AIBU To not pay for this charge in rental house

[alwaysfancywine]

Am renting a house short term while our new one is being renovated. Dishwasher not been great since we moved in in Feb. Got fed up with it by April and asked the letting agent to arrange for an engineer to come and fix it. There were lots of emails back and forth - mainly me chasing and her saying she needed to check with the landlord and get the OK from him etc. Eventually and engineer comes and fixes it - works beautifully and very happy. I've just received an invoice from the letting agent saying that I have to pay for it! I never thought in a million years that it would be our responsibly for general wear and tear and also her 'checking with the landlord' very much suggests that he is covering the cost, no? I called her to explain that I don't think we should pay and she was very bolshy and said its our reponsibility. Even though the engineers report sites lime scale buildup as the main cause. We move out in a week so there's no way I'd have got it serviced if I was aware of have to pay. Am I BU? How shall I word a response to let her know that we are not paying? (That is if you think we are not BU!). Thanks all

You could have scanned through it and found the relevant clause in the time it has taken you to post on this thread! It is the most relevant information.

To be honest, I can't be arsed to read it - it's sooooo long!!

Seriously??

To be honest, I can't be arsed to read it - it's sooooo long!!

You signed without reading. Total idiot. Always check tenancy agreements or anything else you sign!

You don't want this to happen to you!
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There is no way you could have created that much limescale build up anyway. I'm really surprised at the letting agent. Are you on a Standard Tenancy Agreement?

What does the engineer's report actually say? 'Main cause' implies there was some other cause that was perhaps your fault.

You have a good case to not pay for the repairs but that's not a great email.

Ideally you should have just made the points that:

a) The limescale damage was already present in the machine when you moved into the property in February. If they have any evidence to the contrary, such as a service report from the time you moved in, they should make this available to you.

b) It is the landlord's responsibility to maintain white goods supplied with the property as stipulated in clause XX of the tenancy agreement (assuming it is - but check!)

c) The repairs were instructed by the landlord/agent and therefore the contract for the work is between them and the contractor.

Most agents send you an electronic version of the contract as well as the paper version you sign - open it up, press CTRL + F and search for 'repair' if you can't be bothered to read the whole legally-binding document you have signed thing.

The tenancy agreement is not necessarily legally binding (at least not in its entirety). It needs to be comply with the Unfair Contract Terms rules.