AIBU to want payment for fitted items left in my rental?

We had this in a rental once.

The previous tenants had put fitted wardrobes in each bedroom.

The estate agent said they wanted £700. We told them no, we weren’t paying. I thought it was really, really odd that the landlord let them tell the estate agent that.

In the end, they dropped it. We told the agent to tell the landlord that we would not be paying for anything previous tenants had fitted. I honestly doubt anyone else would have either.

if anyone was to pay for them, surely it would be the landlord? We were only planning on staying for a year.

Agree!

Me too!!!

Where was the loo?!

No you can't be paid. You can uninstall them and take them away and make good any damage and put back the things you replaced. You've no come back here imho.

Confused about the additional loo. Where did you put it? Hope it wasn't in the corner of the living room.

Installing a new toilet in a room with no existing plumbing is a major job- the new soil pipe would need connecting, new hot and cold water feeds- knocking through walls, making good afterwards- it is not something someone does in a rented property.

You’re lucky the landlord isn’t charging you or deducting money from your security deposit for the cost of removing said items!
why on earth would you install another toilet in a rental property?
Why would you put fitted wardrobes in and then expect a future tenant to pay something for them? Remove your items or just leave them behind!!!

You are being very unreasonable. Most places that are rented say the layout has to be left in the same position it was found in unless by prior agreement by the landlord and then its at your own expense.

If you decided to do work in a rented place, you do so in the full knowledge its at your loss when you leave and just be grateful you haven't been made to go to the expense of having to remove it and making good the damage,

Its nothing to do with the landlord unless he wants to charge you for the inconvenience.

That seems unnecessarily wasteful. I had same scenario and I just left for free. I hate the thought of perfectly good things being dumped.

if im renting a property, why would I want to pay for fixtures that when I leave im not going to take with me? I didn't choose these items and probably don't want them

If you have them side by side you can have a chat with someone while you go.

Eh? This must be a reverse. I’ve rented most of my adult life and I’ve generally made places nicer for my own benefit but in full knowledge that no one is likely to pay me for it when I leave. Why would either new tenant or landlord pay you for these things?

lol @Butchyrestingface we need the emoji back

You are being ridiculous. Not that sensible to pay for fitted things when renting. Did the landlord even agree to an extra toilet etc.

I left a dishwasher and a fridge freezer in my last rental. It was easier than selling and my landlord was nice. I never considered asking the new tenants to pay for them!

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You should have removed it!

I fitted some made to measure blinds and curtains in the downstairs of a rental house once for £1k (with landlord’s permission). Her “curtains” were see through voile nets and it was a cold house!!

When we moved out 12 months later (when our building works were done), I asked both the landlord and new tenants if they wanted to buy them for something small like £200. They both said no, but that I was welcome to leave them up 😂 So I got a handyman to remove them and the decorator to patch it up.

When I collected post from the house a couple of weeks later, the tenants asked if I still had the blinds. Nope, I’d already taken them to the dump! The landlord was a pain in the arse and had penny pinched the whole time, no way was I leaving anything for free!

This. Why should the new tenants pay for things you installed.

I’m a landlord and your request is beyond bizarre. If you didn’t want to leave the items, you should have taken them with you and made good. The landlord isn’t likely to pay you for them either. They may have coughed up had you said you were taking everything with you, as this would have been problematic for the next tenant - presuming the property was let before you left.

I think the landlord is being incredibly polite in not simply telling you that you need to arrange for the property to be put back into its original condition prior to your unagreed installation of these items lest you forgo your deposit.

If you haven't understood that that is the subtext...well... that's the subtext.

If anything, the landlord should be charging YOU for their removal.

Either take them with you and put right all the holes etc left behind, or leave them there. You're being absolutely ridiculous.

This is ragebait, tight?

The tenants are under absolutely no obligation to buy your stuff. You should have taken it out when you left and put the place back to how it was when you moved in.
You cant choose not to take stuff and expect the next tenants to fork out

At most, you should have asked the landlord if they wanted to buy it.

I expect you'll find that anything you leave behind when you move out is legally abandoned and you arent owed squat.

If the landlord gave permission for OP to do these things at her expense then why would he need to pay? Her choice and her cost. Curtain rails aren’t even an improvement, they are bog standard thing that many renters bring with them anyway

You are such a CF Op. You made changes to the landlords house and want to CHARGE for that rather than removing them and putting it back to how it was, as you are supposed to do in any tenancy. Put things back to how they were or be greatful if the landlord doesn’t take the money from your deposit to do so instead.