Replacing cheap door but landlord charging too much

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lookstraightahead wrote: »

If landlords are really so concerned about safety, then everything mended that could cause an accident needs a safety certificate

It's a shame as this will price landlords and tenants out of the market.

Good LL's are all too aware that there is "who to blame" culture across many areas,not just housing at the moment and its increasing.

All too often even on these boards many posts are concerned with not who caused the problem but how much can I claim as a result of something not functioning.

Heating and boilers is a classic example where as a LL I'll try my hardest to get an engineer there but if the part isn't available for 3 weeks I have not got a magic wand and if the same problem were to occur in my own home I'd just have to put an extra jumper on...being a LL doesn't open a secret stash and so no,no compensation can be made available to the tenant.

Back to the original post by the OP ...yes with hindsight and the knowledge that they knew a competent carpenter they perhaps should have instigated the replacement themselves and the LL would have probably never known any different...but as I say hindsight is a wonderful thing.


Experience however tells me that tenants usually approach the LL for a fix when they don't know what else to do,at which point yes I'll send my trusted trade into fix....other tenants actually try to cover up broken things and sometimes those come to light at checkout or even later...the danger of waiting for deposit arbitration is that potentially the LL is likely to be awarded the full amount simply because unless the amount claimed is extortionate there is an expectation that the door needs to be put back to the condition of the check in inventory....

In this case I would guess the LL had a choice of budget mid range and high and potentially opted for the craftsman rather than the apprentice under supervision!


OP... I still cant work out if this repair has been done after your check out or are you still living in the property with a running tenancy...in which case perhaps seen as you knew a good carpenter the job would have been better sorted between you and he without involvement of the agency and or LL.

Sibz

saajan_12 wrote: »

OP, the £200 seems reasonable just pay it. Just because you found one £25 doesn't mean that'll be the exact size that will fit or match the other doors, which the LL is entitled to. Reasonable costs would be:
- £60 door depends on the door
- £10 hinges, handle, screw (may not be feasible / cost more in labour to source these from the old door) Will cost a lot more in labour if the blokes going to B&Q to buy the screwS 1 at a time
- £15 fuel / van wear & tear (50p/ mile, 30 miles to shop & rental & back)What fuel? From where? Van Wear and tear as a business expense you deduct from taxes not what you charge every customer for. 30 miles to shop LOL Don't forget the ferry ticket, the airport car parking and the flight there and back
- £100 per hour x 3 hours to buy and fit door, dispose of the old one Hands up all the carpenters charging £100 per hour labour, nobody? All those carpenters must be in Monaco
- £15 disposal fees for old door Don't forget the charges for replacing the toilet role the carpenter uses, and the pension contributions the OP will be obliged to make

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All in £400 so you're not doing badly.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
You reply to other posts deliberately taking every word literally and then pull numbers out your backside to try and justify your own pov.

Lets critique yours like you tried with mine shall we... as above.
It was a cheap door, the OP could replace it with just as cheap a door. If there is no material difference in quality there will be no deductions from the deposit as you tried to claim before. And as for your garbage about going to court over a cheap door being replaced - that's just silly

Sibz

don't mention the scratch on the boiler casing