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Help!! Damp and Mould in the property i'm renting.. whats my rights?? HELP!!!!!!
Smalls87
Posts: 2 Newbie
i've had a similar problem to this, in my case there was a dodgey storage cupboard/ small room built onto the bathroom. the outside brick hadnt been properly sealed, in fact it hadnt been sealed at all, they'd just put sheets of plaster board up on 3 of the 4 walls.
its a very small top floor flat, so we thought it was great having this storage cupboard, to stow things out of the way. after 5/6 months alot of the stuff we'd put into this cupboard had to be thrown away, it was covered in mould and no amount of washing or scrubbing would shift the smell, electrical goods no longer worked either.
does anyone know if theres any way we can claim from our landlord for damages to our possesions??
we've also got a problem with the windows in the house, just a typical nickle and dime kinda job, where they clearly havnt spent any money putting the place together, the frames of both sky light windows in the kitchen are rotting,when it rains water runs down the walls. The PVC windows in living room, bedroom and bathroom, you can actually see outside when you look along the frame, where it meets the wall....im sure if i were to hit the window hard enough it would drop right out..but i dont dare do it!!
we've asked things be fixed, at least 6 months ago...our estate agent STILL hasnt sent anyone round to look at the problems. we have contacted the council, they've been round to survey the problems and have said the windows have got to be replaced, without doubt!...what does the landlord do?? 2 months after the councils original letter to them, they sent round a man with a tin (that i can guarantee is about 10 year old) of "waterproof" paint to paint the rotting window frames!!!
please, any advice would be welcome on what on earth we should do!!! if they don't and won't listen to the council, where do we stand?!
please help we're at our wits end and cant afford to move!
its a very small top floor flat, so we thought it was great having this storage cupboard, to stow things out of the way. after 5/6 months alot of the stuff we'd put into this cupboard had to be thrown away, it was covered in mould and no amount of washing or scrubbing would shift the smell, electrical goods no longer worked either.
does anyone know if theres any way we can claim from our landlord for damages to our possesions??
we've also got a problem with the windows in the house, just a typical nickle and dime kinda job, where they clearly havnt spent any money putting the place together, the frames of both sky light windows in the kitchen are rotting,when it rains water runs down the walls. The PVC windows in living room, bedroom and bathroom, you can actually see outside when you look along the frame, where it meets the wall....im sure if i were to hit the window hard enough it would drop right out..but i dont dare do it!!
we've asked things be fixed, at least 6 months ago...our estate agent STILL hasnt sent anyone round to look at the problems. we have contacted the council, they've been round to survey the problems and have said the windows have got to be replaced, without doubt!...what does the landlord do?? 2 months after the councils original letter to them, they sent round a man with a tin (that i can guarantee is about 10 year old) of "waterproof" paint to paint the rotting window frames!!!
please, any advice would be welcome on what on earth we should do!!! if they don't and won't listen to the council, where do we stand?!
please help we're at our wits end and cant afford to move!
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Slapping on a bit of waterproof paint doe not equate to replacing the windows as the council have instructed.
Go back to the council and see if they can enforce0
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