landlord refusing to fix our oven.

simond224

Hi all,
our oven has recently stopped working, so i called the letting agent and told him, he contacted the landlord (who is his uncle) but then contacted us back to say that they cannot fix the oven because the house was unfurnished when we moved in.
when we actually moved in the oven was there in the house and belongs to the landlord so i am under the impression the letting agent and the landlord are trying to pull a fast one so they dont have to pay for the oven repair or replacement? am i right in saying they have to repair the over or get a replacement ??? also there is damp in the house coming from the bathroom into the livingroom, the bathroom is old and abit of a botch job is the landlord ment to fix/replace this aswel ?? (i havnt told him about the damp yet)

thanks any help would be great

Browntoa

is it fitted or a standalone cooker ??

The_Palmist

tell him about the damp asap otherwise you will end up getting the blame for it.

simond224

Browntoa wrote: »

is it fitted or a standalone cooker ??

its fitted between the two cupboards in the kitchen ... but i think its a stand alone cooker that has just been placed between the two cupboards

simond224

The_Palmist wrote: »

tell him about the damp asap otherwise you will end up getting the blame for it.

he knew about the damp when we first moved in, he said to knock out the old plaster and re-plasted it, so i did that but the damp has come back. i only plastered it as a goodwill gesture because it was no hassle at the time, but now i feel as thou hes taking me for a fool and i want the job done properly!!

Browntoa

simond224 wrote: »

its fitted between the two cupboards in the kitchen ...

fitted as in



or

this type



if the first two then I would call it "fixtures and fittings" and their resposibility

simond224

sorry the second picture didnt show up, but its the last picture so its a stand alone cooker?? what will this mean ?

simond224

is the landlord supposed to fix it then??

newbie1980

simond224 wrote: »

is the landlord supposed to fix it then??

i believe this questions been asked before and while some LL normally fixes these as a good will they do not in law have to its normally to keep the tenant happy

dave

simond224

newbie1980 wrote: »

i believe this questions been asked before and while some LL normally fixes these as a good will they do not in law have to its normally to keep the tenant happy

dave

in that case... would it be cheaper for me to get a second hand oven or get that one repaired ?? its gas by the way

Googlies_2

You were "sold" a flat with a working cooker, that's what you are entitled to, its the landlords responsibility.