Fair Wear and Tear and Right to Attend Inspection

You can get 2nd hand glass bathroom cabinets off facebook selling groups for £5-£10 so I wouldn't accept them taking anymore than that for the cabinet.

sputnik1957 wrote: »

It does because the onus is then on the LA/Landlord to prove condition when the tenant vacated. While it may not be mandated the tenant wasn't at inspection if it comes to ADR is worth saying "tenant was not invited to the checkout inspection"

Why is that worth saying? No part of the ADR decision would change based on whether the tenant was at the inspection because:
1) The LL isn't required to invite the tenant, so has done nothing wrong by not inviting.
2) The checkout inspection report documents the condition of the property at the end of the tenancy. If the tenant disputes the condition, there would usually need to be photographic proof, the tenant being present to 'agree' the description of condition is irrelevant
3) As the checkout was after the end of the tenancy, the tenant has no right to access the property to rectify any issues anyway, only to pay the costs.

Regarding the actual damages,
Broken mirror- did you report the damage in writing to the address for servign notices? Take it to ADR, but that sounds debatable whether it could have been avoided / minimised by you, in which case you'd be partly liable for the cost.
Carpet cleaning- Did you pay the carpet cleaner? Provide the paid receipt or invoice+payment confo as proof the carpet was cleaned. This should be sufficient to refute their claims in the absence of your pictures.
Other damages- Compare the check in report / your initial pictures with check out report / your leaving pictures.