The quicker we can buy again, the better!

aliasojo

I had no idea renting was so problematic. I'm clearly very naive.

Our latest problem is that the landlord wont allow holes in the walls, no shelves, no fixtures of any kind.

I can see the logic in that BUT I have loads of tall units and bookcases that are topple heavy, especially the ones with full length glass doors.. I have 2 rooms worth of wall to wall tall units. I have no way of making them safe unless they are fixed to the wall. I wouldn't have wanted to make a hole for every unit, it would have been enough to use a metal joining strip to fix the units together and then just use one or maybe 2 fixings for a 4 unit length iyswim.

Doesn't matter that I can make good afterwards, it's still not allowed.

Buying in this economic climate may not make best financial sense but it would definitely make my life easier.

/rant off.

Don't suppose anyone's got any suggestions for ways round this prob?

BitterAndTwisted

If your landlord won't give permission then you risk being charged for any damage which you don't make good at the end of your tenancy. Take photos now so you can be certain upon the condition you must return it in.

princeofpounds

Agree, it's sucks.

I can see both sides of this one. It's pretty restrictive, almost absurdly so, to prevent tenants from doing things that any 'normal' person can do like hang some pictures or put up shelving that isn't going to kill any toddler that tugs on it.

On the other hand holes drilled all over and not properly fixed look really ugly, and even they are properly fixed it's very hard to get them truly inconspicuous.

I've never really been able to come up with a proper solution to this.

BitterAndTwisted

This is the same landlord who was so concerned about the condition of the property that they left the OP with a pee-soaked carpet in the bathroom at the start of their tenancy.

aliasojo

Lol, you remember that.

And there was I thinking Churchy people would be less of a problem than a professional letting agent. See....naive.


It all has a positive side though, OH and I are so fed up with all the not so good things that are linked to renting that are cropping up, that we are even more determined to save like trojans in order to buy again as soon as we can. We may have got lazy and taken our feet off the pedal somewhat otherwise.

womble12345

Can you pit some wood under the front of these topple units so they are leaning towards the wall a bit to reduce the risk?

Soot2006

aliasojo wrote: »

It all has a positive side though, OH and I are so fed up with all the not so good things that are linked to renting that are cropping up, that we are even more determined to save like trojans in order to buy again as soon as we can. We may have got lazy and taken our feet off the pedal somewhat otherwise.

This is what renting did to us as well
Made us save and save and save and buy

aliasojo

womble12345 wrote: »

Can you pit some wood under the front of these topple units so they are leaning towards the wall a bit to reduce the risk?

See! I knew there was a reason I hung about this place so much.

Good idea. I can easily cut some shims to slide under the front. It obviously wont be as secure as a wall tie but will help a bit. Don't know why I didn't think of that. :doh:

Thanks.

ali-t

aliasojo wrote: »

Don't suppose anyone's got any suggestions for ways round this prob?

Nope, but to make you feel a bit better, there is a letting agency in my city that appears to have stricter criteria than you are living with.

A friend of mine was renting a beautiful house through them and the restrictions were beyond belief.

No blu-tac on the walls and no animals allowed in the house or garden (including visiting animals) were among the many rules which included the no holes in the walls rule.

This meant they couldn't hang any pictures, mirrors, secure any wall units they had, have friends visiting who had pets. Sooo restrictive and like yourself it propelled them into buying a place.

aliasojo

ali-t wrote: »

Nope, but to make you feel a bit better, there is a letting agency in my city that appears to have stricter criteria than you are living with.

A friend of mine was renting a beautiful house through them and the restrictions were beyond belief.

I would feel better about all of this if this was a beautiful place too.

It's not, that's what makes it so annoying. The living room walls had dirty marks and dirty handprints on them from a small child, the radiators had been drawn on with crayon. It has large cracks in the walls in the built in wardrobes so everything has a musty smell, the place was filthy (even although it was supposed to have been cleaned) the cooker hood was dripping grease, the carpets are smelly (the kitchen carpet is sticky and the toilet carpet was stuck to the floor with dried urine), all the lightshades had a thick layer of dust & dirt, the decor is very shabby, dull and damaged and the stairs are so bad they sound like gunshot going off when you stand on each tread.

They have a damned cheek giving us all these rules about holes to follow considering the state of the place tbh, but we had to be in that area by a certain deadline so we were at the point of having no choice.

And the best of it is....this place was the best of a bad bunch.

martinthebandit

here ya go

http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-2-1009-43531-unibond-no-more-nails-roll-interior-781742.asp?iCategoryID1=1009

well it wouldn't involve any drilling or holes in walls