Tenants have damaged kitchen cupboard and admitted fault but not paying?

Hoenir

What's the breakdown of the £400 charge ? 

chanz4

£400 for 1 door, should be around 85 max plus fitting 

theartfullodger

Mr.Generous said:

theartfullodger said:

If tenants stay for 20 years, who cares.

When they leave see if you have a case

Maybe the fact the landlord has already paid for the repair is why he cares. If they left it without a cupboard door for the 20 years they stayed he wouldn't care, but they reported it, got a quote for the repair they agreed to and then went silent. Get real, anyone would be annoyed.

He's created a load of unnecessary work for himself.  Hey, free country!

FreeBear

chanz4 said:

£400 for 1 door, should be around 85 max plus fitting 

A bespoke custom door could quite easily be £400 or more. A cheap Howdens unit with vinyl wrap door, yes £85 would be about right.

Either way, the tenant accepted the quote, and I'd be annoyed if he/she failed to cough up the money in a timely fashion.

Cuticuraser

Hoenir said:

What's the breakdown of the £400 charge ? 

They have had to remove a whole strip (about 10cm wide by a meter high) of solid wood and replace it with a new custom fit piece. The cupboard door had a glass middle which probably made it slightly more complicated. This also involved collection and delivery with fitting and new hinges

Cuticuraser

FreeBear said:

chanz4 said:

£400 for 1 door, should be around 85 max plus fitting 

A bespoke custom door could quite easily be £400 or more. A cheap Howdens unit with vinyl wrap door, yes £85 would be about right.

Either way, the tenant accepted the quote, and I'd be annoyed if he/she failed to cough up the money in a timely fashion.

Yes, my cupboard door is solid wood, not the cheap rubbish from Howdens, which I assume will be MDF with vinyl wrap. Also, I live in London, so labour rates are slightly more

Cloysterpete

Cuticuraser said:

pramsay13 said:

How much was the repair? If they were expecting a small bill and it's quite large they have maybe had second thoughts.
Easiest way would be waiting and deducting from the deposit using the evidence you have if challenged.

Can I also deduct my time in getting a quote? It wasn't so straight forward, I had to call a few carpenters as the kitchen cupboards were made from solid wood.

God almighty, I really wouldn’t want to be your tenant if this is your kind of thinking. It’s no wonder so many landlords get a bad rep. My Dad rents out property, he has done for the last forty years, when something like this arises if the tenant is honest about the situation and they’ve always looked after the place and paid rent on time then he'll just eat the cost of any accidental damage.

Cuticuraser

Cloysterpete said:

Cuticuraser said:

pramsay13 said:

How much was the repair? If they were expecting a small bill and it's quite large they have maybe had second thoughts.
Easiest way would be waiting and deducting from the deposit using the evidence you have if challenged.

Can I also deduct my time in getting a quote? It wasn't so straight forward, I had to call a few carpenters as the kitchen cupboards were made from solid wood.

God almighty, I really wouldn’t want to be your tenant if this is your kind of thinking. It’s no wonder so many landlords get a bad rep. My Dad rents out property, he has done for the last forty years, when something like this arises if the tenant is honest about the situation and they’ve always looked after the place and paid rent on time then he'll just eat the cost of any accidental damage.

Well the tenants are now purposely avoiding my emails and don't to want to pay so what do you expect me to do? They have only been at my propery for a year or so. If they had stayed for years and we had built a level of trust I will be more forgiving.

And a kitchen cupboard doesn't just break the way it did. Someone must have purposely hung of it for that to happen.

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Cuticuraser said:

Cloysterpete said:

Cuticuraser said:

pramsay13 said:

How much was the repair? If they were expecting a small bill and it's quite large they have maybe had second thoughts.
Easiest way would be waiting and deducting from the deposit using the evidence you have if challenged.

Can I also deduct my time in getting a quote? It wasn't so straight forward, I had to call a few carpenters as the kitchen cupboards were made from solid wood.

God almighty, I really wouldn’t want to be your tenant if this is your kind of thinking. It’s no wonder so many landlords get a bad rep. My Dad rents out property, he has done for the last forty years, when something like this arises if the tenant is honest about the situation and they’ve always looked after the place and paid rent on time then he'll just eat the cost of any accidental damage.

Well the tenants are now purposely avoiding my emails and don't to want to pay so what do you expect me to do? They have only been at my propery for a year or so. If they had stayed for years and we had built a level of trust I will be more forgiving.

And a kitchen cupboard doesn't just break the way it did. Someone must have purposely hung of it for that to happen.

It's not right that they don't pay up and don't respond. Plan B. Content yourself with making a deduction from the deposit at end of tenancy. And always put up the rent to fair market value. Inspect the property from time to time with tenants permission to observe other damage might be a good idea.

bobster2

Cuticuraser said:

pramsay13 said:

How much was the repair? If they were expecting a small bill and it's quite large they have maybe had second thoughts.
Easiest way would be waiting and deducting from the deposit using the evidence you have if challenged.

Can I also deduct my time in getting a quote? It wasn't so straight forward, I had to call a few carpenters as the kitchen cupboards were made from solid wood.

Don't forget to add the time spent getting advice here on this forum!