yest another question about our potentially dodgy landlord / LA

Geenie

Hi Op, there is great information available on sites like Landlord Zone for free on fire safety. http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/ There are other sites also which can offer advice like the National Landlord Association.

tbs624

Geenie wrote: »

Hi Op, I have just copied the following off one of my LL sites.

Geenie - fully agree with the content of you post - see my own post above. However, down at the bottom of the page from which you have copied is this: "Contents © LandlordZONE® 2006 all rights reserved." Perhaps best to paraphrase or seek permission and give due credit

Geenie

tbs624 wrote: »

Geenie - fully agree with the content of you post - see my own post above. However, down at the bottom of the page from which you have copied is this: "Contents © LandlordZONE® 2006 all rights reserved." Perhaps best to paraphrase or seek permission and give due credit

OOps will do. Thanks Tbs. I always assume that because it is on a public site I can just copy!! Thank you for the flag and I have removed.

Helen224488

With regards to the smoke alarm, we moved into a property a couple of years ago which had really old smoke alarms which did not work. The local fire fighters (I live in Bristol) offered a free service where they came around & not only fitted two smoke alarms but showed us a fire safety dvd. They also came in a fire engine which my kids thought was wicked! Also I was pretty thrilled about the two firemen in uniform!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband at the time was not so thrilled!!!!!!!!

My present house also had no washing line. I went to B & Q & purchased a washing line pole £9.95 & a pully £5, bag of cement £4 & a washing line 30 m from wilkinsons £2. My ex dug a hole in garden, cemented pole in, drilled a small hole on side of house to fix pully & hey presto a really strong washing line. You may want to ask permission from landlord before you do this.

bobby-boy_2

Hi TBS
Yes I am in Scotland and as you say the repair standard applies.
The point iIwas trying to make and you pointed out quoting the act that applies to England+Wales is that smoke alarms have now to be hard wired so asking the fire brigade around or popping to B+Q as many posters are suggesting does not solve the problem.

That said a battery smoke alarm is better than no smoke alarm.

kunekune

That's a good point: is there a danger that by making it expensive/difficult to get a smoke alarm (eg, has to be hard wired) some people will end up not having one at all?