Is mould on bath sealant wear and tear?

Slithery

Mouldy sealant isn't fair wear and tear.

I clean my bathroom and the sealant doesn't get mouldy...

parkrunner

Slithery wrote: »

Mouldy sealant isn't fair wear and tear.

I clean my bathroom and the sealant doesn't get mouldy...

Agreed, I've never had mouldy sealant even after several years let alone one or two.

Pixie5740

lisyloo wrote: »

To get it back !

The tenancy is over. The OP has moved out. It's too late to clean the sealant or buy some new plates, etc. If the OP wants the full deposit back all the OP needs to do is the let the landlord know that the (s)he knows it should have been protected. Any further messing around by the landlord and the OP can take her to the First Tier Tribunal for up to 3 times the value of the deposit.

akira181

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Read the Shelter Scotland link I provided earlier. It tells you all you need to know. There's no point getting into a bun fight about missing crockery and mouldy bath sealant when you can take your former landlord to tribunal over an unprotected deposit. I know you said you emailed her rather than sending a letter as I advised earlier, what exactly did you email her, one of the Shelter Scotland templates?

Oh, I didn't differentiate between letter and email. I didn't realise it made a difference, thought email would be easier to keep track of.

I basically asked her for an itemised list of what she feels is missing / damaged and the cost and who my deposit was registered with. We've always been fairly casual in our email correspondence, so thought I'd stick with it until more details came out.

She replied and is asking for just shy of 300 pounds for missing plates, cutlery, missing lightbulbs!, scratches and other unspecified damage to kitchen worktops, a door handle which was broken when we moved in and listed as "will be repaired" on the inventory but never was. She didn't break it down into individual costs.

More I hear, the more it sounds like they're trying to remodel what they can out of my deposit because we looked after that flat and left it spotless. The bathroom sealant I can accept that I should have bleached it when I saw it but the horribly rough finish meant it was impossible to dry after every use. Parts of it looked like it was painted on.

She never mentioned anything about what scheme she used. I will send that template letter via post to her since I don't think she's being fair or completely honest.