Can agent ask me to pay for a hob that is chipped?

alandaniel132

When I moved out, the hob looks like a small chipped

pramsay13

I assume it is the back right one that they have photographed in closeup.
I'm not sure what has happened but it does look as though it is damaged, and couldn't be considered wear and tear.
It sounds as though they have been quite reasonable working out a proportion of 10 year usage and even if you challenged it I think you will find the arbitrator would agree it was reasonable.

greatcrested

I can't actually make out the chip, but if there IS a chip, that is, as they say, damage not wear and tear.

Their caculation is accurate for a replacement hob, taking into account the prohibition against 'betterment'.

Whether a chip in a hob of this kind can be mended, filled or fixed in some way other than rplacement I don't know.

AdrianC

Viewed at full res, that back-right ring is definitely damaged. Gawd knows what happened to it, but it's definitely WAY above normal wear and tear.

Surely you were aware of the state of it? And that that was not normal wear in two years...? Go on, what happened?

10yr life for a hob in a rental? Absolutely reasonable. If they can show it was new in 2018, then charging you 80% of the parts cost, without labour, is utterly reasonable.

theoretica

Trying to work out how that damage could occur and one way might be heavy, rough bottomed pans.  Were you using a cast iron pan on there - and if yes was it theirs or yours?

alandaniel132

theoretica said:

Trying to work out how that damage could occur and one way might be heavy, rough bottomed pans.  Were you using a cast iron pan on there - and if yes was it theirs or yours?

Landlord does not provide any kitchen pan for me. All is my pan.

AdrianC

alandaniel132 said:

theoretica said:

Trying to work out how that damage could occur and one way might be heavy, rough bottomed pans.  Were you using a cast iron pan on there - and if yes was it theirs or yours?

Landlord does not provide any kitchen pan for me. All is my pan.

That... doesn't... give you carte blanche to use pans that aren't suitable for an induction hob.

anselld

Was it brand new at the start?  Is there evidence of that on the checkin inventory?
But assuming it was then it seems like a fair deduction.

McKneff

Its obvious that something has been dropped on it, do you not have contents accidental damage insurance

comeandgo

McKneff said:

Its obvious that something has been dropped on it, do you not have contents accidental damage insurance

I don't think a hob is regarded as contents.  I dropped a small glass bottle on my hob, and hob cost a lot more than the OPs one, and I had to claim on building insurance.

alandaniel132

anselld said:

Was it brand new at the start?  Is there evidence of that on the checkin inventory?
But assuming it was then it seems like a fair deduction.

Is new when it start.