No hot water for 4 weeks in rented flat

adr0ck

move out and get yourself a decent landlord

lincroft1710

Back in early 1980s had to visit a small 1900s built terrace house which was pretty basic, I'm not even sure there was a bathroom. Tenant complained landlord wouldn't do anything to house, not even paint front door, which had hardly any paint left on it. She then showed me her rent book and all became clear - she was paying 15 pence, yes fifteen pence a week rent. It was something like a protected tenancy and as she was living there in 1957 and rent was three shillings (pre decimal equivalent of 15p) rent couldn't increase. Did explain to her diplomatically that a year's rent would barely cover cost of painting front door!

EliteHeat

GDB2222 wrote: »

Where can EliteHeat be found?

At home, in bed, with food poisoning :mad:

TJ27

I occasionally ask landlords to fix heating or hot water problems within, say, 48 hours. They suck their teeth, um and ah, and say that they can't find a plumber at such short notice.

Depending on the circumstances, I might then serve a S80 emergency notice on them and tell them that I'll prosecute if they don't do it. As if by magic, like the shopkeeper in Mr Ben, a plumber appears!

So when landlords say that plumbers can't be found at short notice, it might mean that they don't want to pay extra for getting an emergency call out. I suppose it might depend on where you live though to be fair.