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ladders in loft

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  • nollag2006
    nollag2006 Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    This smells to high heaven. I would touch it with a barge pole (or a retractable ladder for that matter)

    ;)

    There has to be other accomodation options available locally?
  • dawyldthing
    dawyldthing Posts: 3,438 Forumite
    yeah i'm going to keep looking as its in Leeds so there are loads out there, its just a case of finding one in budget but i will do soon i hope
    :T:T :beer: :beer::beer::beer: to the lil one :) :beer::beer::beer:
  • nollag2006
    nollag2006 Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    dawyldthing wrote: »
    yeah i'm going to keep looking as its in Leeds so there are loads out there, its just a case of finding one in budget but i will do soon i hope

    Good for you, I am sure you will and good luck in your studies
  • dawyldthing
    dawyldthing Posts: 3,438 Forumite
    thank you, 6 teaching weeks left and counting til I finish
    :T:T :beer: :beer::beer::beer: to the lil one :) :beer::beer::beer:
  • Emmzi
    Emmzi Posts: 8,658 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    cash + no deposit (so doesn't need to be in a scheme) = trying to make it untraceable.

    tax evasion?
    not declared she is renting to mortgage holding bank?

    doesn't sound good so unless it is really cheap and money is more important than safety, I wouldn't.
    Debt free 4th April 2007.
    New house. Bigger mortgage. MFWB after I have my buffer cash in place.
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    dawyldthing wrote: »
    yeah i'm going to keep looking as its in Leeds so there are loads out there, its just a case of finding one in budget but i will do soon i hope
    You might want to avoid this one then in the "Rogue LL" campaign thread
  • clutton_2
    clutton_2 Posts: 11,149 Forumite
    Just because a loft room has a ladder as access does not make it necessarily dangerous..... it depends, as others have said, if there is another window in the loftspace, if there are fire doors leading to the room containing the ladder - and we dont know these things....
  • theartfullodger
    theartfullodger Posts: 15,947 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    dawyldthing wrote: »
    The other thing is she wants cash in hand, but has a home made contract, does anyone know if its law binding if any problems happened in the future?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated

    Hmmnnnn

    Very, very, very dodgy. Cash in the claw is OK (-ish) If and only if the person taking the money if happy to give a receipt giving name, address, 'phone number, email etc etc... (Yup, I doubt it as welll).

    Oddly the law/contract would be valid - any "dodgy", uneneforecable clauses would be ignored (eg "The tenant may only give 2 years notice") and the remaining clauses plus standard stuff you get through wot-the-law-is (eg if monthly tenancy rent-paid-monthly, tenant only needs to give 1 month notice)...

    However, cash-in't-claw, only ladder access to room, worried about fire risk...- me, personally, I'd walk away.. and probably grass the landlord up to the local council...

    Best wishes

    Artful
  • dawyldthing
    dawyldthing Posts: 3,438 Forumite
    yeah i think your all right, i think i will give it a miss, theres definately no fire doors as the catch is open because it rests on the stairs and all the rest of the doors are like folding wood doors.

    Thanks for all your help everyone
    :T:T :beer: :beer::beer::beer: to the lil one :) :beer::beer::beer:
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