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Landlord or Tenant Liability

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  • 26-10-2012 10:52am
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    fowlersleftpeg
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭


    If an appliance 'breaks' in a rented property, who should replace it ? Landlord or tenant ? The handle snapped off the freezer preventing it from staying closed and tenant wants me (landlord) to replace it.

    Whats the usual resolution here ?
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    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Anytime I've rented it would be the landlord who would replace/fix something like that?


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    fowlersleftpeg
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    Thats what I thought Stheno. I have already replaced chest freezer and now possibly need to replace fridge freezer if freezer door wont close. Just wondering if there is any mis-use at play here


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    ronan45
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    Things break by themselves in my apartment all the time.
    They allways break themselves or they were touched normally but just broke.
    Usually very difficult to prove someone broke something.
    I just spent 250 euros on window handles and hinges that "went out of shape themselves"
    Can be frustrating but comes with the territory i guess


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    fowlersleftpeg
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    Yeah guess I just need to accept the inevitable that comes with having tenants in a property !


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    Stheno
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    fowlersleftpeg wrote: »
    Yeah guess I just need to accept the inevitable that comes with having tenants in a property !

    Can you not just get a new handle/have the existing one repaired?


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    fowlersleftpeg
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    Its one of those drawer freezers inside the fridge. Might be able to replace the door


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    The_Conductor
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    Go to one of the WEEE recycling places- you never know, they may have the exact door you need. If its only the door handle thats gone (even if its stopping the fridge from closing), it sounds a bit crazy to have to replace the whole unit.


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    Lenny
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    Would they be likely to help you in the WEEE place like that? I never knew it would be open to the public, and they would sell the stuff.
    I always thought it was recycled back to the manufactures or something..


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    The_Conductor
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    Lenny wrote: »
    Would they be likely to help you in the WEEE place like that? I never knew it would be open to the public, and they would sell the stuff.
    I always thought it was recycled back to the manufactures or something..

    They gave me a new door for my washing machine, no questions asked- 'there you go, bud.......'

    You could also try Powercity/DID etc- they have a small mountain of stuff returned to them weekly


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    Lenny
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    smccarrick wrote: »
    They gave me a new door for my washing machine, no questions asked- 'there you go, bud.......'

    You could also try Powercity/DID etc- they have a small mountain of stuff returned to them weekly
    that can be handy to know if something breaks off the over or something! cheers


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    Victor
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    fowlersleftpeg wrote: »
    Its one of those drawer freezers inside the fridge.
    But they have a chest freezer? Those ice boxes are not fit for use as freezers. I'd tell them to stop using it.

    You need to pay for wear and tear, they need to pay for abuse. The door on an ice box can easily break for wear and tear - and hte handle on washing machine doors.


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