Fridge/Freezer in rented accomodation

jamesb1239

I did follow the advice to defrost it, the thread was to ask his obligations, I never once said that I had an issue with that.

The landlord text me not long ago and said he will be here in 5 mins, his engineer came with him, switched the fridge/freezer back on and said see if the temp drops in an hour if not it needs repairing.

I dont know how some of the replies assumed that I hadnt followed the advice, or brought it up when the thread was asking if as a tenant I was obliged to do something about it or if it was the landlords responsibility

Wee_Willy_Harris

jamesb1239 wrote: »

I did follow the advice to defrost it, the thread was to ask his obligations, I never once said that I had an issue with that.

The landlord text me not long ago and said he will be here in 5 mins, his engineer came with him, switched the fridge/freezer back on and said see if the temp drops in an hour if not it needs repairing.

I dont know how some of the replies assumed that I hadnt followed the advice, or brought it up when the thread was asking if as a tenant I was obliged to do something about it or if it was the landlords responsibility

I think we were responding to your post which said.....

"I know what the landlord's problem is, he doesnt like paying out and only likes it when it all goes problem free,"

And....

"So as you can see he has had to pay out quite a bit this year, but isnt that all part of being a landlord?"

Well, between you and me, I don't like paying out when I don't have to either. And I see you said pretty much the same yourself. So we're all agreed on that, at least.

jamesb1239

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

I think we were responding to your post which said.....

"I know what the landlord's problem is, he doesnt like paying out and only likes it when it all goes problem free,"

And....

"So as you can see he has had to pay out quite a bit this year, but isnt that all part of being a landlord?"

Well, between you and me, I don't like paying out when I don't have to either. And I see you said pretty much the same yourself. So we're all agreed on that, at least.

but my opening comment of

The freezer was full, but as the need for a fridge is quite high we decided that we would need to throw out the food and do as told and let it defrost.

covered that, and who does like paying out when they dont need to?

Wee_Willy_Harris

Well, you raised the fact that you felt the landlord didn't like paying out a couple of times, which may lead the reader to assume that you felt the LL wasn't doing enough, financially, to assist with the freezer issue. I also note the rather grudging context of the above paragraph you highlight from your earlier post... "We decided we would need to throw out the food and do as told"... Decided? What were your other options?

jamesb1239

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Well, you raised the fact that you felt the landlord didn't like paying out a couple of times, which may lead the reader to assume that you felt the LL wasn't doing enough, financially, to assist with the freezer issue. I also note the rather grudging context of the above paragraph you highlight from your earlier post... "We decided we would need to throw out the food and do as told"... Decided? What were your other options?

Sorry I missed a bit out of the opening post, the landlord said that our other choice was to have no fridge until we had used up all of the food in the freezer or de-frost it, thats where the decision bit came into it

G_M

Still don't understand why the food had to be thrown out. properly insulated, food will remain frozen a considerable time even in this weather. And a freezer bag will always be useful in the future. I take mine to Sainsburys, as well as picnicks!

Wee_Willy_Harris

I see. Seems sensible enough to me. But hardly a choice regarding repair/replacement, apart from sooner or later.

The bottom line is that your landlord should not be expected to do anything you wouldn't be prepared to do under the same circumstances.

Wee_Willy_Harris

G_M wrote: »

Still don't understand why the food had to be thrown out. properly insulated, food will remain frozen a considerable time even in this weather. And a freezer bag will always be useful in the future. I take mine to Sainsburys, as well as picnicks!

I gues it depends on the size of the freezer and how full it is. A reasonable freezer could easily hold enough food for a week or so. Mines smaller ( prefer fresh food) so, faced with the same circumstances, it would just be a matter of re-jigging my menu slightly. But it should all keep for 2-3 days at least, if stored sensibly.

jamesb1239

G_M wrote: »

Still don't understand why the food had to be thrown out. properly insulated, food will remain frozen a considerable time even in this weather. And a freezer bag will always be useful in the future. I take mine to Sainsburys, as well as picnicks!

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

I gues it depends on the size of the freezer and how full it is. A reasonable freezer could easily hold enough food for a week or so. Mines smaller ( prefer fresh food) so, faced with the same circumstances, it would just be a matter of re-jigging my menu slightly. But it should all keep for 2-3 days at least, if stored sensibly.

The freezer was full, it is one where the fridge & freezer are the same size if that makes any sense. I only own 1 small cooler bag and that has milk etc in it and is stored in the coolest room in the house.

There was approx a months worth of frozen meat etc, and no way we could have eaten it all.

The majority of my house is sitting around 23.5 degrees at the moment, so I don't see how a few cooler bags would keep things frozen as I would have no means of freezing the blocks that you put in them.

Wee_Willy_Harris

With those options, I guess losing the food was a given, whatever the circs.