To ask landlord for new fridge

[starkadder]

Ok, this is very boring, but anyway...

The shelf in the door of our fridge has broken off. The one where you put milk etc. the actual little nodules that it fits over (iykwim) have snapped off so I think it would not be easy to fix.

Otherwise fridge is fine - it's a fridge freezer actually - except inside light has never worked.

We rent so it's out landlord's fridge; not ours.

WIBU to ask him to get us a new one? Seems a bit silly when it does actually work. But.... It's kind of annoying not being able to put stuff in the door. There are 5 of us and it's a struggle to fit everything in there anyway after a big shop.

People aren't reading again! It isn't the shelf which is broken. It is a plastic molding that is part of the entire plastic unit which sits on the inside of the door. It isn't replaceable.

People are reading TheDetective. They are just simply applying the same common sense that would apply to such a breakage in their own home, which wouldn't usually warrant the purchase of an entire new fridge due to a broken shelf, but some other more practical solution.

But in your own home, you don't usually have an agreement with someone to replace stuff that wears out, do you? And depending on the state of this fridge, the OP might.

No, you still aren't reading it correctly. I'd attach a picture of my own fridge to show you if I could (can I?!).

The shelf isn't broken.

The plastic molding is broken. The plastic molding is one giant piece which forms the fridge door. There for it is not replaceable.

Sorry for coming back late! Thanks Detective - that is exactly the issue! It is a relief you understand what I mean

Will look and see if can fix it higher up :)

Some people seem to think that I am demanding a new fridge - I'm not!! Fridges are not something I care about that much and a fixed fridge would be just as good as a new one. But I do think it is the LL's responsibility to sort this out; we haven't been violent (!) with the fridge and is clearly quite old. The light issue actually isn't the bulb because it sometimes comes on and sometimes not - it must be a loose connection (don't really care about it enough to investigate further).

We don't buy 3l bottles but probably do sometimes have 4+l in the door (2 x 2l, maybe also some juice). But I've not heard of that being an issue before - shouldn't fridges have stickers on them saying "don't put more than 2kg weight on this shelf" if that's the case?

For what it's worth, I probably would end up just buying a new one if it were mine - if I couldn't fix it - because it is really annoying having to use the rest of the fridge for milk.

Ps I am also a landlord myself so am not up for being a takes-the-piss style tenant.

Was the fridge new when you mived in? If not that's 3-4 years wear and tear and totally reasonable to ask for a fix.