kitchen counter burned in appartment please suggest

I'm not sure how much your deductible would be on your tenant insurance, or if this would be covered. You might want to give them a call anonymously to see if it would even be covered, to begin with. Then figure out how much a section of laminate countertop would be for the size that would have to be replaced. That may help you decide if insurance is your best bet.

If you're not going through insurance, I'd put a trivet down over the damage, and leave it there as a reminder to use it in the future. And not tell your landlord until you're doing the move-out inspection. No sense getting it fixed up now and risking damaging it again.

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I would let the landlord know if this is a professional rental management company since they may have deals on cheap countertops or even have in stock if they renovate their own units (the property management company I worked for did all their own renovations of units).