Living in a rental /heavy furniture and small DC

[TuvoknotSpock]

Hello all
If you live in a rented house (and can't screw furniture to the walls) how do you keep small DC safe with regards to wardrobes etc? I presume don't let them play in their room alone until 4 ish?

I have a keen climber and am wondering what other people do!!
Thanks

I think you screw the furniture to the walls and then use polyfilla when you move out. I wouldn’t want to risk it.

Ah ok thanks Jackie!

We screw to the walls and make new when we move out.

We screwed some stuff to the walls and filled in the holes afterwards.
We also had some heavy drawers, which we put weights on top so they couldn't tip.

We had a wardrobe fall on my then 6 year old. Thankfully no harm done. We'd just moved and hadn't secured it yet. Furniture is all attached to walls now and well fill holes when moving. I'd sooner risk the deposit than have another item fall - it isn't half scary!

Thank you all, looks like that is the way forward.

I've got all fitted atm/use plastic small drawers so this will be a new thing to sort!

Definitely screw into the walls and fill with white toothpaste before you leave. Unless you contract explicitly states you aren't allowed to? In which case id query it.

We had a bookcase topple just after we moved and hadn’t yet fixed. Fortunately there was a wall in the way.

As one of those evil bastard landlord types, I don't think it is reasonable not to expect tenants to put up pictures or make holes in the walls for other reasons commensurate with living in the place. Just make good when you leave.

Basic understanding of the deposit rules will make it clear that it won't be an issue.

BTW check for blind cords too.

Always screw to the walls if tall and heavy eg book cases. Lived in an earthquake zone!

Thank you all!
I won't put up pictures and use pressure gates etc so hopefully will be ok to make a couple of holes.

Another greedy bastard evil landlord here.
I’d much rather you drilled into the walls than had an incident with your DC.
We tend to repaint between tenants so it’s no skin off our nose

Any other baby proofing tips that are ideal for rentals ?

(Will check the blind cords thank you @murbblurb)

Don't use pressure gates at top of stairs... They can pop off if someone leans on them, plus have a bar at the bottom.

Use a mat under the table if your table/highchair is on carpet to protect the carpet.

Magic sponges on walls if they leave mucky handprints

We’ve got an offcut of Lino under when the children sit at the table as it’s on carpet. I just pop it out at meal times.
I do get the carpet cleaned annually anyway but DD is weaning and loves to throw...

The other one for all houses in the UK is NO socket protectors. They make sockets unsafe.

Unless you are in a housing association property, there should be a full electrical condition check as well as all the other legals.

Thank you!

IKEA do floor protectors for office chairs. Useful for under the table and if you need to wheel a buggy indoors.