Tenant to service boiler? is this allowed?

ShaShaSha

theartfullodger wrote: »

I'm a Scottish Landlord: I've never heard of this & would be very surprised if it were legal (but it may be).

Frankly anyway I think the LL is barking mad... surely he would want to ensure the place was safe (to protect his investment).

As suggested previously contact Shelter or your local CaB & get advice.

Is your property on more than 1 floor?? If so the very strongly worded instruction I have had from Scottish Association of Landlords & LandlordAccreditationScotland is that there MUST be mains-wired, interlinked smoke alarms on each floor (with battery backup) installed by the landlord. And Any LL who didn't put in a CO detector needs his half-brain examining.

Another approach would be to use the PRHP (see
http://www.prhpscotland.gov.uk/prhp/1.html
) - but first write (keep copy)to your LL saying you are concerned over the boiler & plan to invite the PRHP to inspect.. he'll hopefully see sense when he gets this letter.

Part of the PRHP guidance to Landlords
see
http://www.prhpscotland.gov.uk/prhp/files/B53017_PRHP%20landlords.pdf
.
gives some of their responsibilities and these include...

- so I can't see how he can pretend it's not his job to do these things...

If you want to quote chapter & verse he must (he must, not you, he must) keep the property up to the "Repairing Standard" and Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 states, Section 13...



but note section 14 (which means you must write & tell him...)



You say "from his estate" - he sounds like a right old-fashioned feudal laird type.. probably doesn't understand his responsibilities & that it is no longer 1750...

Cheers!

Lodger

PS I assume your tenancy is a Scottish "Short Assured Tenancy" (it should say so at top of the tenancy documents). If not the rules may be different.

So much useful information there, thanks so much!!

Yes it is a short assured tenancy, and yes hes an old fashioned type landlord!! he likes to cut corners, put it that way....he lost half a million to an old associate of his and since then cuts corners on everything, we had to go round and seal all the windows because theres 1cm gaps at the top and bottom, sometimes even the sides of all the windows!

We now have an oven that sometimes cuts off and loses all power, lights and everything - which he knows about and an electricitian said it needs replaced but nothing has been done yet The living room light exploding the other week showering my partner and our baby daughter in sparks and glass, which actually melted into the carpet....electrician said they need changed but nothing has been done yet!

The boiler is costing us £200 a month to run for minimum heating!

Getting an appointment with CAB to try and resolve this issue as at the moment, we are a small fortune to keep the house warm.