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I am a tenant who has been in the same privately rented property for 4 years. We are now moving into a larger more expensive rented property that belongs to the same landlord. The landlord has his properties managed through a letting agent. I have a 1 year old a 2 year old and a 5 year old. The carpets were new when I moved in, they are the cheap low pile cream carpets. They are badly stained from the kids and also all the edges are frayed. So upon inspection by the letting agent they informed I would have to have the carpets replaced, I said the carpets were cheap low pile and the fraying is wear and tear however I was prepared to have them professionally cleaned at my cost including stain removal. They then went onto say I would also need to repaint the whole house we have never decorated so they the cream walls we moved in with. I had already arranged an end of tenancy clean through a company and one of their instructions from me was to wipe the walls and wash all bannisters ect, the agent said no it was up to me to leave the property exactly the way I let it, I said about wear and tear and she yes but that’s only if you have been in the property 5 years (I Am a couple months outside of that) we have been good clean tenants, never broken anything ,never missed a months rent or been late in four years. We have installed paving and decking in his garden which was just one huge mess before we cleared it all and got the works done with his agreement at a cost to us. I feel this is harsh?? What do others think?
I am a tenant who has been in the same privately rented property for 4 years. We are now moving into a larger more expensive rented property that belongs to the same landlord. The landlord has his properties managed through a letting agent. I have a 1 year old a 2 year old and a 5 year old. The carpets were new when I moved in, they are the cheap low pile cream carpets. They are badly stained from the kids and also all the edges are frayed. So upon inspection by the letting agent they informed I would have to have the carpets replaced, I said the carpets were cheap low pile and the fraying is wear and tear however I was prepared to have them professionally cleaned at my cost including stain removal. They then went onto say I would also need to repaint the whole house we have never decorated so they the cream walls we moved in with. I had already arranged an end of tenancy clean through a company and one of their instructions from me was to wipe the walls and wash all bannisters ect, the agent said no it was up to me to leave the property exactly the way I let it, I said about wear and tear and she yes but that’s only if you have been in the property 5 years (I Am a couple months outside of that) we have been good clean tenants, never broken anything ,never missed a months rent or been late in four years. We have installed paving and decking in his garden which was just one huge mess before we cleared it all and got the works done with his agreement at a cost to us. I feel this is harsh?? What do others think?
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