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Is my landlord being unfair?
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Exactly, changing the taps in my own bath, could easily run to a days work or maybe longer.
Also with regards to the cost of the taps, last year I ripped out a bathroom for a client which I would estimate was 60-70 years old, with that as an expected life expectancy for a bath and taps and depending upon the age and quality of the fittings it could be said that to all intents and purposes they are new.
I would think 4 to 5 years was the life span of a modern acrylic bath. In my experience, by then they look 20 years old.0 -
A lot of poster mention the issue of betterment. Although this is correct, I think that when it comes to obvious damage, it's not so straight forward.
I had a tenant who broke a door handle. The door had been replace a year before they moved in and they were there for 3 years. The case went to ADR, I included the invoice of the replacement of the handle (at a reasonable price) and the ADR agreed to the retaining of that full amount of the replacement.
I do agree that in this instance, £350 for taps sounds ridiculous.0 -
It really does depend on what is involved, I would have to remove the tiled panels from the side and end of my bath, remove the whole bath replace the taps which were £90 put the whole thing back again. Easily £345, we don't know the full situation.
One thing I would say however though is that the fitting of the taps would be irrelevant if the whole bath were being replaced, I would then expect the whole job to take the same amount of time.0 -
A broken door handle is something that has to be replaced. It's functional, not aesthetic. So not really that relevant.A lot of poster mention the issue of betterment. Although this is correct, I think that when it comes to obvious damage, it's not so straight forward.
I had a tenant who broke a door handle. The door had been replace a year before they moved in and they were there for 3 years. The case went to ADR, I included the invoice of the replacement of the handle (at a reasonable price) and the ADR agreed to the retaining of that full amount of the replacement.
I do agree that in this instance, £350 for taps sounds ridiculous.Changing the world, one sarcastic comment at a time.0
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