We've recently moved out of a rental property which had a tarmac driveway, big enough to park one car on. In the last month we lived there our car had a major oil leak, which stained an area approximately one metre square. We tried cleaning it off, but found the oil had softened that area of tarmac so bits of it were coming away.
We showed this to our landlord when we left and said we would of course pay to get it repaired, so we got some builders round to give us a quote. It would cost £150 to dig up that area and put down new tarmac.
The landlord isn't happy with this as the repaired bit will look a different colour than the rest (new black tarmac against older gray tarmac) and wants us to pay to resurface the lot, which will cost £475.
AIBU to only pay to repair the bit we damaged? If it was only a little bit more I'd think sod it and pay up, but an extra few hundred? I can see his point, as it will look a bit weird to have one darker patch, but it's only a driveway & his car (he's moved back into the house) will be on it for most of the time. I also wonder if he's not that bothered about the colour difference, and just sees this as a good way to get a new driveway.
I suspect we won't be able to reach an agreement, and it'll go to the Deposit Holding Company (or whatever they're called) to decide, but was interested to see what you all thought?
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To only pay to repair part of the driveway we damaged
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WillSingForCake · 27/09/2012 13:19
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