loss.

Does the LL know about the damp have you written to him/her.

If there is damp and the LL investigates you may end up with a new carpet after the damp has been resolved.

elsien

Have you put in writing to your landlord that there is a problem with damp that needs investigating?

steampowered

When does your tenancy expire?

The best time to negotiate with a landlord is when you renew the tenancy (or threaten to terminate the tenancy, if you are on a periodic tenancy).

At that time the landlord has a financial incentive to keep you in the property. He doesn't mid-tenancy.