Moved to new apartment - landlord refuses to fix

Chandler85

The problem is surely when the OP doesn't repair them (he doesn't need to and isn't oblige to either) and then steam from a cooker or daily opening and closing of the cupboard causes the laminated surface to come away more or break and then the landlord claims  it is the OPs fault.

If the front door was really stiff and needed slamming really hard to shut it, and you report it to the landlord and he says it doesn't need fixing.  Then over 12 months of slamming the door the plaster around the door frame becomes cracked and damaged, the landlord can say the tenant caused it (as they did technically) and then you end up with a deposit scheme having to adjudicate.

As everyone has already said, it's a minor repair, which should have really been fixed in between tenancies.

Ditzy_Mitzy

This is very much a 'for want of a nail' sort of situation.  It's something I'd have fixed between tenancies, were I aware at the right time, however that hasn't been done.  Things are likely to deteriorate if repairs are not effected; you are in the best position to do that so best get on!  Being stubborn isn't going to solve anything.