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Single mother, child under 12months and no heating for 6 days... landlord not helping
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Landlord is not legally allowed to enter the property without consent!
He sounds like a right irritating person and I would advise your friend to find another rental when this one is up!
Arguably it was an emergency since there is a small baby in the house and, as PrinceofPounds pointed out, it's a criminal offence not to provide heating. :rolleyes:Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0 -
Oh for goodness sake, the heating sometimes packs up where ever you live! I had a new born and 18 month old living in a house for 2 weeks with the boiler broken down over one cold Xmas! The plumbers were not available as were on leave. Fair enough. I wrapped them up warmer, bought a fan heater and managed just fine.
That's your choice to put up with that.
Most people wouldn't be happy with it.0 -
I agree. A homeowner has the choice of how much money to pay out for a repair and if they choose to wait for a cheaper solution by not paying for an emergency callout, or wait for spares for an old boiler etc., that's their choice. The difference when it comes to a tenant is that a tenant is a paying customer. I can think of no other customers that are expected to pay full price when an important part of what they are paying for isn't working!poppysarah wrote: »That's your choice to put up with that.
Most people wouldn't be happy with it.
A landlord can easily make things more efficient by having a newish boiler for which it's easy to locate spare parts and by having a service contract that grantees an engineer within a short time. If a boiler really can't be fixed the landlord should be providing alternative temporary heaters and paying for their use or giving a rent reduction so the tenant can do it instead.0 -
do we know when the tenant informed the LL of the problem - only then can anyone judge if the repair seems to have been done in a reasonable time ..?0
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