Short but main context:
I am a student living in a student dorm…while cooking I burned my floor (I had 2 choices – too burn the cabinet above, or burn the floor below).. chose the later..

So, I need to move out after I graduate after a few months.. what do I say to my house master and what are the costs am I looking at?? 🫠🫠

by Aka_Ashchin

27 comments

  3. …..how?

    Probably can just be ground down, and then a new coating applied, probably has to be the whole room though. Couple of hundred euros, I’d guess.

  4. It’s just 3 wooden tiles can’t u just replace them?

  6. Costs will depend a lot on whether or not the flooring is still available. If they can just replace those three damaged boards or not. Either way, report to your liability insurance that you hopefully have and don’t wait until you move out to report it to the landlord. The last thing you want is to have to pay extra because they couldn’t rent out the apartment to the next tenant immediately after you move out.

  7. brother i thought that was a picture of a cookie first glance

  9. For next time: put a lid on it, instead of putting it on the floor. Cheaper *and* safer that way.

  12. And just this morning we had a post about how stupid liability insurances supposedly are.

    Inform the dorm company and inform your liability insurance, have them discuss this among each other.

  14. I had the same problem, and my landlord expected me to pay for a new floor for thousands of euros. It even went to court.

    But here is the thing: I hope that you have private liability insurance (Haftpflichtversicherung). In this case, you are covered.

    In my case, they even paid the lawyer. The logic is quite simple: If it is your fault, then it is your liability and they have to pay. If, like in my case, the demand is unreasonable, because such a floor has a lifetime of maybe 15 years, and they have to take that into consideration. So whatever the court decides, your liability is covered as well as the legal fees.

  15. Pretty cheap, floor ain’t looking like real wood. As long as the same vinyl or laminate is still available of course.

  16. It will easily cost over 1500 euro, depending on the size of the room and the floor material. The landlord can require a complete floor renewal of the whole room because of this. If you don’t have the liability insurance I guess you will be cooked.

  18. You report it to your liability insurance and then report it to your landlord and tell them what your insurance told you how they’re going to handle it.

  19. I can’t answer your question but I’m interested in the logic that made you decide to put a very hot pan on the floor and leave it there rather than leave it on the stove or put it in the sink?

  20. The cabinets would have been cheaper. It’s a nightmare replacing a center piece of laminate.

  21. I’m just utterly impressed…how the fuck did you manage that?

  22. Go to OBI or nearest store where they sell the laminate flooring stuff and check if they have exact same color. You might have to buy a box and replace the section.

  24. That’s what you have liability insurance for.

    You, do have liability insurance, don’t you?

  25. just fix it! sand it and put some lacquer on that bad boy

  26. I’m just glad you didn’t get hurt! The floor can be fixed or replaced. Stay safe!

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