Frozen Pipes / Flood

silvercar

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Of course, the supposition that a landlord would pop round and check that the heating was left on to prevent frozen pipes is that either the landlord was aware that the property was going to be completely unoccupied for weeks on end AND that the landlord actually lived within reasonable distance of the rental property.

Both true in my son's student house!

clutton wrote:

Landlords have an insurance duty to "mitigate" their loss... otherwise their insurers would not pay out....

So a sensible landlord would check on a property he knows to be empty.

anselld

Just un update on this.
The pipe which burst was in the loft. So, whilst turning off the heating may have had some negative effect, the main cause was probably inadequate lagging.
LL is claiming on insurance and is now trying to be released from the lease and seems to fear liability for providing alternative accomodation.
Ts probably happy to move on, under the circumstances.
Deposits still under negotiation.