Landlord refusing to repay a penny of deposit

Im lucky enough to own a house for 20+ years and never once burned a kitchen top by putting hot saucepans on it.

You are more than entitled to do that in rented property if you want, just don't expect the deposit back then. No its not part of the deal.

That would be trying to claim busting a door was part of the deal and other examples.

Yes, I don't think many home owners would replace their kitchen top when they get their first small burn mark on it. The landlord I think is entitled to some reduction due to the burn mark but charging for the whole surface to be replaced is, imo, a bit over the top. As others have suggested, it is worth the OP going to the RTB to have it adjudicated.

If they were going to do a runner they'd be gone. They got the house cleaned. So no your misrepresenting the situation.

Getting a landlord to do a handover inspection and going to the RTB for dispute resolution is part of the standard process.

You can't be "threatened with the RTB as landlord. If that's your mindset you're in the wrong business.

Next tenant walks in and demand the kitchen top to be repaired before they take the property and then the landlord has to replace out of their own pocket

Not sure what is confusing here and seen a lot of this in rental market. You rent a property and you are supposed to leave back in the same condition as you took it. With a burn on it the kitchen top is then destroyed. So it has to be replaced.

If you don't want to threat the property with respect then expect to not get a deposit back. The attitude of "oh it's not too bad" doesn't work. Especially when the person who is saying that when trying to get a deposit back will be the first person in the next house to demand it is perfect.

I wrecked your lovely countertop but here. I bought you a cutting board you can throw on top of it.

Maybe the next person who dents my car can buy me a badge to glue over the dent.

Everyone thinks their landlords arent paying tax or registering with the RTB. I think that is rare these days.

Pictures of this damage would be great in this thread. Is it like one of these? Either way, if i did that to someones countertop, i wouldnt even have to be asked to get it fixed or replaced for them.

Seems obvious you're NOT a landlord going by the complete over reaction to a bit of damage.

Same with people who think a rental will be treated the same your home. Completely unrealistic.

Oh! Sounds like a challenge! 😝

Well we dont actually know do we?

All we know is the OP said it was burned and the that was enough for the landlord to tell them they would go get quotes to get it fixed and take it out of their deposit. Is that not what a deposit is for?

You keep getting the situations people are talking about wrong. Clearly on purpose. Nobody is saying to replace a car with a dent.

If someone dented your car would you allow them to say "ah sure its only the size of a bottle top, i shouldnt have to pay for it to be repaired. Sure leave it there, its grand." - Would you fcuk. You would get a professional to repair it and then charge the person who did it.

I love some posters usually the ones who never ever owned any property in their life or maintained one from their money.... Report report report to RTB like RTB is the holy grail with properties in their pocket! The good old days before the RTB and reporting, people had no shortage of rentals and paid cheaper rent.

Now same renters complain they pay too much rent.

I hope RTB may think to also fine renters who don't take care of properties but all they do is reporting and waste people's time. This has to change and onus put on renters more often too, fines brought up for renters. There is so much of entitled attitude out there.

By the way, I am not a landlord!!

Oh the day the RTB would stand up to renters will be a great day, too many people damaging properties and then complaining when they have to pay for it.

It's alarming how many people want to run to RTB and it just shows the RTB will nearly always side with the tenant. In this situation they have damaged the property, decided without any knowledge the property is not registered and the answer is to report.

As you say the same people cry and whinge all day long about rents been high but expect to damage properties and walk away

if you look through the disputes, tenants don't win all the disputes they bring to the RTB. Its actually very useful when you've retained a deposit.

Again with the "run to the RTB". That's exactly whats its for. As a LL you've already registered your tenancies. You've ALREADY "run" to the RTB.

Very likely not paying tax. Have a relative looking for rental accommodation this past while. Landlords spoilt for options with lots of callers. Cash and nothing written down is the preferred option.

Burn marks are not wear and tear as outlined in the OP. It’s pretty black and white.. whether RTB would side with landlord and insist on replacement of counter top remains to be seen. Buts it’s certainly not wear and tear.