Landlord want to charge for curtain poles although agreed to accept new ones

Chavy89

Alter_ego said:

Remember he'll want to charge for someone to fit any new poles

well he told me he did it himself originally  

wesleyad

Chavy89 said:

Alter_ego said:

Remember he'll want to charge for someone to fit any new poles

well he told me he did it himself originally  

Just be careful, he can charge for fitting even if he intends to fit himself. He is under no obligation to show you invoices etc. In fact he can charge you for the poles and fitting and then not even buy them or put them up, keeping your blinds in place (which he may be doing). So £175, whilst steep, might not be completely unreasonable.

For that reason I'd definitely try to pursue the route of denying responsibility due to the agreement you made. You can say, if the agreement had never reached, then of course you would have replaced the pole. As it is, you are no longer able to. I'm assuming agreement is verbal? That will confused things, but the deposit arbitrator might take it into account.

Chavy89

wesleyad said:

Chavy89 said:

Alter_ego said:

Remember he'll want to charge for someone to fit any new poles

well he told me he did it himself originally  

Just be careful, he can charge for fitting even if he intends to fit himself. He is under no obligation to show you invoices etc. In fact he can charge you for the poles and fitting and then not even buy them or put them up, keeping your blinds in place (which he may be doing). So £175, whilst steep, might not be completely unreasonable.

For that reason I'd definitely try to pursue the route of denying responsibility due to the agreement you made. You can say, if the agreement had never reached, then of course you would have replaced the pole. As it is, you are no longer able to. I'm assuming agreement is verbal? That will confused things, but the deposit arbitrator might take it into account.

no the agreement was via emails i said via emal 
"the handyman accidentally disposed of the poles and that i was happy to offer my blinds thats i had bought as replacement and then asked if this was acceptable to him" 
he replied "please leave blinds up and make sure there in working order for the next tenant and also let me know where you bought it from so i know where to could get replacement parts in the future"
id just like to add the blinds i got where not cheap they were made to measure day night blinds that cost upward of £200 

saajan_12

Chavy89 said:

with regards to the charging the fee up untill 1st of june does that mean if we have a dispute and it goes passed the 1st of june then he will have to remove the check out charge from me if he hasnt collected the money yet 

No, the fee was due upon checkout before 1st June 2020, so it will be allowed regardless how long it takes for you to physically pay it or whether its held up by other disputes. Its a contractual fee which was allowed at the point it was due so not really anything to do with damages disputes anyway. 

Chavy89

Thank you he want to meet up to discuss the curtain pole now

greatcrested

Chavy89 said:

wesleyad said:

Chavy89 said:

Alter_ego said:

Remember he'll want to charge for someone to fit any new poles

well he told me he did it himself originally  

Just be careful, he can charge for fitting even if he intends to fit himself. He is under no obligation to show you invoices etc. In fact he can charge you for the poles and fitting and then not even buy them or put them up, keeping your blinds in place (which he may be doing). So £175, whilst steep, might not be completely unreasonable.

For that reason I'd definitely try to pursue the route of denying responsibility due to the agreement you made. You can say, if the agreement had never reached, then of course you would have replaced the pole. As it is, you are no longer able to. I'm assuming agreement is verbal? That will confused things, but the deposit arbitrator might take it into account.

no the agreement was via emails i said via emal 
"the handyman accidentally disposed of the poles and that i was happy to offer my blinds thats i had bought as replacement and then asked if this was acceptable to him" 
he replied "please leave blinds up and make sure there in working order for the next tenant and also let me know where you bought it from so i know where to could get replacement parts in the future"
id just like to add the blinds i got where not cheap they were made to measure day night blinds that cost upward of £200 

Although you have put "inverted commas" round your email, I am very dubious as to whether that is an accurate quote! Exact wording can be critical in legal disputes. Please quote precisely your exact words in your email.

The same applies to his reply. Or is he just poor at spelling and/or not very literate....?

greatcrested

So your email referred to the "poles for the up stairs window " and then said you were "happy to offer the ones ive installed as replacement."

"The ones" clearly refers back to "the poles", not to blinds, which you don't seem to have mentioned at all.

You therefore need to leave poles.