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Mar 2019
Because of the housing crisis and the effect on prices, for an ever increasing number of young families to own a home is just not possible and their only option open is to rent a property. Landlords are now 'housing' tenants with young children and of course with youngsters there are always accidents waiting to happen that may damage rented homes.
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According a recent survey, inevitably within this demographic of renters some of the most common forms of damage to a rented home include carpets being stained or floors being damaged; this of course is not just limited to young families who rent their homes.
The research was carried out by a national builders supplier merchants which found that the most common age group for children who caused the most inadvertent damage is from new born up to the age of three, with some parents even owning up to their babies' nappies staining carpets and floors.
The top of the list for damaging floors are children's drinks and then ink and paint craft materials and unsurprisingly carpets were the most stained type of flooring.
For those parents that took part 30% said children's drinks spillage was the worst occurrence, however food and cosmetics were also extremely common and just as frustrating.
Carine Jessamine of the builders merchants, said: “The research shows parents everywhere have to deal with serious spillages.
“Everyone accepts children are going to have incidents when they are growing up, but when the repair bill can drift into the thousands it can prove costly for parents.”
Bedrooms suffered the most amount of stains (and in some cases ruined) as 39% of spillages occurred there.
Kitchens and dining rooms are close runners up with the major culprit being different types of foods with beetroot and peanut butter being the major protagonists causing the most damage.
Jessamine added: “Carpets are clearly the worst type of flooring for damage and stains from a child’s activities.”
Jessamine recommends that landlords who are and will be renting out their properties to younger families, that a safe option is if the home has luxury vinyl flooring or laminate in common areas, as they are “more resistant to spillages and stains”, and of course much more “hard-wearing”.
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