UK Landlord Forum / Life

Hi all. Tenant moved in and wanted a new sofa and mattress cause the existing ones looked dirty. Bought her the new mattress and offered to professionally clean the existing sofa. She denied so I offered to buy a new one. She is fine with that but she is not happy with keeping the existing one in the flat as well. We are talking about a two seater one. I have nowhere to store the existing one and I am not willing to pay for storage.

I said that I will either clean the existing sofa professionally or buy her a new one and she will also keep the existing one. She is not happy with that since she wants a new one and she wants me to remove the existing one.

What do I do? Any assistance would be great please.

thank you.

I would sell the old one,or take to a charity shop etc.I don't think I would like an old sofa cluttering up the place.I would also point out that she should have raised these issues before she agreed to take the flat.I think you need to be less obliging regarding things like this.Obviously deal with genuine repairs.

Properties are rented by Tenants as they are seen. That is the entire point of doing viewings. If the Tenant had issues with any aspect of the property at viewing they need to be raised before the tenancy commenced. After all, you will have wasted your time doing an Inventory and Schedule of Condition that is now immediately out of date due to these demands. I am thinking you've found the tail wagging the dog straight off the bat and - as you've already caved-in - you should prepare yourself for more of the same... or decide to get tough right now.

And, in future, consider unfurnished if it's at all practical... it's so much easier.