Thought you all might enjoy some pics of the carpet my landlord is insisting I keep in storage

[CallieOp]

So he can relay when I leave. I’ve lived with this for 8 years. Finally had enough and scrimped and saved to pay for carpet to be laid.

He was fine with this until I told him carpet would be coming with me when I leave. Which is when he text to say I’m to store the old carpet in the loft so he can relay it when we leave.

It’s not even stuck down, about an inch away from all the walls and the kids constantly trip over the ages.

Just a bit of brevity in these delightful times 😬🤦‍♀️

I have replaced all of the carpets here. I want to enjoy living here, not live in squalor.

always good to have a massive photo session before move in and when move out as evidence. Original LL provided us with full photo documentation thankfully and I fought to have a 2 yr redec clause in the contract which I knew would never happen but also knew meant when they tried to pin wall paint wear and tear would mean no leg to stand on. I only wish I had replaced the £4 blinds they insisted on having professionally cleaned.....but I liturally got them from 800 deposit loss to 60 quid would have fought that but couldn't be arsed by that point.

sorry should say it transferred to an agency after 2 yrs and they were the arsey ones

My hall, stairs and landing carpet is awful, shiny and ancient, I believe it was once shag pile of a brownish hue. The fridge freezer is yellow, leaking and must have been stunning in 1985. The washing machine is terrible and uneconomical and hails from 1990. The heating system is shit and sounds like a small jet taking off.
I’m not saying anything as I just moved in pre covid and I don’t want to have to move again.

I once rented somewhere that had cigarette burns on the (manky) carpet. Pointed them out when I moved in and letting agent said oh yes, that was the last tenant, we’ve already charged him for a replacement.

“Oh,” I say, “you’re replacing it? When is that happening?” Puzzled look. Turns out they had zero intention of actually replacing it, but were very clear with me that if I caused any damage to the carpet I’d be paying for it too.

I wonder how many tenants had paid to replace that same carpet. It’s probably still there.

We had a cupboard with several old, used toilet brushes and toilet seats in. They went straight in the bin! 🤢 if needs be I’ll buy some new ones when we leave.

Urgh I used to have a similarly miserly landlady; the carpet on the stairs and landing were threadbare and the ancient front door had an inch gap even with a draught excluder brush thing at the bottom.

The oven was so old we actually discovered a hole in the bottom.

When we moved out she took deposit money to replace a wooden sleeper in the garden that we hadn't touched in the 7 years we lived there. Perhaps I should have kept it in the house to protect it from the elements 😂 Bonkers.

Moved out around 10 years ago; I occasionally drive past and see the same front door is still there. The stairs carpet most likely is too.

I had a tight landlord at one point too. 🙁 The runs on the floors hid the pieces of laminate missing, literal planks. He wouldn't let me get workmen in to fix (yes but at my own cost) so insisted on his, I lived with no toilet for 3 months in a hot summer, no shower for 5 months, no heating in a cold spell to the point I was hospitalised as it made one of my chronic conditions a lot worse. He wouldn't get someone until he came back from holidays (3 weeks), wouldn't fix the windows frames after an attempted break in.

Each time he was contacted about any of these, he tried to raise the rent. He wanted hb plus the same again as a top up. The best feeling was getting out of that house and getting into social housing.