My mum has just moved out of a rented house she was in for 7 years. It's an old townhouse and was a little worse for wear when we moved in but we took it because it was cheap enough rent. Now she's moved out the landlord has demanded she pay for the carpet in what was my room to be replaced because of two small black dot stains. They're not deliberate or anything disgusting, they're from an old yahama keyboard being kept under my bed for years that had sticky bits on the bottom to attach to a stand. I've suggested that it may be cheaper to get the carpet cleaned professionally but she is stuck on what to do. She's obviously tight on money at the moment due to moving. He has kept her £700 deposit but still insists she pays. Surely the deposit will cover the costs?
The landlord never responded to our requests to get things repaired over the years. Kitchen drawer handles broken, bathroom door that would often get stuck leaving someone trapped, disgusting mould and damp in a lot of the rooms, plaster peeling off the walls, the utility room extension roof falling in and leaking when it rained.
AIBU to think she shouldn't have to replace the entire carpet (including stairs because it's a loft conversion) just because of two micro stains? Especially when the landlord never solved anything for us whilst we were there, to the point of us living in somewhere that should have been inhabitable.