Bed mattress

bootsy11 · 16-11-2008 7:04pm #1

Question. My mattress is like sleeping on a bed of nails, is it up to me to replace it or can i kindly demand a replacement from the landlord? bare in mind I moved in two months ago.

Cheers

Krieg · 16-11-2008 7:05pm

demand

Berty · 16-11-2008 7:06pm

Worst landlord can say is no.

chaotic_vr · 16-11-2008 7:39pm

demand one and if he says no steal his one:)

Red Sleeping Beauty · 16-11-2008 7:40pm

Sleeping on a strong tough matress is good for your back. Helps it keep it's posture

The Bollox · 16-11-2008 7:48pm

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Sleeping on a strong tough matress is good for your back. Helps it keep it's posture

I'd take a comfortable nights sleep over good posture any day

owenmakken · 16-11-2008 7:50pm

rip it a bit so a spring sticks out - then he has to, if he doesnt rip a scar on your side from it and sue! ching ching

mods shouldnt this be in the matteress forums?

Red Sleeping Beauty · 16-11-2008 7:51pm

The Bollox wrote: »

I'd take a comfortable nights sleep over good posture any day

When you hit 60 and you can't reach around to wipe your bottom you may regret that. I've a thick strong orthapedic matress and it does me wonders.

The Bollox · 16-11-2008 7:53pm

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

When you hit 60 and you can't reach around to wipe your bottom you may regret that. I've a thick strong orthapedic matress and it does me wonders.

when I'm 60 I'll be a multi-millionare and will have beautiful, young, female slaves servants to wipe for me

Red Sleeping Beauty · 16-11-2008 7:58pm

The Bollox wrote: »

when I'm 60 I'll be a multi-millionare and will have beautiful, young, female slaves servants to wipe for me

Like the queen you mean ?

eVeNtInE · 16-11-2008 8:01pm

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Berty · 16-11-2008 8:07pm

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Like the queen you mean ?

Remember Wayne & Waynetta, the two slobs from Harry Enfields show. They got rich and had somebody hired to wipe their ass's and installed a Pizza Hut in their council flat with its own moped.

Here is the only clip I could find of them worth watching.

Terry · 16-11-2008 8:20pm

Moved from AH.
Feel free to send it back.

jetski · 16-11-2008 8:33pm

As a temporary solution you can lay a douvet under your sheet! worked wonders for me

EKRIUQ · 16-11-2008 9:08pm

Firstly there's no point in demanding a new mattress as the landlord will probably only replace it with a crappy cheap new mattress unless your paying very high rent. What I would do is buy myself a good mattress that will be comfortable and just take it with me when I'm moving. Landlords don't spend big money on mattress's as the next tenant might just want a new one every time someone moves out.

Or those mattress toppers work great too and a cheaper alternative

Red Sleeping Beauty · 16-11-2008 9:18pm

There's a free matress on adverts.ie atm I think. Saw it there earlier

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=80082&cat=42

Emerald Lass · 20-11-2008 2:29pm

owenmakken wrote: »

rip it a bit so a spring sticks out - then he has to, if he doesnt rip a scar on your side from it and sue! ching ching

mods shouldnt this be in the matteress forums?

and then people wonder why LL's are so suspicious! I was told on antoehr post that I was very mistrustful and that tenants don't purposely damage things - well here's proof that some people out there would!

By the way, if the mattress gets ripped, then I would argue that it is NOT the LL's responsibility to replace it as it is PURPOSELY DAMAGED not worn out from wear and tear. If my tenant asked for a new mattress just cos they didn't like the perfectly good one I provided then I would tell them to sling their hook!

If you buy a soft one, a tenant could say they like a firm mattress, and vice versa. It is not LL's responsibility to pander to your every preference. All they have to do is provide a bed and mattress which does the job it is intended for - i.e sleep on it. If you don't like it you are free, as another poster said, to get your own mattress and take it with you when leaving.

What's next? The carpet isn't fluffy enough under my feet? change it please? or I don't like the colour of the sofa, change it please? as if!

Jack Bauer999 · 20-11-2008 5:18pm

Emerald Lass wrote: »

and then people wonder why LL's are so suspicious! I was told on antoehr post that I was very mistrustful and that tenants don't purposely damage things - well here's proof that some people out there would!

By the way, if the mattress gets ripped, then I would argue that it is NOT the LL's responsibility to replace it as it is PURPOSELY DAMAGED not worn out from wear and tear. If my tenant asked for a new mattress just cos they didn't like the perfectly good one I provided then I would tell them to sling their hook!

If you buy a soft one, a tenant could say they like a firm mattress, and vice versa. It is not LL's responsibility to pander to your every preference. All they have to do is provide a bed and mattress which does the job it is intended for - i.e sleep on it. If you don't like it you are free, as another poster said, to get your own mattress and take it with you when leaving.

What's next? The carpet isn't fluffy enough under my feet? change it please? or I don't like the colour of the sofa, change it please? as if!

i disagree, i moved into a apt a few months ago and the matress in my
room was terrible, you could feel all the springs throught it.
i asked the landlord to have a look at it last week and next day he replaced it with another matress, not a new one but still in much better condition.

if your paying a lot of rent the least the landlord can provide you with is
a matress thats fit for purpose.

all depends on wether the landlord is a tightass or not!

Emerald Lass · 21-11-2008 6:15pm

Jack Bauer999 wrote: »

i disagree, i moved into a apt a few months ago and the matress in my
room was terrible, you could feel all the springs throught it.
i asked the landlord to have a look at it last week and next day he replaced it with another matress, not a new one but still in much better condition.

if your paying a lot of rent the least the landlord can provide you with is
a matress thats fit for purpose.

all depends on wether the landlord is a tightass or not!

you miss the point completely. OP says matress is fit for its purpose, its just too hard for them. In such cases, tightarse or not the LL is not resposible for getting a new one. Your situation is different - you say it is not in good condition. I would never put a bad mattress into a property, and if I did I would expect to replace it. I know that the mattresses I put in the house I rent out were all brand new (I left them with the packaging on them so that tenant would know this too) and were of decent quality - they are not top of the range, but they are not the cheapest available. In fact they are the same ones I put in the guest room of my own house, so they are good enough. IfI put a decent mattress in and the tenant complains that it is too soft/hard/doesn't like the colour, well then I would certainly not replace it on that basis, and I am certainly not a tightass. And its not about the cost of a mattress anyway - we can claim this back against expenses in our taxes.

If your LL willingly replaced the mattress, then it is probably because he/she knew full well when you moved in that it was crap to begin with.

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