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)

It’s not a breach of term or damage it’s a minor oversight
Not requiring a penalty or deduction,that’s too harsh

What if your bins aren't black, but green, like many are near where I live?

I think you need to get a grip OP. I mean that in a loving way.

I think you’re going to have to put this down to experience and tip your cleaner.
In future I would leave a roll of nappy sacks in the bathroom so that nappies & sanitary items can be disposed of more hygienically

Unclench. It’s rubbish. In the rubbish bin.

It's disgusting, but it also seems as if you need to bomb proof for the thoughtless.

If they left it opened and poo got on the bin then I'd say yes charge, if not don't and then update your rules to say 'all nappies, sanitary protection must be disposed of in the main rubbish bin (wheelie, trash cans whatever you have) before you leave.

Its a bin. Yabu and ott. Put instructions in your holiday cottage manual saying all bins should be emptied at end of stay. Complete none event.

unless there is actual damage to the bin here then of course you can’t deduct money. This is not leaving the house in a “bad condition” and it would be the work of moments for the cleaner to empty into a bin liner.

Frankly if this is the worst you face renting out the cottage then you’re doing bloody well.

Line all the bins.

Did your cleaner take issue with disposing of the nappies? I used to work as a housekeeper in a hotel, honestly dirty nappies were perfectly pleasent compared to some things I had to deal with and nappies in a bin would not phase me at all. Tip the bin out, crack a window open, job done!
If I was your housekeeper I would be a bit puzzled if you gave me part of their deposit, they have probably long forgotten about it.

Missed the bit about the bin being unlined, always line your bins!

A wickerwork waste paper bin in a bedroom should have a liner. All those snotty tissues if you have a cold! (I know that's stretching it, but possible) Wickerwork is highly absorbent. Sensible to protect it, especially in a holiday let. I'd go so far as to say if it picked up a stain it would be partly op's fault for not taking that precaution.

It was a bin. Your responsibility that you provided a bin that was unfit for purpose. If you charge them, they can easily contest it. You should change and line the bins!

It's not very pleasant but you really can't charge for it that would weird.
As a cleaner in my younger years I had to clean all sorts or of bins. Used condoms
Tampons, towels etc chucked in. Not jive but no one paid me extra for cleaning it up.

*nice, not jive

Your reaction is OTT. It’s rubbish in the bin. It’s not the end of the world.

I'm sorry but its utterly ridiculous to charge someone for putting rubbish in a bin.

No, its not great, and they should have put it in a bag, however its really not the end of the world!

Line your all bins in the holiday let next time just in case and move on I think.

Sorry but I do not think you cam charge for this. I assume your housekeeper put a bag over the bin and turned the bin upside down so the nappy dropped out of the bag.

You cannot charge as they didn't damage anything and you left no instructions.

From now on you need to give explicit instructions to your guests of where and how to dispose of used nappies and used sanitary products.

Precious
Ffs

If the bedroom is obviously one intended for a child (it's the one with a cot, or bunk beds, or children's designs on the wall, or even just single beds and the other room(s) is a double) .... anticipate this happening and swap your wicker bin for a plastic one with a liner. Or perhaps not even have a bin, so that the people staying have to carry the nappy out of the room and put into a suitable bin somewhere else.

You're being a bit of a fanny.

It's not damage, it's just a bit yucky. What about if a guest left an unwrapped used sanitary towel in the bin? Would you want money from the damages deposit for that?

It was really thoughtless of them to do that, but many people would do that at home, so probably didn’t give it a second thought.

I don’t think it’s fair to charge them for something you (or I) wouldn’t donitrsekves. At the end of the day, it’s rubbish in a bin and far from the worst thing a cleaner deals with.

Tip nappies into plastic sack, wash bin (you can wash wicker) it’s really not a big drama.