What Should a Landlord Provide?

pingua

When we have moved there has always been a line with a dail tone but we pay to get re-connected. Would not be too happy to have to pay 125 for a new line. If you are not staying long how about just using a mobile??
I would keep trying bt and perhaps speak to someone else cause it sounds to me there is a line there. ???? Not much help sorry. Try the landlord you never know he may be nice about it.

silvercar

sounds like confusion between yourself and Bt. The presence of a line with dial tone, suggests a working line. Make sure BT understand you want to reconnect an existing line rather than provide a new connection.

Gorgeous_George

Do all lines belong to BT these days?



GG

silvercar

Gorgeous_George wrote:

Do all lines belong to BT these days?



GG

If 17070 works, its a BT line; if it doesn't its a cable line or Kingston Telecoms or a private leased line of some description. So, presuming your not in Hull, if 17070 gives you a number contact BT, if not contact the local cable operator in the first instance.

Edited with a further thought:
I think only BT leave a dial tone on non-operational lines.

Kzlnd

We had to pay for the installation also in the NB apartment we moved into, something I didn't even consider contacting the LL about.
It's rubbish but we wanted a landline & req. it for Sky tv so we had to pay, which means the next tenants won't have to.
I do think all apts should be connected, the Sky tv cable/socket was!

Tootsie_Roll

scorpio_princess wrote:

What an incredibly helpful comment, i'm sure that has helped the OP no end :rolleyes:

I didn't see anything in his original post that pointed towards him expecting his landlord to fund his lifestyle, so I don't know where you got that from! I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a landlord to have a phone line in place - it's 2007 for goodness sake! As I said before, the OP should have checked this, but to be honest, if you have no experience of renting you may not think to ask as a lot of people assume there would be a land line in place already. Renters already pay a lot in rent money that they'll never see again, without having to better a property that doesn't belong to them!

I think his point is - 'what is next?'. I remember in the mid 80's paying (I think) around £90 to have a line installed in a YMCA flat. I certainly didn't expect anybody else to pay for that and why should I ? Just because having a phone is the norm in 2007 certainly doesn't mean it should be provided by the landlord for free and as Paul Herring intimated - what next does the landlord have to provide to be considered fair and reasonable ?

dave76

ah good thread, I am supposed to be moving into a new flat (1st tennants) at the end of the month and am going back to check some things over at the weekend. Is there anything else I need to look out for apart from phone lines?

I did notice when we first looked at the place that there were no mirrors in the bathrooms which seems a bit of an oversight - can we ask for mirrors to be put on the walls or permission to put some up ourselves? or do we have to put up with non-fixed ones?

rosysparkle

Your landlord may agree to provide a mirror but there is no requirement for them to be provided. If you want to put up mirrors yourself, you will need permission from your landlord to do so.

silvercar

check for curtain rails and a door bell!

As far as landlines are concerned, the proportion of homes actually having a line is decreasing as people become more reliant on mobiles.

dave76

silvercar wrote:

check for curtain rails and a door bell!

As far as landlines are concerned, the proportion of homes actually having a line is decreasing as people become more reliant on mobiles.

I understand people use fixed line phones less, but more and more people are using broadband internet which requires a phone line connection (unless you go through cable tv)