wear and tear
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Is blackened sealant around the bath fair wear and tear or damage?
Read more: Is blackened sealant around the bath fair wear and tear or damage?Dirt is not fair wear and tear. Deterioration of the sealant over time is fair wear and tear – regardless of how often it is cleaned, the sealant will over time dry out, rot and crack. The Association of Independant Inventory Clerks (AIIC) guidelines on this topic are as follows: Bath sealants will also discolour and blacken. Depending on the length of the tenancy this will be a wear and tear issue and for any tenancy longer than one year it is considered to be the landlord’s responsibility to renew bath sealant periodically… If bath sealant and grouting is blackened…
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Is it the outgoing tenants responsibility to decorate to the level when they moved in?
Read more: Is it the outgoing tenants responsibility to decorate to the level when they moved in?It is the tenants responsibility to deliver up the property to the landlord at the end of the tenancy in the same good and clean state of repair condition and decoration as they were in at the commencement of the tenancy, fair wear and tear and damage by accidental fire excepted. Fair wear and tear is discussed in this blog post here