@Shelly67
If you held the guest deposit in cash like other platforms do you could research the cost of the hob top and deduct that value from the deposit before returning the balance.
However, you don't hold the deposit and Airbnb don't hold the deposit, so your claim for damages will be a fight to recover. Airbnb will insist that the hob top is depreciated from the time it was purchased and you will end up with something in the region of 13% ( IIRC) of the replacement value . And then the guest has got to accept liability. And you are obviously pressed and in need a new hob top for your next guests arriving.
This is a recurring farce.
Check this thread: https://community.withairbnb.com/t5/Hosting/1-500-in-damages-but-the-host-guarantee-won-t-cover-it/t... which has a similar theme.
The guest damage deposit and the Airbnb $1,000,000 Host Guarantee are nothing but hollow promises.
You'll find hollow promises are a regular occurance here.
@Catherine-Powell needs to add these to her list of 'transparency' issues, since the description of both the guest deposit and the Host Guarantee do not live up to their PR and Marketing value.