Kitchen wrapping landlord share the cost?

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Been renting for 7 years terrace house resonable state of repair. Over the last year ive repainted all downstairs ealls
Bathroom and stairs and landing. All in the same original colour and just to freshen up. Ive also stained all fences, small shed and small area of.decking in back garden. I also power wash all pavement slabs front and back. I think ive done more than enough to ensure the house is neat and tidy. I can not stand the kitchen one bit horrible lemon coloured walls and red units. I have had a quote for vinyl wrapping £400 for gallery style.kitchen. i would love the bice grey sleek look thats cutrently in fashion. Heres the AIBU. My DH thinks it would be rude to ask landlord to pay half. Im of the thinking that it would benefit us and them and if you dont ask you dont get. I appreciate its not work that NEEDS doing. But if i offered half then maybe they might be persuaded? Am i being a C.F. for even thinking of asking? First world problem i know!!

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I’m a landlord and I would pay half. They can only say no and you’ll have to ask permission anyway. Nothing to lose!

There’s no harm in asking but I doubt your landlord will go half’s

I think you’d be reasonable to ask but they would also be reasonable to say no; you knew it was like that when you moved in. If you went ahead without their permission or after they asked you not to do it they could claim against your deposit

Oh yes i would ask. Having said that i nevet asked when i painted. Altho i stuck to the orginal colours so they shouldn't complain

Definitely worth asking. You would need to ask permission so before telling them that you have booked someone just raise the question with them..... would they be interested in going halves on having the cupboards professionally wrapped.

I don’t agree there’s much benefit to them. Unless you’re moving out and the kitchen is so hideous no new tenants would take it, it’s just a cost. No harm in asking. I would point out that you’ve done a load of maintenance at your own expense (provided you’re happy it’s to a good enough standard).

Also has anybody had their kitchen wrapped? And would recommend?

Haven't had it wrapped but the one we have seems to have a wrap on it already, (was here when we bought the house) can tell as it peels off where the kettle and toaster sit below the doors and is puckered.

If the doors are reasonable, could you use special kitchen cupboard paint? Needs very small foam rollers to apply.

I don’t know what this thing is, kitchen wrapping. I am not sure I’d be keen as LL, that would depend on a) what wrapping actually is and b) my plans for the kitchen and the property

Dontcallmeshitley yes thats a worry that all heat from the kettle oven etc would damage it

Don’t do vinyl wrap... it’s not suited to areas of heat, steam or moisture and blisters very easily. You’re not supposed to get it wet, so how can you keep it clean. It can also cause significant damage to the original surfaces.

I don't understand why you would do this if you are renting? You're paying to improve someone else's property.

@violetbunny because the OP wants to live in a house which is appealing to her. It's not really any different to buying a new piece of furniture or pictures for the wall.

I agree with the "money for someone else's house" when people want to build extensions or put in whole new kitchens, spending thousands, but this is only a few hundred and if it will make the OP happier in her home then it's not an unreasonable thing to do.

OP you dont have anything to lose by asking but I don't think they will accept - it doesnt add value to the house and doesnt need doing so they aren't obliged to contribute.

We had new kitchen doors etc last year and one end panel wrapped. It was on the boiler cupboard. It warped and puckered. Do not do by heat

I rent a small flat. You sound like a great tenant and I would have no problem with the concept of paying half (I was delighted to pay for paint before for a tenant - my only stipulations were that it was a reasonably neutral colour and they were very careful not to get it on the carpet - I also offered to pay for dust sheets).

I would have a few concerns about vinyl wrap just because I don’t know how long it lasts. If you could paint the kitchen walls a different colour would that make you happier?
Honestly, if you've been there 7 years and I thought you may stay for many years more I may agree to it anyway (and happily pay half - that bit is not the issue).

If you vinyl wrapped without asking I’d be miffed!

I suggest asking landlord for the full cost of a professional to paint doors/carcasses with kitchen cupboard paint. Remind him that kitchen cupboards have a life span and this will extend that life and appeal to future tenants. Confirming that you are planning to stay, but would like to improve the dated kitchen.

We looked at vinyl wrapping for our kitchen but discounted it for the reasons up thread.

We painted our cupboards - use an oil based paint as it's more durable and a mini roller as it gives a much better finish.

Does vinyl wrapping also colour fade in the sun?

I wouldn't paint or wrap kitchen doors. Look into having the doors changed instead, get a quote (or a few quotes) and see if the ll will go halves for that.

My old landlord used to pay half for new carpets. I always paid for cosmetic stuff like paint etc. But anything structural he did.

I’m a landlord. I would refuse to let you do this because wrapping only has a shelf life of three or four years before it starts peeling and then the kitchen looks 10 times worse. I would consider going halves on professionally painted cupboards provided the doors were suitable and could be repainted in the future. I wouldn’t let you paint them grey unless I was planning to replace the kitchen in a few years. As you said, it’s very fashionable at the moment and I think it has already peaked. Facebook group DIY on a budget, for example, is full of pages of grey decor and they all look like waiting rooms for the dead. I would be happy with white, I think, but I’d be thinking about something that will remain attractive to future tenants and won’t impact on the value of the property. Anything that looks a bit too ‘DIY to make something look better on the cheap’ wouldn’t work for me. No harm in asking though - you never know.

I've rented a lot over the years and I don't think this is something most landlords I know would pay for. From a landlord perspective there is nothing wrong with the kitchen, it's just your preference. That's what happens with renting.

I wouldn’t want vinyl wrapping done in my kitchen- as others have said not great on areas around kettle/toaster/cooker and can blister and peel. They can also damage the underlying doors so not easy to remove and go back to the original. Could you look at painting the doors/walls and asking LL to contribute to that?

That said, perhaps your LL would be ok with that risk, so I don’t think you’d be unreasonable to ask, as long as you accept if they say no to the vinyl wrapping, or yes but only if you pay for it. TBH I don’t think I would agree to pay for work for tenants’ aesthetic preferences unless the kitchen needed doing (which you say it doesn’t) or it was so awful that it would make difficult to let if you left (in which case I would have addressed that issue before letting it). Especially given the fact that you took the property on in it’s current state. Though your LL might be happy to look at options because you sound like a good tenant.

Worth asking. My landlord would be totally up for this.

I'm a landlord and our tenants are supposed to ask before they change any decor. We always say yes, but we wouldn't agree to wrapping the kitchen for the reasons given above. However we'd probably discuss painting or replacing the cupboard doors as an alternative. Over the years we've met the cost of quite a lot of decorating materials and the tenants have happily done the work, so all happy.