Minimal furniture in a rented property?

OliveOyl_2

mlz1413 wrote: »

the stuff there when they viewed has been left by previous tenants - hence LL has not put on inventory so he has no responsiblility for it. And if any of it breaks your son has no responsibility to replace it either.

good point- and good news for DS!

OliveOyl_2

HotLips wrote: »

I Just Googled 'legal definition fully furnished' and this came up:

There is no legal definition of what furniture must be provided or its condition if a property is let as furnished. Normally you should be able to expect a level of furnishing that would be reasonable to enable you to live in the accommodation, this includes:

• <LI class=bullet>table and chairs in the kitchen/living room; <LI class=bullet>sofa and/or armchairs in the living room; <LI class=bullet>a bed and storage for clothes in each bedroom; <LI class=bullet>heating appliances; <LI class=bullet>curtains and floor coverings;
• a cooker, fridge, kitchen utensils and crockery

Bizarrely I missed seeing your post - and that answers my question! There SHOULD be somewhere for his clothes! Great- thanks

Jonny0000

I rented numerous private properties whilst at university, and all came with a wardrobe and a chest of some sorts.

I don't believe landlord are legally required to supply wardrobe and drawers, or any bedroom furniture that is not a essential.

If my landlord provided only a bed, i would look elsewhere.

Also It might be worth looking to see if there is a legal requirment for it to be classed as a furnidhed flat!

redcar_2

A lighter and cheaper alternative if there isn't a wardrobe would be to buy a cheap hanging rail from Argos / IKEA or similar.

Tim_Deegan

mlz1413 wrote: »

If this property was advertised through the Uni then I believe it has to come with a lot more - I looked into this 3 years ago and you LOADS of stuff to comply including: each bedroom to have bed, wardrobe and desk the kitchen to have a all white goods and a fire blanket, smoke alarms up & down stairs, a dining area and seating area the list was long!

If this is a private rental with no connection to the Uni then you get what you see.

As he is moving in tomorrow it sounds like you don't have much choice, I'd to to Argos and buy the cloth furniture like: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8758835/Trail/searchtext%3EWARDROBE.htm

If the property doesn't have smoke alarms, or you are concerned about their operation, or any other fire safety issues. Then contact you local fire service as soon as possible. They will carry out a home fire safety check, and will fit (or replace if required), smoke detectors free of charge. They will also give advice on any other fire safety issues you may have.

lostinrates

TBH, I'd be somewhat relieved there is less to risk damaging. and losing deposit for. Hanging storage is not expensive....I still have mine from uni days actually, it been a god send in lots of places I've lived, or he can pick up a cool cheap trunk from a carboot or junk shop.

Premier_2

Tim_Deegan wrote:

If the property doesn't have smoke alarms, or you are concerned about their operation, or any other fire safety issues. Then contact you local fire service as soon as possible. They will carry out a home fire safety check, and will fit (or replace if required), smoke detectors free of charge. They will also give advice on any other fire safety issues you may have.

Alternatively pop down the local diy store and buy a smoke alarm for a couple of quid - they'll include full instructions too if the elite (sorry it's probably the majority nowadays innit?) of our educational system can't work out how to use them.

Gotta be better than charging the council tax payers to have up to half a dozen burley firefighters turning up in their bright red & fuel thirsty engine to carry out such a simple job.

Tim_Deegan

Premier wrote: »

Alternatively pop down the local diy store and buy a smoke alarm for a couple of quid - they'll include full instructions too if the elite (sorry it's probably the majority nowadays innit?) of our educational system can't work out how to use them.

Gotta be better than charging the council tax payers to have up to half a dozen burley firefighters turning up in their bright red & fuel thirsty engine to carry out such a simple job.

Sorry, but that is just the message that we don't want put out. The aim is to carry out a home fire safety check on all private reidential properties in the UK.

Some people may be able to do a simple DIY task like fitting a smoke detector, but you would be amazed how many are fitted wrong.

There is no reason why you can't buy ant fit your own smoke detectors. However you should still book a home fire safety check, so that they can make sure the alarms are fitted and working correctly. They can also give fire safety advice that is unrelated to the alarms.

The main aim is to cut fire deaths.

barnaby-bear

redcar wrote: »

A lighter and cheaper alternative if there isn't a wardrobe would be to buy a cheap hanging rail from Argos / IKEA or similar.

Just post on freecycle asking for stuff like a desk and wardrobe - people chuck this stuff out all the time - carrying large items of furiture around the streets was a highlight of university - we'd usually get a large group together and a crate of beer and we'd spend the evening getting it home.... many a time we've taken a sofa all over the commons and parks of Cambridge via the least direct routes and every so often stopped for a beer sitting in the middle of a wide open space, a traffic roundabout... extra points were had if the coppers stopped and asked if it was our sofa/desk/wardrobe and where we had got it from :rotfl:

barnaby-bear

mlz1413 wrote: »

having read Voyager's post it could be that the LL supplies the stuff on the inventory and the stuff there when they viewed has been left by previous tenants - hence LL has not put on inventory so he has no responsiblility for it. And if any of it breaks your son has no responsibility to replace it either.

This is probably the case in fact the LL may have supplied it but by only inventorising the minimum he avoids having to deal with issues - plus leaves the option to ebay/freecycle anything spare/annoying....