Renting a private property, with damp problem??

Jeny108

Hi

Hope someone can help..

I dont know where i stand on this but i am looking into renting a property that has damp in the kitchen, i havent agreed to take the property yet but really want to.. does the landlord have to sort out the problem or can he just let it out to someone else who doesnt care?

linlin_3

You could take the property on conditionally. But it's unlikely the landlord would sort the problem out if he can find a tennant who doesn't care.
If you do rent it, get everything agreed in writing with a penalty clause if the problem isn't sorted within a given amount of time.

Doozergirl

There might be someone willing to rent it who isn't bothered about it. Whethre they have an obligation? The place has to be fit for habitation; some damp in the kitchen doesn't necessarily contravene that but it's in the landlord's interest to fix it as the property is an investment and a stitch in time...

The simple thing to do is to say you will take it on the proviso that it is fixed before you move in. See what they say!

Jeny108

thanks i agree with what you say..

it's not that it just has damp behind the sink but its dirty, and the it looks like the sealant on the worktop hasnt been done right,(thats could be where the water has come from?!)

there is also damp rising on the bottom of the back door

I know i could just be being picky about these things but i couldn't use it as it is..

kathyd_2

Not picky at all. I've no doubt you will be paying the landlord handsomely for allowing you to rent his property, unless of course you're moving in rent-free, in which case..... :rotfl: I would want at least a promise that it will be sorted in the not too distant future.