Would you challenge a landlord replacing Miele with a cheaper dishwasher?

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We rent a pretty expensive flat in London. The yield is very low and the landlord struggles to break even. That said, the flat has appreciated over the £1m in the 25 years the landlord has owned it.

The flat is a little bit dated but the rental price is commensurate. The kitchen would have been pretty high spec when it was put in around 2012. This includes a (not built in) dishwasher, fridge, oven, washing machine etc all from Miele.

The dishwasher broke and the landlord joked to me how expensive Miele ones were. So I joked back that the Miele appliances were why we rented this place (partly true).

Landlord fits new dishwasher and it’s a £250 one from China. I was expecting a Miele one or something of similarly high quality. Would you argue about this? DP thinks I’m precious.

It's a brand for snobby wankers 😂😂😂

There not better they rely on people like you that want a logo 😂😂😂 as others have already said half the dishwasher comes from China no matter the fancy brand

I had a Miele dishwasher and it was crap. Replaced it with a cheaper one and it was much better.

I’m a landlord. Just no.

The flat belongs to the landlord, he can replace the dishwasher with whatever brand he wants. And yes, I am a renter (without a dishwasher, but I don't want one).

Hi op. Yes they are being unreasonable. If you claim this as an expense on your taxes, the replacement has to be like for like.

I own two flats and a house and always replace like for like, plus I always ask the tenants if they have a preference eg. Size of washing drum/speed of spin.

All three properties have had things go wrong this year!

I don't think you're being unreasonably, because presumably you're paying extra for it being a luxury rental. However, I don't think you'll get anywhere and I doubt you're going to nice over a dishwasher.

Yeah I’m not impressed with our new Bosch either. Our old Beko was better.

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But that legislation is to limit tax deductions to repairs and maintenance so as to prevent people from expensing property upgrades- e.g there was a crappy panel fence and it fell down and broke, and instead of replacing it like for like for 500 quid you replaced it with a stone wall that cost 3000 and improves the property.

The IR is not going to care about you replacing with something cheaper and expensing the cheaper item.

Oh. I'm such a stickler for rules! 😳

Omg you cannot dictate what brand the landlord supplies! If it works then it’s fine. Get over yourself (and Miele/Neff suck I’d take Beko over either any day).

We bought a cheap dishwasher from Ikea when we redid our kitchen, we replaced it last year after 13 years of faultless service.