A bit of background: me, dp and dd (18 months) rent a two bed house, when we moved in it needed a lot doing, so we painted and wallpapered and made it look nice and liveable.
The laminate floors downstairs were shredded and the carpets upstairs were torn up at the edges. When we were in the process of signing, I asked if these could be replaced when we moved. The agency asked the landlord, and he said maybe when he had a few month's rent in, as the property had been vacant, so he needed a bit of cashflow to do it. Fair enough, I thought.
(He also had booked in the trees to get felled though, but we asked to leave them, so he saved a bit of cash there!)
We've been here a year now and have replaced the laminate like for like out of our own pocket, as the baby was crawling all over the broken edges. It's time to renew the contract and I asked for the carpets to be replaced. Landlord asked if we would go halfies. We said no as we've done the laminate. He said would we pay for the fitting?
He had someone out to get a carpet quote and the guy said he's been here a few years ago to re-stretch the carpets as they were starting to tear at the edges even then!
I would really like to tell him to do one!
We're saving for a house deposit and living in a draughty house with single paned wooden windows and no loft insulation so its freezing in the winter.
Is he obliged to replace the carpets? Or amibu to tell him to sod off?
(Apologies for spelling- posting on mobile and I'll post a pic of the carpet tears once I'm home)