Just had enough now

BitterAndTwisted

Any equipment or appliances which the landlord supplies is the responsibility of the landlord to maintain and repair. The landlord CAN NOT bill you for the boiler repair! Even if they think they can. Report the problem to the landlord IN WRITING

sunnysea83

Kaleidoscope1972 wrote: »

.to make matters worse..the 20 year old boiler in the property has died and the plumber sent out by the management company has condemmed it...landlord says he will not pay for it to be replaced as he insists it was serviced before we moved in(it may well have been but that doesnt stop it popping its clogs)..and to date we are in a stale mate situation where by he is refusing to have it replaced.

.its an oil b oiler and the problem is that the red light keeps coming on and it dies..but it will work if you press the reset button..however the instructions clearly say that if you do this more than 3 times, you must do it again as it indicates a serious problem..the engineer agreed and said that it was uneconomical to repair and has told us under no circumstances not to switch it on..we dont know what to do..the mornings and evenings are chilly now and we have no other means of heating hot water..we are paying quite a lot for this property (£900 a month) and dont expect to have no heating or hot water( we have young children too)..weve had enough and just wish we had never taken on the property now...

I would contact council about the boiler, it could be a cat 1 or 2 hazard and require the landlord to be served with an improvement notice to repair it.