Hello Everyone,

I hope someone can help me in this regard.

I am currently renting a flat and about to leave it. But unfortunately there is small water damage mark on the wooden floor . I am ready to pay for it, but dont know exactly how much landlord will demand.

Can someone please let me know how much should be justified cost for this?

The water damaged mark would be max 50 cm square ,not sure here exact area here is the picture http://imgur.com/a/COzuDwR , at only one place.

I am bit worried, I would really appreciate the help.

5 comments

  1. When you call 50×50 ‘small’ then you need to collect objective proof about all facts, as much as possible.

  3. When I had some work done and a parquet floor had to be cut, roughly 50 square cm was cut, the parquet in the whole room had to be replaced. YMMV

    How was the damage caused? And what kind of floor is it?

  4. Is the floor actually real wooden floor boards or parquet or is it laminate plastic wood?

    Does the finish in the wood look fairly new and glossy, or old and scuffed?

    Have you tried any simple remedies such as:

    These are non damaging suggestions, you could try: wiping over and around with a damp cloth, it is most often the surface finish which is marked by water, not the wood itself, wiping with moisture can even out the surface finish again. Often a ring will occur where a wet glass or hot drink has been put down and the mark can be evened out.

    If your landlord is a perfectionist they may insist on charging you to strip the whole floor back, which is costly. Sometimes a landlord will do a new surface coat, between tenants anyway, to bring the floor finish back to good standard.

    If a finish on real floorboards is Tung oil, a natural oil which gets applied in 2 to 4 thin coats and cures each time over a couple of days. It is a traditional yet temporary finish, meaning it can be easily marked but also easily revived, means you might be able to fix or disguise the mark by going over it with Tung oil where this happened too IF this was the finish used.

    All best, it is hard to know really without seeing it or knowing more. But perhaps this gives you some hope.

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