Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : This happened a week or two ago.

Background: A couple recently moved in to my spare room.

The other day I was out the front of the garage maintaining my bike. On the ground near me was a pair of scales I was using to weigh some parts. My housemate came into the garage and started moving things around in his van, looking like he was getting ready to leave. I started to move my stuff out of the way. My housemate started moving his van of the garage while I was still moving my things out of the way, and drove over my scales. 

The scales were given to me by my aunt as a moving out of home present a few years ago, and [are reasonably expensive new](https://www.josephjoseph.com/en-rw/triscale). The moment he drives over them he stops and wonders what just happened. I walk over, pick them up, and show him they're broken. At the time he looked sorry, and we said that we'd sort it out when he got back.

Later that night I let my housemate know which brand of scales they were and that I'd let him sort it out.

Recently he transferred me some money for getting his bike wheel fixed and I asked him how he was going with the scales. He replied saying "They were much more expensive than i thought" and "Also thinking about it not really sure if it was my fault but happy to negotiate"

I'm not sure what to do. At the time that he broke them he didn't have a proper job having just moved and was doing uber eats deliveries on his bike. He just recently got a job as a carpenter (his professional trade) and is earning good money. Given he's my new housemate I don't want to muddy the waters and make things awkward straight off the bat, but at the same time I did like those scales and would like them replaced.

AITA?