Renting - Oven fire

[Puzzled]

As a renter if it was my incompetence/negligence that caused it I would take responsibility and replace it.....

Keeps you in the landlords good books so they don't start looking for excuses to replace you.

It can't be proved either way, landlord can assume it was down to a dirty oven while tenant can claim it was a faulty appliance.

For the sake of keeping an otherwise good tenant, replace oven yourself or claim on your insurance.

Also a good time to make sure all fire alarms are in place and working.

 

[kinobestew123]

As a renter if it was my incompetence/negligence that caused it I would take responsibility and replace it.....

Keeps you in the landlords good books so they don't start looking for excuses to replace you.

I'd think it's the other way around personally.

Landlords are wanting to keep good tenants. The OP even says that he thinks they're generally good tenants (aside from this fire and a bit of general untidieness).

When we used to rent, we had an issue wehre the kitchen floor tiles started cracking and coming away from the floor underneath. I think it was a mix of damp coming through the walls and our washing machine leaking. The landlord was exceptionally good and had no problem with replacing it, even if they did know it was partially due to our washing machine.

In return, I believe we were very good tenants, we always paid our rent on time and maintained the gardens, shed, fencing, etc pretty well.

If they hadn't replaced the floor, we would have paid for the floor and then given our notice to move in straight away, there was certainly no shortage of houses to rent near by. The house would have then stayed vacant for a while whilst they found a new tenant.

If I was a landlord, I'd be wanting to keep what I consider a good tenant for the sake of a £200 oven.

 

[lofz]

I rent my flat and cook sausages in the (fan) oven. I've never had any problems however I do deep clean the oven when it needs it.

 

[dbmzk1]

I've owned my house for a little over a year but before that I rented since I left home.

If this happened to me, unless it was clearly totally my fault, I'd expect everything to be put right by the landlord. If it was my fault I'd probably own up, but I'm guessing the majority of people wouldn't.

Just replace it.

 

[Regy53]

I would expect you to replace the oven tbh

or expect the oven to be removed when the tenants move out.

A washing machine broke in a old house i used to rent, probably bra metal or somthing the person who replaced it said, hardly the fault of the landlord but was at the landlords cost

 

[Duke]

As someone who rents I'd expect the oven to be replaced by the landlord.

In other news the sky is blue and snow is white

 

[Schizo]

Get a george forman....cooking sausages in the oven is so 90's

 

[£15]

In return, I believe we were very good tenants, we always paid our rent on time and maintained the gardens, shed, fencing, etc pretty well.

No offence, but you come across as implying this sort of behaviour from a tenant is doing the landlord a favour and is somehow exceptional?

Surely paying one's bills on time and looking after the property in which one lives should be regarded as 'normal' and anything less is unreasonable and unacceptable?

Not supervising an oven whilst it's in use, and a dirty one at that (this contributed towards the fire), is negligence in my eyes and they should at the very least contribute to the repair/replacement.

Did the fire service offer any advice, or even suggest the cause of the fire? They have the experience and knowledge (will have seen so many fires like this before) to be able to say with some certainty what started it.