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Estate Agents causing stress trying to force views
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Another Joe, thanks for that, I’ll jist tell them the times rather than try to ask.
Carpet wise, we had an accident a couple mo the ago with oil and a candle, there’s some bad burns on the carpet so I thought I was obligated to replace the carpet ? Is this not right ?0 -
No, the term is called betterment. The landlord has to allow for fair wear and tear and isn't allowed to replace old with brand new0
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Another Joe, thanks for that, I!!!8217;ll jist tell them the times rather than try to ask.
Carpet wise, we had an accident a couple mo the ago with oil and a candle, there!!!8217;s some bad burns on the carpet so I thought I was obligated to replace the carpet ? Is this not right ?
If you have damaged the carpet the landlord can charge you the amount of the value of the carpet based on its expected life.
So if the carpet is 1 year old, and expected to last 10 years, they can charge you at 9/10th of the cost. If the carpet is 9 years old and expected to last 10 years, then they can charge you 1/10th of the cost.PositivelyPerturbed wrote: »No, the term is called betterment. The landlord has to allow for fair wear and tear and isn't allowed to replace old with brand new
The OP has damaged the carpet, so not really wear and tear.0 -
Positively Perturbed, that!!!8217;s a good point about setting precedent, I didn!!!8217;t think of that.
The carpet burns are quite bad, a good foot long and an inch or so wide, think like someone made a trail with oil then set it on fire.
But from the sounds of it I should just wait until the leaving checks and then agree how much of the deposit goes to the LL for damages and replacements.0 -
I think you are being a tad unreasonable. At the end of the day, the landlord does need to find new tenants.
It is unreasonable to only permit 2 viewings. What if those 2 people don't like the property?
I think you should take control of the situation by telling the letting agent when they may arrange viewings. Give the agent some reasonable windows (e.g. 8-12 on weekdays or 12-3 on weekends) when you are happy to permit viewings.
That way, the agent can work around you, and knows what to tell potential tenants.0 -
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Given the health information in the OP, I would suggest this is more than the OP needs to deal with at the moment. But then is is nobodys concern except the LL's about when and how he finds new tenants. If it's a popular area, he should have no problem reletting in the generous 8 days the tenant has left early in.steampowered wrote: »Lol, 3 calls a day and a few emails is nothing. You should try doing my job.Please do not quote spam as this enables it to 'live on' once the spam post is removed.
If you quote me, don't forget the capital 'M'
Declutterers of the world - unite! :rotfl::rotfl:0 -
steampowered wrote: »Lol, 3 calls a day and a few emails is nothing. You should try doing my job.
Well, without knowing what your job is, I couldn't really comment, but my recent job and indeed my chosen career is a high stress environment, hence me having a mini stroke in the last 12 months and a medical history of stress.
If you're wondering why I don't change career given my recent health issues, I'm thinking on it, but it's not an easy decision to make when it's all you've done for the last 19 years and you don't have any other skills outside bar work and being a gardener back when I was kid.
The information and opinions offered on this thread has been brilliant, thanks to everyone and it has been genuinely helpful.
I'll be offering the estate agents times when they can view and go from there.0 -
Maybe I was a bit flippant (for which I apologise). I do think 3 calls and a few emails is a reasonable amount of contact from the letting agent, as they have a job to do.
A brilliant idea to give the estate agent times to arrange viewings, good luck!0 -
steampowered wrote: »I do think 3 calls and a few emails is a reasonable amount of contact from the letting agent, as they have a job to do.
Not if the tennant gets stressed out by that affecting their mental wellbeing. Its all relative.
You can either respect peoples wishes or just crap all over them, society norms might even validate so no worries right.0
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