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Rental property issues

dwcguy
dwcguy Posts: 5 Forumite
edited 27 March 2011 at 1:28AM in House buying, renting & selling
resolved thanks for all of your input

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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Water very rarely goes off unless
    1) pipes freeze - where are you? Is it cold?
    2) someone turns off the stopc*ck - are you in a block? Where are the mains taps?
    3) there's a leak elsewhere - can you see escaping water?????

    Are you reporting the issues IN WRITING? By all means (indeed, loss of water I certainly would) report it by phone, but ALWAYS follow up with a letter addressed to the landlord at the addres on the tenancy agreement. Have you done that with earlier issues?

    See Shelter advice here regarding getting repairs done.

    I'm afraid you signed a contract and are bound by it till it expires. However, you should enforce YOUR rights.

    You can also call Environmental Health (or the private tenancy officer) at the council if you have no water and the LL does nothing FAST.
  • dwcguy
    dwcguy Posts: 5 Forumite
    edited 27 March 2011 at 1:28AM
    resolved thanks for all your input
  • MegaMiniMouse
    MegaMiniMouse Posts: 595 Forumite
    have you asked your college for help/advice?

    mmm
  • dwcguy
    dwcguy Posts: 5 Forumite
    yea, they say a contract is a contract is a contract, suck it up.. they would :)
  • t0rt0ise
    t0rt0ise Posts: 4,519 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Please don't delete your question in future. It, along with the answers and discussion can help others in a smilar position. Besides that, it's not very interesting to come on and see it all deleted with incomprehensible answers interspersed.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    dwcguy wrote: »
    resolved thanks for all of your input

    And to add to tortoise above, having taken the time/trouble to offer help/advice, it is always interesting to hear how a problem was resolved, and whether the advice offered was useful or not.
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