Ruined Carpet

katieort

Squirtle17 wrote: »

It is irrelevant how the carpet got damaged, so it wasn't really sneaky to say what had happened, just pointless.

I said it was paint as they weren't a fan of the dog in the first place so didn't want to give them more ammunition to be annoyed about me having him there.

G_M

katieort wrote: »

......but I think to be honest, sorting myself would be easiest and best. I have lived here for 2 years, and the carpets were there before and likely there for the previous tenant too. It looked old and rubbish when I moved in anyway. No photos etc as no move in check done.

So betterment would apply. Lack of check-in makes claims by the landlord harder


£60 would be the cost of the carpet, I got a few samples online and checked which would be best and the cheapest actually works the best which is handy! My dad can fit it as he has done carpets before, so saves £50+ too.
sounds sensible. Though if the dog might do more damage maybe wait till you are leaving???


Just to add to the story too, the LA have now emailed me to say that I have to sort this out, and a couple of other little bits NOW and not at the end of the tenancy, and they will come back in about a month to check. Seems a bit rude and harsh as they actually said whilst doing the check that as long as everything was made good at the end of the tenancy that was fine.
Ignore if you wish. They were right first time!



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The plan was to sort out the carpet etc. either the weekend before we get the keys/give notice to the new place, or right after so we can move the sofa out of the way, so it would still look fresh and new and we wouldn't need to clean again and that. In that time, there would be no way they could organise viewings or anything for literally a couple of days after we give notice, we were going to request a weekend leeway anyway so we could move everything out anyway without people in the way to view.
You don't have to smarten the place upfor viewings unless you want to. It's your home - live how you like.


You DO have to leave it as it was at the tenancy start date, on your final day there.


Where do I stand on this? I was literally going to ignore and wait for them to check again and see what happens, or should I email and say what I was going to do? I've read the worst they can do is try and kick me out, but they have to give notice anyway, and I'll probably be moving in 2 months anyway.

A polite brief email confirming you will replace the carpet before vacating the property when the tenancy ends. Thank them for their help and advice (never does any harm!)

katieort

G_M wrote: »

A polite brief email confirming you will replace the carpet before vacating the property when the tenancy ends. Thank them for their help and advice (never does any harm!)

Thanks for the reply, I may just send them a brief email as you have said. Don't think they can force me to sort yet as I live there still, not as if I've left and done a runner! For the reasons that I don't want it to get ruined before we leave and have to replace again. Hopefully they will understand, if not, well I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!
Worst to happen is they give notice which is 2 months, which should be all we need to move out anyway all being well.

PhilE

ognum wrote: »

PhilE wrote: »

They probably rented with old carpets and pets allowed, as untrained pets rip the place up.

Wow, sweeping statement that you don’t know is true. I let a house which has very good carpets to a family with dogs. I also own a dog who has never ripped up a carpet!

Its true in this case though. Another landlord on this thread has had a similar problem. You probably trained your dog to not rip the carpet up, evidently some people don't.

gardner1

So can we presume the poor dog was left alone in house for a long period .....and was bored so started chewing carpet

robatwork

Blimey some sweeping statements on this thread.

You haven't said how long you were there - it makes a huge difference. If 20 years and the carpet was old when you moved in you should pay £0. If 1 year and it was OK then perhaps £100s.