Kitchen surfaces used as breadboards.

ANGLICANPAT

New kitchen 7/8yrs ago . With  same tenant throughout . Rent left the same. . On checks  kitchen surfaces always cluttered  so not known hes  not been using a breadboard, so cuts and nicks everywhere  iincluding the stretch containing hob,  and will have to be replaced  to be inkeeping with rest of kitchen which still looks good.  Annoying, but would I be expecting to replace anyway in a rental  at this point  and should just count myself lucky  he was otherwise a good tenant?

lesalanos

How much will it cost to replace? 

I do not think that you would not be able to claim the full price, allow for wear & tear

It's probably not worth claiming anything from the deposit for me 

jonnydeppiwish!

Is it solid wood? If so, you would expect marks etc in it. But why not just sand it down? Not sure you’d get much from the tenants for it though

Shelldean

My kitchen is about ten years old and I'm also guilty of not getting the bread board out to use it.
But my surfaces have been nicked not scratched.
Did notice the other day that the pattern has slightly worn off when I do most things!

Windofchange

What is this that you speak of!? The nanosecond a knife touches our kitchen counter tops she descends from wherever to administer the most almighty of !!!!!! whoopings upon me. I go to bed dreaming of bread boards. I find myself going to Ikea and remarking 'that's a nice bread board'. The thought of allowing a naked knife to touch our hallowed kitchen counter tops is enough to bring me out in sweats.

Having said all that, they were a bit worn anyway when we moved in and I spent 20 quid getting some vinyl wrap from B&Q and putting it on. They do look flipping fantastic and might be a solution for you instead of having a big falling out over a few hundred quids worth of kitchen counter? If they were a good Tennant I'd probably just shrug my shoulders and go hey, that's life. You have got all your ducks in a row before you consider chasing any money? Appropriate notice, deposit in a protected scheme and so on? If not, you'd be very much advised to just walk away and hope that they don't pursue you for much more than a chipped work surface...

ProDave

I just buy sliced bread.

Seriously, when I was an apprentice, a guy at work had a new kitchen fitted.  A week later he was outraged that the bread knife had marked his new kitchen worktop.  Even than I thought "why don't you use a breadboard"?

Some people just lack common sense.

ANGLICANPAT

Yep,  Im reassured  Im right to leave it be and be grateful thanks.  May look at the wraps  .   Im  a bit  fussy  about my own  kitchen surfaces ,  wouldnt dream of using a knife  straight on them , or even a pan straight off the heat , so  its a shock what others do . Deposit and paperwork etc fine, so no worries there , but Ill just stay  quiet I  think .Thank you . 

Slithery

Just put in your next tenancy agreement that only sliced bread is allowed in the property.

badger09

Slithery said:

Just put in your next tenancy agreement that only sliced bread is allowed in the property.

And absolutely no carrots, tomatoes, beetroot, avocado, raw meat, raw chicken etc etc are to be chopped 

Or, you could supply a couple of these & hope they take the hint
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-glass-marble-effect-worktop-saver/p/0510020

getmore4less

badger09 said:

Slithery said:

Just put in your next tenancy agreement that only sliced bread is allowed in the property.

And absolutely no carrots, tomatoes, beetroot, avocado, raw meat, raw chicken etc etc are to be chopped 

Or, you could supply a couple of these & hope they take the hint
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-glass-marble-effect-worktop-saver/p/0510020

Alright for putting things on but they will destroy knives.

Stick to wood or plastic, the latter can go in dishwasher which make them more practical

BikingBud

lesalanos said:

How much will it cost to replace? 

I do not think that you would not be able to claim the full price, allow for wear & tear

It's probably not worth claiming anything from the deposit for me 

What wear and tear, there is deliberate and avoidable damage.

People claim for properties that are dirty why not for avoidable damage.

I would push for retention to enable restoration and let the deposit scheme work it out.