so ****ed off

Gaygle said:
The fat from the burgers, caught fire, which then burnt the inside top of the oven (and obviously melted the fan) and flames where coming out of the front and melted the control knobs and blackened the front.

Hopefully they'll take it out of the deposit...
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It seems pretty cut and dried to me. Send the landlord that link and go from there. Ovens in these students houses are normally rubbish anyway.
 
Lysander said:
Sent the landlord an email with that IKEA link in. See what he says.
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I may well do, but i can easily see him saying "Since we can replace the oven with an exactly same one, thats what we'll do"

And, i don't know if it'd include the corgi engineer fitting :-\
 
Gaygle said:
I may well do, but i can easily see him saying "Since we can replace the oven with an exactly same one, thats what we'll do"

And, i don't know if it'd include the corgi engineer fitting :-\
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Gotcha. The landlord would need to have it CORGI certified and fitted. It sounds like £200 is actually quite reasonable.
 
You must have had the temperature whacked right up for a decent amount of time.

The flash point of cooking oil (275°C) is a lot lower than the fire-point :eek:
 
EVH said:
You must have had the temperature whacked right up for a decent amount of time.

The flash point of cooking oil (275°C) is a lot lower than the fire-point :eek:
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lol i'm not sure of the physics, all i know is that i walked in the kitchen to find flames coming out of the grill and the fat on fire.

I'm never cooking ever again. McD's is the only thing i'll eat for the rest of my life.

****ing ovens
 
Was the old oven brand new?

If not argue that you arnt liable for the full cost of a replacement only for the value at the time of the fire. Which if it was a few years old could make the value £50 ish.
 
Gaygle said:
lol i'm not sure of the physics, all i know is that i walked in the kitchen to find flames coming out of the grill and the fat on fire.

I'm never cooking ever again. McD's is the only thing i'll eat for the rest of my life.

****ing ovens
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We've set the fire alarm off here 4 times, with the fire brigade called all times for our oven and grill, one time was this one guys total fault but other times the oven has just been unreliable, with random smoke build up and the door flying open.

We've had 3 new oven door seals, it has scorch marks all the way up it, but they still won't replace it, be glad you're getting an oven! :p
 
Shadez said:
Was the old oven brand new?

If not argue that you arnt liable for the full cost of a replacement only for the value at the time of the fire. Which if it was a few years old could make the value £50 ish.
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This, at least, is true. You are only paying for the item as it was when you moved in. You are not paying for betterment.

Get proof from the landlord as to how old the oven is. There is a set figure of how much items decrease in value by over time. If he says he has no proof, offer a contribution, say £100.
 
RandomTom said:
We've set the fire alarm off here 4 times, with the fire brigade called all times for our oven and grill, one time was this one guys total fault but other times the oven has just been unreliable, with random smoke build up and the door flying open.

We've had 3 new oven door seals, it has scorch marks all the way up it, but they still won't replace it, be glad you're getting an oven! :p
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Ha, i'd be very happy if i wasn't the one having to buy the new POS oven. It literally takes around 8-10 minutes to pre heat to 180 degree's.

And i don't really want to argue with the landlord as he has been very reasonable with things and we're on very good terms with him (which is rare these days, especially with student houses).
 
Lysander said:
This, at least, is true. You are only paying for the item as it was when you moved in. You are not paying for betterment.

Get proof from the landlord as to how old the oven is. There is a set figure of how much items decrease in value by over time. If he says he has no proof, offer a contribution, say £100.
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Not so sure about this....that's like me breaking a window and saying "well it wasn't a brand new window, so i'll only give you half the money"
 
Gaygle said:
Not so sure about this....that's like me breaking a window and saying "well it wasn't a brand new window, so i'll only give you half the money"
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Well, it's what we did in our last place.

The landlord wanted to charge us £600 for a new lino floor because we'd spilt wax on it. After arguing our point we only had to pay £150.
 
Lysander said:
Well, it's what we did in our last place.

The landlord wanted to charge us £600 for a new lino floor because we'd spilt wax on it. After arguing our point we only had to pay £150.
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hmmm....interesting...

Still don't know whether to tell the parents or not and face the lecture lol. I think i'll wait for the bill to come through, see how bad it is, then decide what to do.
 
I think Lysander might be right here. I should really know this as I'm a inventory clark lol

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Is this not what renters insurance is for? I would have thought that the landlord can claim it back.

Did you have the oven door partly open when operating the grill? i thought i read somewhere that you're supposed to do that in order to avoid a fire risk.
 
lysander is correct, as if they go and whack something new in it in effect means they can up the rent when you move out., obviously windows dont really depreciate in value with age..

Why on earth didnt you just clean it up and say it was broke? is there something wrong with you? really.. some people!!
 
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