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Poor state of rented house
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Me and my boyfriend rent a small 2 bed terraced house. We rent it through the letting agency which means we contact them when there's a problem, although i have the landlord's number she is quite hard to get hold of
Basically the roof has been leaking since late August, it's in the landing upstairs and when it rains it drips thought quite bad. The plaster on the ceiling is saturated and the wallpaper and bits of plaster is coming down. Roofers have been round twice to 'fix' the problem yet 2 and a half months later it's still leaking badly. As a result the house is damp and all our clothes have gone mouldy
There's other problems that need fixing, the front door handle comes off in your hand when you open and close it, can't get hot water unless the heating is on, and when someone came round to fix that all that happened was that the radiators don't get very hot any more. The pipe burst in the bathroom and the curtain rail in the back downstairs window fell down and they haven't put a new one back up
It's the ceiling thing I'm most bothered about because its ruining all our clothes. It's got past the point of just getting it fixed, I want some fucking compensation for living in a leaky, mouldy house because we pay our rent every month and it's just not on. It's costing us loads having to keep washing clothes that haven't even been worn
What can i do? I guess my first port of call is citezens advice but I'm finding it very difficult to get hold of them because I work full time. What about the council? Are they able to help?
Basically the roof has been leaking since late August, it's in the landing upstairs and when it rains it drips thought quite bad. The plaster on the ceiling is saturated and the wallpaper and bits of plaster is coming down. Roofers have been round twice to 'fix' the problem yet 2 and a half months later it's still leaking badly. As a result the house is damp and all our clothes have gone mouldy
There's other problems that need fixing, the front door handle comes off in your hand when you open and close it, can't get hot water unless the heating is on, and when someone came round to fix that all that happened was that the radiators don't get very hot any more. The pipe burst in the bathroom and the curtain rail in the back downstairs window fell down and they haven't put a new one back up
It's the ceiling thing I'm most bothered about because its ruining all our clothes. It's got past the point of just getting it fixed, I want some fucking compensation for living in a leaky, mouldy house because we pay our rent every month and it's just not on. It's costing us loads having to keep washing clothes that haven't even been worn
What can i do? I guess my first port of call is citezens advice but I'm finding it very difficult to get hold of them because I work full time. What about the council? Are they able to help?
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I'm sure they have to fix the basic things and you shouldn't have to pay and if they don't they are breaking there contract. Check your tenancy agreement too.
Apparently to get rid of mould spores on clothes they have to be dry cleaned, I want to charge them for the bill but I don't know if I'm entitled to do that
Yeah I will have to get hold of citezens advice
Is is also worth reporting them for letting builders let themselves into our house without giving us any notice at all? They just turned up and let themselves in and my boyfriend was in bed :mad:
Unfortunately I have a private landlord so there isn't really anyone I can get properly angry at..
Sorry to hear your problems.....i live in rented accommodation too. Our landlord is a cowboy. We have no heating at the moment due to the fact he bases heating being on around working tenants.
We have major damp problems too which he will not fix, a gas fire that was condemed by the gas board. We have major problems and I will not let him get away with charging us rent for this.
The council do a check but you need to inform your landlord and they can then come and survey and serve a notice. Until he has done the work the notice will stay there.
You can contact the citizens advice locally they will be able to help too I hope as I am going to make an appointment tomorrow.
It is sad that these landlords get away with things but as tenants we do have ways of getting help.
If you like I will get angry with you?
Yay! :mad: :banghead: :mad: :banghead: :mad: :grump:
Just been to the citizens site there is loads of info...I suggest you read it to it might help?
We have to do something to stop these cowboys.....
We have to stand united!!!
Among many other things.
Hmm..looks like I need to get angry too! Grr! :mad:
I have problems galore with mine and I tell you I will take him to the cleaners as he does not seem to clean up with the problems that we have.
He said that he will not replace the condemend gas fire. My list is endless of landlord who should be stopped renting....have heard to that his other properties are the same.
We should all stand united!!!
I believe they are seperate issues
You can get a CCJ if you do this though. I always thought the prudent choice also would be to withhold payment until the service is provided but GWST who knows quite a lot has said before it's generally a bad idea because it can land you in trouble.
With anything else though witholding payment pending proper services / goods would be standard fair. (i.e. food - Restaurant rights: the bill)
I find it strange that there are all these governing bodies to help landlords but where is the REAL help for us tenants. I would like to see something done to give us more protection ie...if they get funny because we complain. I also want something more inplace as a forum so people can scream at the pc...when trying to look there are loads of forums for landlords.
We have to stay united!!!
Which is illegal as all letted properties should have a yearly gas inspection and any problems fixed. That alone is worth a phonecall/complaint to your council.
If he does not provide the right answer then we will seek further assistance and they can serve him with a notice. I also want a rebate today as we have had no heating.
You are right of course, but I'd have thought that the landlord is supposed to be providing a service, one which you are paying for but not recieving?
SOOOOOOOOOO FUCCCKKKKKIIIIIIINGGGGGGG STRESSED OUT!
Want to cry :crying:
Calm down - at least you're possibly moving closer to a resolution and they've agreed to foot the cleaning bill.
ARGH!
Lol I am calm, I'd just had enough last night, water kept dripping on my head, the house was bloody cold. Was a wee bit stressed.
I still feel a bit cheated though, that they've taken so long to fix it