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i could care less how much a tennent cooks and uses the stove but to paint the stove is not right eathier. i would never rent out a unit with anything that been painted over appliances or cabinets or anything for that matter nor would i expect someone wating to rent a unit thats been damaged
Well, I admit, that stove paint job looks good . I thought it was the top that the OP painted, but if it's just the side, only one side, and is high-temp paint (that question never got answered, did it?) then I would have let it slide, personally. Considering how awful the scrape was in the first place, peeling paint in the future could not look much worse!
Whatever the of effect of paint may have been, the stove is at least six years old (that's how long the tenant lived there). Assuming the stove wasn't new at move-in, it is older than that.
The landlord would need to depreciate the value of the stove based upon its actual age. Depending upon style, the average stove has a lifespan of about 10-18 years. A new apartment-grade stove probably had an initial value (in today's dollars) of $500-$800. Your landlord seems to want you to underwrite his future business interests. It's possible that the stove has absolutely no value any longer. I wouldn't negotiate any kind of settlement. Let the landlord prove the value of the appliance in court.
Whatever the of effect of paint may have been, the stove is at least six years old (that's how long the tenant lived there). Assuming the stove wasn't new at move-in, it is older than that.
The landlord would need to depreciate the value of the stove based upon its actual age. Depending upon style, the average stove has a lifespan of about 10-18 years. A new apartment-grade stove probably had an initial value (in today's dollars) of $500-$800. Your landlord seems to want you to underwrite his future business interests. It's possible that the stove has absolutely no value any longer. I wouldn't negotiate any kind of settlement. Let the landlord prove the value of the appliance in court.
Well said!
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. I thought it was the top that the OP painted, but if it's just the side, only one side, and is high-temp paint (that question never got answered, did it?) then I would have let it slide, personally. Considering how awful the scrape was in the first place, peeling paint in the future could not look much worse!
