Landlord trying to sue my son

Zandoni

Soubrette wrote: »

Ok, no response to CM - although he's sooooo easy

However, Premier, the boiler has been inspected by an engineer provided by the agency therefore arguably the tenant need do no more. The issue is not the boiler per se but that the landlord refused to organise repair of it, a repair recommended by an engineer provided on the landlord's behalf.

I would forget about the boiler and concentrate on going through the steps of dealing with the court proceedings if I were the OP.

Sou

Thanks Soubrette, I do wish people would stop trying to disprove the fact that there is a problem with the hot water system. I am not an idiot I know when something doesn't work.

So if we could get back to my original question as I can assure you all that there is an actual fault and the Landlord will not repair. In the first communication with him he even suggested that it was my responsibility

Notlob

Zandoni wrote: »

Thanks Soubrette, I do wish people would stop trying to disprove the fact that there is a problem with the hot water system. I am not an idiot I know when something doesn't work.

So if we could get back to my original question as I can assure you all that there is an actual fault and the Landlord will not repair. In the first communication with him he even suggested that it was my responsibility

Sorry, what was the original question again!

Zandoni

Notlob wrote: »

Sorry, what was the original question again!

Very informative, thanks

Neillgb

So, to get back to the point of the thread.

You are going to deal with the ll's silly summons first and you are considering suing him separately with regards to the boiler issues?

If so it would be helpful if you could find a way of quantifying the amount due from the ll with regard to the dodgy boiler.

20% off the rent perhaps? I don't know, perhaps other posters will have a better idea and/or experience.

Ignore the Captain, tricky times for bankers you know............

Premier_2

Neillgb wrote:

...If so it would be helpful if you could find a way of quantifying the amount due from the ll with regard to the dodgy boiler...

If the OP is certain of the fault and it's cause, see my earlier post

£20 plus labour (30 mins, or whatever the minimum call out period charged is)

Zandoni

Thanks everyone who helped, very much appreciated.

For the few who will not accept that the Boilermate is faulty and the one who doesn't believe that you should care about your family, there is no thanks.

Please now consider this thread closed. This forum is not the place I hoped it was, it probably needs moderation.

clio

what does (PBUH) stand for ??

ShelfStacker_3

clio wrote: »

what does (PBUH) stand for ??

"Peace be upon him". Seem to remember from my school days that it's a standard thing said by Muslims after Mohammed's name (e.g. Mohammed (PBUH). The implication is that the people mentioning Martin are in some kind of religious fervour, I guess.

jimc_2

Zandoni wrote: »

I gave him a lot of help to try and get the landlord to fix the heating system, but I got nowhere. The landlord in question refused to deal with me, he seems to delight in picking on younger people a bit like yourself.

As I said before your contribution to this thread is not required, please do post any more. If you do I will ignore you.

Zandoni - Hard as it may be to accept it, the Cap'n has actually given some good advice in between the rest.

There are TWO topics here. The first is "should my son ignore a legal action?" The answer is NO! I read from your posts that your son is just refusing to contemplate that there is any reason to react or admit a smidgin of remorse. The law has a nasty way of biting the b*m of anyone that tries to just ignore it because they are "in the right" and occupy all the high ground as your son so obviously believes himself to do. He needs to react to the papers he's received and not just ignore the situation because of some issue over a water heater. That's NOT what the summons is about and will be ignored. He needs to REACT to the actual CHARGE. The water heater is not part of a defence.

The SECOND issue is the water heater and there are other (legal) ways of getting action on this. Landlords have duties and sometimes need to be (legally) reminded about them. Badmouthing is not one of the ways. Tell your son to go to the CAB if he can't think of how to complain about a LL not fulfilling their end of the bargain.

If it's any consolation I can't see your son having to worry about the LL much longer. I can almost hear the section 21 being prepared as I write.

Don't ignore the Captain. He may be loud but there's sense there.

Zandoni

jimc wrote: »

Zandoni - Hard as it may be to accept it, the Cap'n has actually given some good advice in between the rest.

There are TWO topics here. The first is "should my son ignore a legal action?" The answer is NO! I read from your posts that your son is just refusing to contemplate that there is any reason to react or admit a smidgin of remorse. The law has a nasty way of biting the b*m of anyone that tries to just ignore it because they are "in the right" and occupy all the high ground as your son so obviously believes himself to do. He needs to react to the papers he's received and not just ignore the situation because of some issue over a water heater. That's NOT what the summons is about and will be ignored. He needs to REACT to the actual CHARGE. The water heater is not part of a defence.

The SECOND issue is the water heater and there are other (legal) ways of getting action on this. Landlords have duties and sometimes need to be (legally) reminded about them. Badmouthing is not one of the ways. Tell your son to go to the CAB if he can't think of how to complain about a LL not fulfilling their end of the bargain.

If it's any consolation I can't see your son having to worry about the LL much longer. I can almost hear the section 21 being prepared as I write.

Don't ignore the Captain. He may be loud but there's sense there.

Please point out where I said my son is going to ignore this action. There's no need for a section 21 my son has already given notice. I doubt the landlord would want to evict him anyway he has enough troubles at the moment.