I'd be charging the tenant end of story.
Also if the bed is fairly new the OP may not have written it fully off yet, not that this matters they broke it they pay for it.
If the bed was new when tenants moved in I would expect them to pay.
My basis is wear and tear versus breakage / damage.
Wear and tear I pay...breakage / damage they pay. And before we go head long into what constitutes wear and tear the OP says they broke it so that's what my opinion is based on!
You were thinking of paying for a new bed out of the old tenants deposit.It was 8 years old.Even the revenue acknowledge that its end of life.Would you as a tenant mention a broken bed and run the risk of getting stiifed for a new one?We have decided to cover it. It was 8 yrs old.
Just wish the tenants had owned up to it so we could have had a new one in place before the new tenants had moved it
Thx everyone for your insight!
An 8 year old bed shouldn't be breaking, any more than an 8 year old table should be breaking.
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If a landlord does not recoup a certain amount of money from a tenant who has broken an item through their own fault, then you may find tenants breaking everything in a property because it is passed a sell by date (8 years) in order to simply have new items.
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