Terminating medical office lease normal wear and tear question for the experts.
Leased the same office suite for 18 years.  Have 1 cabinet door where one of the brackets came out (ripped out) probably by a overzealous floor buffing job. Not bad but it’s a particle board cabinet and the screws ripped out of one of the hinges.   Door is not damaged. 

Also equipment company had to drill a 1” hole in one of the countertops to run a drain line for a piece of equipment in a X-ray room.  

Outside of that after 18 years that’s the extent of it.  Building and fixtures are roughly 30-35 years old. 

Owner is saying the cabinet door does not fall under normal wear and tear but there’s no way I can fix it because the laminate cabinet is so old and nobody has that material. Same with countertop so old it doesn’t exist anymore.  

Is it unreasonable for me to assume this should fall under normal wear and tear/tenant improvement after 18 years and 750k in rent paid on 1/2 of a 600k building?  If not what is the owner’s remedy for such a situation? 

Assume I can possibly get the cabinet repaired by simply moving the hinge higher on the door since it’s a internal hinge not visible when the door is closed and I can probably find a trim cap to cover the hole
[{"id": "hbk0pfv", "text": "I manage a bunch of medical office. I would never come after security fit something like that. Not much because it's normal wear and tear but because there is no way I'm not replacing the cabinet anyways prior to her tenant moving in. I'm sure lease is not structured like that but that's how I look at it. Did you already pay last months rent and move out?", "replies": [{"id": "hbki7it", "text": "&gt;replacing the cabinet anyways\n\nI was going to mention that this is probably where this lands. Who pays for it is of course a different question. But I might start by trying to price that out.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hbkbrsf", "text": "I understand that you've been a loyal &amp; well paying tenant but usually everything INSIDE (save for mechanicals) of a commercial space is up to the tenant to be built and kept up. This sounds like an extremely cheap fix, have you have any contractors come out and give you a quote yet? I would assume this is under $1000 to fix . Alternatively if something were to break on the outside of a building (where the landlord is responsible for), they should not be coming after the tenant to see funds to fix.\n\nIf you were cool with the owners I'd ask about just not paying it but the management company sounds like they want to stick you with the bill.\n\nedit: format &amp; gramar", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hbn56cg", "text": "For an 18 year tenant, going after your deposit for these is petty. Agreed with the others that they\u2019re going to (or should) replace anyway for the next tenant.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "hc0zitt", "text": "Update:  found a kit on Amazon to fix the cabinet.  The euro hidden hinge was completely torn out on one end taking some of the particle board with it.  Bought a repair kit which is basically a 3\u201dx4\u201d piece of thin but tough metal plate that you screw the hinge in and attach with new screws at the edge of the plate.  Worked beautifully and I recommend you keep some around for quick, cheap and super strong repairs.  \n\nFor the countertop hole I bought a small cap from Lowe\u2019s that popped on and secured from under the countertop.   \n\nThe owner of the building should be more than satisfied with that.  Not bad for a 18 year occupancy!  \n\nThanks for the responses!!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]