Hi Everyone,
I have burnt a bit of the kitchen slab (attached in the picture) while cooking. It is a paper sheet and it got burnt a bit quickly when I have placed an overheated pan on the slab.
Along with this, I have closed the washroom door for 10-15 days in November as there was a rat in the house and some light mold had formed on bathroom tiles. From what I understand from my flatmate (who is also the main tenant), the landlord cleaned it and it is cleared now.
Now I am vacating the place and I have 1300 euros deposit with the main tenant. However, by citing these two issues, she is trying to charge me 1400 euros!! I am not in Germany at the moment and finding it hard to negotiate things in a smooth way.
Can someone please let me know what are my options here and how to deal with this process? I have never really interacted with the landlord and have always dealt with this main tenant. Thank you in advance.
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Posted by That_Somewhere_8037
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The kitchen slab looks bad though, and if it plastic then you have to replace a whole block of them or cover it with something.
But I’d not pay 1400€ for that. Maybe find someone to fix it in Germany, and pay it for less?
Does she have a bill? She can’t just quote you random numbers without proof. That’s what I’d ask for first. If she is still holding your deposit though, you’re kind of in a tough spot. Is your ‘main tenant’ cooperating with you, or throwing you under the bus for everything?
But yes it does sound **very** inflated.
Vinyl or plastic counter coating is cheap shit to begin with, especially if it burns that easily. I would repair it by sanding it down and putting some kind of appropriate epoxy coating over the burn spot. You could get fancy by painting it a bit to match the colours. This would be 100€ max, IMO. OK, add “labour” and maybe you’re double that, but I’d still find that an exorbitant rate. Even if you ripped off the whole sheeting to replace it, it wouldn’t be anywhere near a €1000.
Clearing away some mould on tiles is usually just a matter of spraying bleach or peroxide and letting it dry out.
There’s no way these things cost even 500€ all together. A landlord may add some ‘labour’ costs which is not wholly unreasonable, but asking €1400 is insane. Is this 1400 in addition to the 1300 (€2700 total?, or ‘just’ €100 more?