Being potentially charged for oven cleaning

Sponge_Cake

Thanks for all your replies, do they not take into account general use? As we!!!8217;ve been using the oven 2 and a half years since we moved in.

Lioness_Twinkletoes

Any dispute resolution service allows for fair wear and tear - but this isn't that. This is dirt. Fair wear and tear is perhaps the numbers wearing off the knobs or a ceramic hob having light scratches.

Clean the oven, pay for someone else to do it, accept the reduction in your deposit or dispute it when the time comes. They are your choices right now.

anselld

Sponge_Cake wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies, do they not take into account general use? As we!!!8217;ve been using the oven 2 and a half years since we moved in.

No, if it is dirt it needs to be cleaned.

need_an_answer

Sponge_Cake wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies, do they not take into account general use? As we!!!8217;ve been using the oven 2 and a half years since we moved in.

General use of the oven and hob is acceptable they have a lifespan of several years and that's why when you report that maybe a burner is not lighting then someone will come out and have a look at it.

There is no allowance for build up of dirt on the appliance which I believe is what you have.


The best way I can describe it is if you didn't know what the grease and dirt was,and it wasn't yours when you move into a rental property would you cook your meal in the oven without cleaning it?

Presumably you would clean it to a standard that was then acceptable for you to use.
In leaving your oven dirty you are forcing the next person to clean it.

That's a deduction from your deposit

kerri_gt

Sponge_Cake wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies, do they not take into account general use? As we!!!8217;ve been using the oven 2 and a half years since we moved in.

The state of cleanliness needs to be the same as when you moved in.

Assuming the bath was clean when you moved in, you wouldn't move out leaving a tide mark and think that was 'wear and tear' - it's the same principal.

How you achieve it is up to you, or, if you don't, the LL has the right to deduct the cost to bring it to the same state of cleanliness as listed on the inventory from your deposit when you move out.

G_M

Originally Posted by Sponge_Cake
Thanks for all your replies, do they not take into account general use? As we!!!8217;ve been using the oven 2 and a half years since we moved in.

When I moved into my first (rental) home it had had a brand new bathroom installed.

Over the 2 years that I lived there, there was a gradual build up of 'dirt' in the toilet. I naturally assumed the landlord would clean the toilet when I left before re-lettting the house, so I never bothered to clean it.

But the LL deducted a huge amount from my deposit (equal in volume to the deposit I left in the toilet). This seemed grossly unfair. Really gross.

Naturally I claimed 'wear & tear' and justice prevailed (as did the flies).

jonnygee2

Thanks for all your replies, do they not take into account general use?

I think general use is normally supposed to be followed by general cleaning.

Alternative is to appeal against the deductions with the relevant deposit protection scheme and let them decide what is fair.

Generally my strategy with everything, but not sure I'd risk that after sending an email the week before saying it was dirty and asking if that's okay.

Takes two hours to clean an oven. Horrible job, but hardly worth risking £70 over. Hope you have some decent Marigolds @sponge_cake ;-)

dimbo61

Oven pride is £3.50 from Wilko.
Follow the instructions and have a wire scrubbing brush to get off any baked on food.
Leave it 4 hours or overnight in the bag.
Job done just take photos.
Does the oven light work ?

[Deleted User]

If its just grease not burned on food bits, bicarbonate of soda on a damp pad, leave for an hour, wipe off, repeat as necessary will remove the grease. Same for glass oven door.

But if you have food deposits on wire racks etc, nothing but an oven pride product will do it. Mr Muscle just isn't as good, and requires a lot of elbow grease.

Ms_Chocaholic

Get some Oven Pride (an orange box), it'll bring the oven up like new, also get some steel wool for those extra baked on bits on the shelves that it may struggle to remove.