boiler problem...landlord or tenant?

zzzLazyDaisy

limeburner wrote: »

I set the timer for 3 hours a day, but the tenants turn it off and just leave heating on all day even when they are out or on holiday!

It is their home and they are entitled to have the heating on as much as often as they like (as long as they can pay the bills). I am concerned that you know so much about their heating arrangements - you say they have the heating on even when they are away on holiday - how would you know that unless you are letting yourself into their home when they are not there? Which, of course, you are not allowed to do.

Anyway - three hours a day is nowhere near enough if we have a winter like we did last year - you will be at risk of burst pipes, and no doubt will be back on here asking if the repairs are their responsibility too!

shellsuit

This has got to be a windup?

sequence

Please award possession on discretionary ground 17b "they have the heating on too much ground"

Judge : :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:


Stop being so ridiculous and repair the boiler. The boiler should work 24/7 You shouldn't know or care how much they use the heating, if anything should be grateful they are letting the pipes freeze!

They are paying you for a working boiler that can actually heat up the house/water, not fisher price boiler, please provide it!

limeburner

Im yawning my head off. again, alot of herd, dead from the neck up views with nothing to say in particular.

my mind is made up and thats that. they can wait for it to be fixed. they wont make a fuss as I give them very low rents. I reduced the rent when one them was made redundant and permitted another's girlfriend to stay when she was made jobless and homeless. I have nothing to apologise for.

925dancer

limeburner wrote: »

Im yawning my head off. again, alot of herd, dead from the neck up views with nothing to say in particular.

my mind is made up and thats that. they can wait for it to be fixed. they wont make a fuss as I give them very low rents. I reduced the rent when one them was made redundant and permitted another's girlfriend to stay when she was made jobless and homeless. I have nothing to apologise for.

Well done, ask a question you don't really want to know the answer to. Don't listen to those who might actually know what they're talking about and carry on as you are.

I can only be very thankful you're not my landlord.

Wee_Willy_Harris

And I'm sure you will be equaly understanding when they decide to leave your house needing £20,000 worth of repairs. Still, you are an adult making a fully informed decision, so it's your shout. But you are an example of why the Rachmans of this world are still on peoples minds.

spidystrider

I am a landlord, I have no idea what my tenant does with her central heating, as it is of no concern to me. She pays her bills and I ensure that the boiler is serviced every year.

If something went wrong with the boiler I would have it fixed, simple as that.

clutton_2

""Yes I set the timer for 3 hours a day,""

is your middle name Scrooge by any chance ?

btw - it is quite possible to see if a gas boiler is on or not.. steam comes out the vent.... so he does not have to go in to find out

Wee_Willy_Harris

Very true. But with reasonable insulation, even a boiler which is "on" all the time would not be running all the time.

myhouse_2

Hope your tenants don't have the fridge or freezer on the whole time.