To expect maintenance on a house I’ve rented for 7 years?

[Finallybroody]

I’ve had one inspection in 7.5 years of living in my private rental, which happened a year after I moved in. If I have informed my landlord of any problems or issues they have been resolved and the said item patched up or repaired. However there has been no ‘general maintenance’ or checking over of the house the whole time I’ve lived here. The bathroom and kitchen are very old and tired after things have gone wrong then been patched up along the years, it badly needs redecorating, the carpets are tatty, the boiler is outdated and inefficient - the list goes on. Yet again this morning I’m having to get in touch with my landlord because something has broken which now inconveniences me. However if it had all been checked over regularly and problems spotted this could have been avoided. I feel like when I move out (which is hopefully fairly soon) a lot of money will need to be spent to make it marketable again. Why don’t some landlords appear to want to maintain their investment? If I was a landlord I’d want to do regular checkups on the place to avoid bigger bills further down the line, or months of no rent because I’m having to refurb the whole place.

AIBU? Is this normal landlord behaviour?

Other tenants come on here to complain that their right to privacy is being invaded because the landlord wants to redecorate/ replace things "and it's my home" so maybe your landlord is wary of that. If you want it redecorated, talk to your landlord or ask if you can do it yourself. Has your rent gone up every year?

And this is why there's shows like 'nightmare tenants, slum landlords.'

My last landlord/agency was quite excessive and did 6 monthly checks, but it was in a rough area and the flat was a dump so I expect they've had issues in the past. If I was a landlord I'd rather check over more frequently, and I didn't mind too much as a tenant because at least I could raise things.

Most owners do not put the cheapest carpets possible in their own homes!!

I’ve never met a landlord (non accidental) who hasn’t deliberately put in the cheapest possible carpet

It's normal in my experience too.

One of the reasons I brought my own house instead of renting. Because landlords don't care about their tenants, they only care about money