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Tenants left property unheated over Xmas
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Allegedly Shelter don't believe a LL can transfer their risk onto the T. I say allegedly because it wasn't I that spoke with Shelter and it is only a post on t'internet. http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?34479-pipe-burst-while-tenant-moving-and-on-holiday&p=269260#post269260
I know I know OFT aren't law but I'd err more on their side when standing in front of a judge.
Are your pipes lagged in the loft ?Inside this body lays one of a skinny woman
but I can usually shut her up with chocolate!
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BitterAndTwisted wrote: »In that case, I think you should be keeping track of every single penny this costs you because I can feel a legal claim coming on. These idiots need to be taught a lesson. Not students are they?
Yes they are students.....they do have a guarantor who is in full time employment though.......0 -
Your tenant might be liable, you are liable. How your neighbour chooses to handle the matter will be his business, but a bill will be plopping onto your mat.mackemdave wrote: »
I know he cant claim on my insurance,will he be able to claim on his insurance and they in turn claim via my insurance0 -
I would have said that students, away from home for the first time, wouldn't have had a clue about heating/burst pipes or what's best to do. But you say they had a letter. If they had a letter then they were told precisely what to do, which then puts the onus on them because it's not as if everybody assumed that everybody knows what to do. Unless the letter arrived after they'd gone home for Xmas, which was probably quite early in December.0
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On the flip side, plenty of students do know to leave heating on! And our parents also reminded us - surely whoever is the guarantor knows that heating should have been left on, and should have checked given they'd have to foot the bill if it all goes wrong? Being a student is no excuse.0
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Pipes in loft were insulated......The letter was one informing them of arrangements for emergencies over the Xmas period and included the warning of leaving the property unoccupied for a while should have the heating kept on....Id lived in the house for 3 yrs previous and had never had any issues with the plumbing......0
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Good
Having right on your side won't get it fixed quickly though will it
I presume you've spoken with your insurance ? if they paid out then obviously T would be very lucky and only pay your excess. If insurance won't then T had indeedy learnt a valuable lesson.
I hope your guarantor agreement though was signed as a deed and a homeowner ? because if this runs into £KKs then it could ultimately end up with you putting a charge on guarantor's property.
Wish you the best. Not all Ts are muppets though. I did go away over chrimble and yes of course I left the heating on.Inside this body lays one of a skinny woman
but I can usually shut her up with chocolate!
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It wasn't a condensing boiler that was providing the heat, was it ?0
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