Responsibility for tiles in rental property

Questioner

We are about to accept a rental property (housing association Rondom Wonen). The landlord states that we must accept the tiled floor and granol on the walls in the property. The landlord stipulates that we are responsible for any damage. The floor is now intact, but there are no additional tiles to replace it. If a tile breaks, we will probably be forced to remove the entire floor. This entails considerable costs because there is also underfloor heating. That is why we have made another proposal, in which the landlord will bear the costs for replacement. We see the current tiled floor as a subfloor. Can you tell me if we can refuse this? In the meantime, the landlord is putting pressure on us by imposing deadlines of less than a day for signing. We have also asked to receive the rental contract for inspection. Unfortunately, this does not happen, an appointment for signing is automatically scheduled for us.

Lawyer

Self-installed facilities that are permanently connected to the ground or foundation of the house can be transferred in a separate appendix from the old tenant to the new tenant or from the landlord to the new tenant. If such a transfer document has not been offered, a fixed floor is considered permanently connected to the rented property and you therefore rent it. If a defect in that case occurs of its own accord (not through your actions), the landlord must repair it at his own expense, not yours.