Rental - Broken Mirror Wardrobe

[RentalWoesNotFun]

Just about to hand back the keys to a rental property on Saturday.

One of the sliding mirror doors in the kids bedroom got smashed.

It's accidental damage not really wear and tear I suppose. So my responsibility?

Anyone any thoughts on how I stand here. The house is 30 years old and they are the original doors I think.

If I get charged for them will they deduct wear and tear based on age the way they do with, say, an old carpet? Not sure how long a mirror door should be expected to last? (In my kids bedroom ten minutes lol) 20 years? 30? 50 years?

Apparently the calculation is like if the doors would last say 30 years and I've been there say ten then I'm due to pay for the 20 years life they have left (ie I pay two thirds of the cost).

Advice appreciated. Thanks.

It’s the reasonable replacement cost regardless of how old they are since you broke a part that wouldn’t necessarily wear out.

Côme on, your family broke a fixture. It didn’t fall off the wall of its own accord or suddenly fracture, If you hadn’t broken it , it would distill be there in one piece ( full length sliding mirror doors in DP’s house have been there since 1972, still perfectly okay).

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