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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I charge my tenant for damage?

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  • davethorp
    davethorp Posts: 1,578 Forumite
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    No you shouldn!!!8217;t

    /thread
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    I've had gas hobs in many places that I've lived and I've never heard of such a cap, I certainly wouldn't expect there to be something to remove before using it unless I'd been advised about it beforehand, or had been provided with a manual for the appliance (and been told to read it). Pay up and next time ensure you give your tenant the information they need.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    edited 5 June 2018 at 8:58PM
    MSE_Sarah wrote: »
    In our kitchen each ring on the hob has a little cap you need to remove before using. I never showed her the cap and she has damaged it. Should I withhold some of her deposit?
    No, and you should get a less stupid hob. Why on earth has it got little caps on it?
  • robin58
    robin58 Posts: 2,802 Forumite
    Reminds me of a notice that my brother used to put on equipment in a college he used to work at.

    "Before you go ahead and do it your way, read the instructions and do it our way."

    If that important you tell them. You didn't tell them, so your fault. You pay up.

    As a side note, must have been a posh cooker as I have used gas cookers all my life and never seen 'removable caps' on gas rings.
    The more I live, the more I learn.
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  • robatwork
    robatwork Posts: 7,268 Forumite
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    Fake news.

    I think someone in MSE heard the phrase "hub cap" and misheard it as "hob cap" and then made up this story.

    What the hell is a hob cap?

    Photos of the damage or it never happened and another MMD time waste.


    PS If a tenant damaged my hub cap then I would charge them.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    robin58 wrote: »
    As a side note, must have been a posh cooker as I have used gas cookers all my life and never seen 'removable caps' on gas rings.
    After a swift internet search, the only references I can find to gas hob caps are the (not intended to be removed before use) normal black metal upper component of each burner.

    So is the landlord under the delusion that you're meant to take those off before lighting the burner? Or is this whole thing made up?
  • pwharley
    pwharley Posts: 23 Forumite
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    No.

    You should have showed her. It's obvious she's never come across this type of hob before (neither have I!).
  • groupie45
    groupie45 Posts: 4 Newbie
    I think your tenant should have been shown how to use the hob if it was something as significant as taking off the cover before using it.
    I think you shouldn't make her pay for it.
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,572 Forumite
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    davidmcn wrote: »
    After a swift internet search, the only references I can find to gas hob caps are the (not intended to be removed before use) normal black metal upper component of each burner.

    So is the landlord under the delusion that you're meant to take those off before lighting the burner? Or is this whole thing made up?

    They're all made up.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    kinger101 wrote: »
    They're all made up.

    Apart from the ones they steal from Answer Me This.
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