Nappies in the bin

[stubbornhubby]

I rent out a holiday house.

Last weekend our tenants left soiled, unbagged nappies in the wastepaper bin in a bedroom

I think that is an unpleasant task for our housekeeper to clean up. .. you wouldn't do that if staying with friends

AIBU to make a charge against the damage deposit - (and give it to our housekeeper)

If that's reasonable in principle .. how much ?

(The house rental conditions do say that we can levy a charge if the house is left in bad condition)

Unpleasant behaviour but I don’t think you can claim for rubbish being in a bin.

If you feel the cleaner deserves a bonus, pay her one!

Was the bin lined? I dont think its such a big deal.

You can't charge for that! Fair enough if the contents were spread around the room but not for being in the bin. Do you have liners for the bins?

Where would you have liked them to put them?

If the answer is different to in the bin, consider including it on booking information and signage in the accommodation.

I would be very cross having a deduction from a damage deposit for putting rubbish in a bin. It’s for damages and nothing is broken.

I’m pretty sure the house keeper cleans the toilet. And to me that’s worse than fishing out a pissy nappy from a bin.

Make it terms of the rental that all bins needed to be emptied before they leave, it's a common ask

It's not very nice but there was no damage so I don't see how you can withhold money, after all the bin was always going to have to be emptied.

Putting nappies in a bin isn't 'damage'!

Was the nappy wrapped in on itself or did poo get on the bin which then needed to be cleaned.
If the former yabu- no charge
If the latter I would possibly charge for replacement of the bin.
It's a bit disgusting- particularly if the property wasn't going to be cleaned immediately, but not that awful.
OTOH, if you say in your contract that all rubbish is to be taken out at the end of the stag then you could charge in both circumstances.

Hardly constitutes damage. If that's the worst thing your cleaner has had to deal with they are very lucky.

Just needs the bin tipping up into a bag. It's the the best but hardly means the house was in a poor condition YABVVU

But they didn't damage anything, and leaving a nappy in a bin isn't leaving the house in a bad condition.

Not ideal leaving them in a waste paper bin, I'd have put them in the normal kitchen bin, but it's not like they left them strewn all over the floor or anything like that. I'm sure your cleaner has dealt with worse in her time.

I think that is an unpleasant task for our housekeeper to clean up. .. you wouldn't do that if staying with friends

Actually, I know someone who did exactly this (not envy).

It’s fucking grim and yanbu to think so. I would never put poo nappies in anyone else’s bin. I don’t even put them in ours! But I don’t really think a charge is reasonable. How exactly are you out of pocket? Different if you needed to get in a cleaner to do a deep clean of the whole place.

Grim.

Agree with advice of the first post.

damage is the key word in damage deposit. YABU.
As PPs have stated mention you require nappies to be bagged and discarded etc. The bin surely should be lined anyway?

I wouldn't leave nappies in a bedroom bin anywhere though, no one needs that smell in a bedroom. Outdoor bin or kitchen bin emptied daily.

The holiday let we stayed in this summer had a very specific set of instructions for nappy disposal (which we followed).
If you didn't have this or something that required them to empty all bins before they leave and they disposed of it in a bin rather than leaving it on a floor then live and learn.
You will need to be explicit in future.
If you did have instructions and they weren't followed you can deduct BUT it has to be proportional. Hard to see that much harm was caused so it would be hard to argue that you could deduct much.

We use washable mostly but the odd disposable goes in the bathroom bin. Not lin a bag but I wrap it round itself and the bin is lined. Emptied weekly, not daily! Bins are for rubbish, I don't think you can charge.

You would be massively unreasonable to charge someone for leaving rubbish in a bin. FFS

But how much would you charge or take from the deposit for this?

It’s grim. I’d throw out the entire bin to avoid having to clean it and charge them for a new one.

They should have bagged them and taken them out to the bin, but I don't think you can charge as nothing is actually damaged.

Its unpleasant but they haven't damaged anything.

How would you justify charging extra?

Nobody even has to touch them, just tip the bin upside down into a bin bag!

Very unpleasant, the least the tenants could have done was seal them up in bags.

I just wouldn't have them back again and state the reason. I don't honestly think you can do much else.

I don’t think you can charge for damages, they put rubbish in a bin!
It is a bit grim though. We stayed at a hotel this weekend and I made sure I bagged up all our rubbish, including nappies, and left them all tied up by the bin to be chucked.