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All Forum Posts by: Sree Km

Sree Km has started 1 posts and replied 3 times.

Originally posted by @Joe Splitrock:

Those are cheap "assemble yourself" type cabinets. They use particle board with a thin laminated layer for fake wood look. If they were high quality, water would not damage them. That is literally paper thin finish peeling off... What you have here is a landlord who purchased cheap cabinets and wants to charge you the entire cost to replace them. Assuming you could order just those cabinets, it is probably $300 for the damaged cabinet sections. 

Challenge the expense arguing the cabinets were low quality particle board and the damage was normal wear and tear for location under the sink. Tell them even if you are liable, it is only for the cost of the damaged cabinets. Go to Ikea and price out the cost of similar cabinets. It is basically a sink section and a one foot cabinet next to it. Show them the Ikea quote and pay no more than that. I am not sure if they are Ikea cabinets, but they are equal to or less than Ikea quality. 

Lesson to landlords, buy real wood or get laminated cabinets with waterproof/washable laminate.

 As I mentioned earlier, I'm guessing the landlord's argument is they cant get the exact color doors as existing ones, so they had to replace everything(which probably is as per the vendor they work with). Even if that's true, would I be liable for the entire thing?

The landlord is not ready to negotiate on this matter. What should be my next step? Go to a lawyer?

I lived there for 1.5 years. Here are some pics - both damaged ones and other views on good ones which should give a fair idea. Only the doors for ones under the sink and a draw were damaged, I think this is due to the water dripping from outside the sink when we use it(I understand I should have reported this the first time I noticed it). Interiors of those cabinets, and all other cabinets are as good as new. Just to confirm that I'm not hiding any facts, the landlord is showing only the damaged pics of 3 doors as a proof for the invoice.

The landlord has an invoice from a vendor which states "Replacement of Cabinet Doors and draw fronts" and work includes - remove existing cabinet doors/draw fronts, install new ones, remove debris and dispose. There is no breakdown of price, it just has the total price of 3k. This clearly shows they're replacing the entire cabinets.

I said I can pay just to fix those damaged doors, but they are hesitant for any negotiation. Are there any legal options that I can take? Will it be worth it?

I moved out of an apartment recently and I got a bill from landlord for cabinet replacement for $3000. Couple of cabinet doors were damaged when I lived, so I was expecting a bill for replacing those, but I got one for replacing the entire kitchen cabinets. Can the landlord do that? I suspect they were not able to find the same exact color doors to replace, so they want to replace the entire cabinets and charge me for it. Would I be liable for the entire cabinet replacement? I tried to fight with them, but they're not ready to negotiate. What are my options?