Tenant has changed carpet, door and curtains!!

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Member786488 · 16/11/2023 21:49

He’s leaving tomorrow as was served a s.21 in July, my daughter is moving in.

he’s just told me how much he’s ‘improved’ the flat - he’s put in a horrible cheap grey fluffy carpet over a lovely, hard wearing, (expensive) and neutral one, he’s put a couple of doors in because he ‘doesn’t like open plan’, and my (again, neutral) blinds and curtains have been replaced with dark red things.

his deposit is £860. I don’t want to have an uncomfortable conversation but I think I’m going to have to. What’s reasonable here?

I can’t believe he did all that without asking!

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kirinm · 27/01/2024 20:11

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 17/11/2023 00:00

Curtains/blinds - fine, as long as he has kept the originals in good condition.

Carpet - it might be to protect your one from the dog, so fine. It might be to hide a massive stain in the original. You need to find out what's underneath.

Doors - just weird. Do you mean that the door frames were there, and he just fixed doors to them? In that case, you're hopefully just looking at the cost of removing the fixings and making good. Or has he actually had alterations done?

If it was truly open plan, he would need walls and doors!

cupcakesarelife · 27/01/2024 22:05

Member786488 · 16/11/2023 22:27

I have a 16 page inventory on the 1-bed flat (which includes note about squashed spider inside front door frame?!)
it’s very specific!

he’s been a nightmare tbh, but he’s elderly and vulnerable and I’ve finally liaised with the local senior housing officer and waited for her to find him somewhere appropriate that will let him take his dog with him. He swears it’s a therapy dog - it’s not, but hey ho. I think people should have animals in their lives.

im hoping the new carpet is just on top of the old, will check tomorrow, but I don’t want random doors put on.

I haven’t had issues before, so please excuse my ignorance, how does the deposit scheme company decide an amount of ‘compensation’ if necessary? I thought he and I agreed an amount and I instructed agent to pay that back?

tbh I’m very tempted to write it off, but I think I’ll regret doing that in the long run, and I’m so cross with him…

That’s not how it works.
if he disagrees with you about the deposit it has to go through the tenancy deposit scheme. You both submit evidence. They usually look at what the contract says, and use the photos before and after to support it. If the contract doesn’t say he has to put the property back to original state then you have no leg to stand on. the scheme will decide what they believe is appropriate for this. Their decision is final. You cannot appeal. Neither can he. They are impartial and dont make decisions based on emotions and feelings.

i cant say if he did the wrong thing. It depends on your contract.

AirlineIssues · 28/01/2024 11:34

kirinm · 27/01/2024 20:11

If it was truly open plan, he would need walls and doors!

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Why??

If you rent an open plan flat, you do so with the knowledge it’s open plan. There is no ‘need’ to add doors and walls.

friendlycat · 29/01/2024 00:26

For what it’s worth I think you’ve done the right thing.

Sometimes it’s just easier and better to move on without the aggro if possible.

You’ve had the rent, the property has been occupied and a new carpet, paint job and removal of the silly internal doors (and I know the ones you mention) will make it great for your daughter.

I agree however he shouldn’t have made the changes he did in the first place.

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