Does a rented property require curtain rails?

[SL]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 04 October 2011 at 21:32

[SC7]

No

[Trevelyan]

I wouldn't have thought so, but be prepared for the future tenants to wreck your walls putting some up. If it was my house I think I'd put something up before renting it out just to avoid the issue.

[fido]

SL said:

legally required

Haha. Just waiting for curtain rails to be a feature of Ed Millipede's next speech, along with some catchy BS slogan.

[Rach*]

When I moved into my current palace, not one room had curtain rails! The prev tenants had removed them and filled the holes.

What a PITA! I had none up until my folks came to visit after about a month, good old Dad

[Wings]

As a landlord I believe it is good practice to offer a property to let, that contains the following fixtures kitchen and bathroom cabinets, toilet roll holders, towel rails, lampshades, curtain rails etc. etc.

Therefore I believe you are being unreasonable in not seeking a amicable settlement with your departed tenants, and why I strongly believe that should those tenants raise a Dispute through the TDS, over the monetary deduction from their bonded Deposit, then they will be successful.

[anonymous-user]

I'd rather fit the curtain poles myself than a tennant. They can be a pain in the backside to fit properly, I'd rather do it myself than let someone else loose to cause damage etc.& have the aggro of making good afterwards. Most tenants would expect such basics to in situ, as others say.

[davidjpowell]

Wings said:

As a landlord I believe it is good practice to offer a property to let, that contains the following fixtures kitchen and bathroom cabinets, toilet roll holders, towel rails, lampshades, curtain rails etc. etc.

Therefore I believe you are being unreasonable in not seeking a amicable settlement with your departed tenants, and why I strongly believe that should those tenants raise a Dispute through the TDS, over the monetary deduction from their bonded Deposit, then they will be successful.

OP seems to have run for the hills...Wings - have you upset him!?

[SL]

davidjpowell said:

OP seems to have run for the hills...Wings - have you upset him!?

I'm a her, but thanks anyway.

I just can't be bothered to argue so I deleted my posts. If people really want to think I'd be as unreasonable and petty as to deduct from a deposit over a curtain rail feel free to go ahead and assume that's what the issue was and that's what I did.

[Robb F]

wtf's gone on here then???

don't be a spoilsport, put the OP back up

[Funk]

Robb F said:

wtf's gone on here then???

don't be a spoilsport, put the OP back up

I think this may go some way to explaining things:

SL said:

I'm a her...

[davidjpowell]

SL said:

I'm a her, but thanks anyway.

I just can't be bothered to argue so I deleted my posts. If people really want to think I'd be as unreasonable and petty as to deduct from a deposit over a curtain rail feel free to go ahead and assume that's what the issue was and that's what I did.

My pleasure...