Landlord refusing to repay a penny of deposit

@OP Was there an expectation the LL would have just sucked this up (or not noticed) is that why the property wasn't reinstated to its previous condition?

It seems odd that there is a surprise of a with holding on the deposit

if he's not registered please report him, annoys me as someone who registers the tenancy, has a ber cert (new one needed next year it will go down due to changes in the ber system), electrical cert (every 5 years), boiler service every year, had several council inspections. that there still seems to be loads of landlords who don't register.

most of my tenants do some damage but they are usually their for a few years it's wear and tear.

Agreeing with it being at least 1200 without seeing it is not reasonable, it feels like you're advising the op to just accept this demand, maybe that's not your intent.

I probably am thinking of formica. Last time I installed one of those before covid it was something like €80 for 4m, I see now that's gone up to €195 which is crazy in fairness. But again it might not even involve replacing the section around the hob, we have next to no information.

Those other things sound like standard wear and tear, if the op can fix them great but it's not something a landlord can take from a deposit.

It's a bit like getting your car replaced because you got a dent in it.

It's a rental. Will you be replacing the worktop every time a tenant damages it.

If someone else dented it, you would want them to pay for repair though, and if it couldn’t be repaired, to be replaced.

Few of us would have the know how, or luck to be able to get the exact match, and fit it, cheaply. Paying an expert do do something is always going to be more expensive than DIY, and we all know that tradespeople are charging a premium at the moment.

Not what I said.

If you want to suggest my opinion is unreasonable, you're going to have to provide a bit more to back that up. I simply gave my opinion, not advice.

OP was clearly of the view that being small in size should reduce the cost, I was pointing out that is not the case. Replacing a section means replacing the whole section. Whether it's a 1" burn, or a 6" burn, the cost to replace is the same.

€80 lol. Living in the past there. I was basing it on €180+ depending on range. Plus delivery, labour, travel, etc. It might not involve the hob, but it might involve the hob and the sink. We don't need detailed information, we aren't providing quotes to the OP. The landlord will do that (which you missed). Also, €1,200 is not the costs, it's the full deposit. It could cost more, as you said, we have no information. we're not really trying to put a precise figure on it.

If the OP can fix them, they should not be penalised. But they didn't fix them, so pretty moot. Wear and tear is normal, and not every defect needs replacing or repairing. But somebody who thinks thinks a burnt counter top is normal, is perhaps not the benchmark we are aiming for

I wouldn't be replacing a worktop for a small mark in a rental. Might get it repaired but I wouldn't be so precious about it.

Tenant tries to get deposit back, landlord try to use it to offset damage. RTB decides what's appropriate.

If someone else dented your car though would you expect them to pay for it or would you just leave it and let them walk off - assuming it wasnt some randomer that did it and walked off when you were doing the shopping :)

You can spot fix a burn on a worktop. I dunno about "melted" a entire sideboard. Where did you get that from.

A water mark doesn't ruin anything. It can be repaired. Furniture is cheap.

No professional landlord will throw their toys out of the pram for stuff like this. Any landlord who treats a rental like is their own home has the wrong mindset completely. Losing your mind over a water mark is bordering on psychotic.

If these are such easy and cheap fixes then the tenant should have fixed them.

The landlord cannot repair it themselves as they cant charge for their time. So they need to hire someone in to repair them. And the same with the counter top.

If I went to rent a house and the counter was burned and the furniture was all damaged then I'd be put off the rental as I think the landlord doesn't take care of the property and would likely be unresponsive to requests.

Any Landlord should get the property back int the same condition they rented it at. A burn in a worktop means an entire worktop swap out and if you have different sections it could means swapping out everything so you don't have different worktop.

A water mark means the furniture will have to be replaced.

Now all of this takes time to arrange to get the counter top repaired, give access to the workmen. Pick out worktops etc. Then for the furniture you will need to get a replacement item, again time to collect and get something which will fit into the existing furniture in the apartment

Sorry but you don;t really have a clue what you are talking about. "Furniture is cheap" proves you have zero idea about the topic.

Nobody is saying they need to replace the whole kitchen lmfao.

If somebody scratches a car, the standard repair is to paint a full panel. Sure, you can get paint brush out, and spot repair the precise damage only. But that's a pretty poor repair. If you'd except that in your car, that's on you.

Of course. Rentals get bashed. That's why there's a deposit paid. What did you think it's for?

If the place is already rundown, then a small burn is invisible. But somebody with a property in good condition probably wants to look after it. If you don't care, that's up to you.