tenant put hole in my floor, flooring discontinued

[Jimmy S.]

Well again I got another story and not sure how to handle this. Flooring is a couple years old and in very good to excellent shape before they moved in. They moved out and left a big chunk taken out of the vinyl floor where there metal bed frame was. I looked into patching this with another piece of flooring but it is now discontinued. 

How do I figure out how much to charge them? If I need to replace the whole floor do they need to pay for it all? If I patch it and looks ok how much should I charge them? Its about 12x12 room.  My guess and estimate to replace it would be around $800-1000

Thanks in advance :-)

[Bill B.]

Save some from the installation next time. The flooring guy shoulda have pushed hard for you to buy a little extra. 

If you know the exact brandt and style so you can search the internet? Having a few pieces or a single box shouldn’t be expensive  maybe even contact manufacturer ro extras or dealers in your area  

That being said. Is it floating or glued down? (Can you remove a piece for, a closet or somewhere less visible.)

You say it’s under where the bed goes, assuming the next tenant would probably put a bed in the same place can you remove 6 inch in to 1 foot square in several places and replace with a darker piece to make a pattern? Or maybe a few lines or a “frame”?

Really I’d start with option 1 if possible. Pull it out of a closet and just re-floor the closet in a completely different pattern. (To set it off and to let people know it’s not supposed to match.)