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Smell in Flat, LL responsibilities..?
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You could get some smoke test things and ask the neighbours nicely if you can fill their flats with smoke. You'd have to do one at a time.
Or speak to the local fire officer at the fire station.0 -
It just sound like a very well-maintained, well-built structure. And if the owner won't do anything, and sees it as trivial, they might serve 'retaliatory' notice, if they choose to see your problems as annoying rather than valid.0
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we lived in a flat with concrete floors and they were connected via the extractor fans in the bathroom and toilet , our neighbours ate alot of cabbage , it was vile.0
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Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
OP also does not say how old the building is - and hence which Buildings Regs would apply.
Reckless? Hmm. teacup and storm..
he has stated it has solid concrete floors, differentiating it from a Victorian conversion with timber floors as posted.
Do bear in mind that modern is a term though rooted in the 30's is post war.
Having has the luxury of having had to deal with this exact sort of issue, as posted, and having done the smoke test, the billows of smoke appearing, as posted, in a few year old building shows that your teacup is very large indeed.
As OMpeveral found out twice last year it is courageous PM and landlord that ignores these issues.Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
Relatively new building, not sure how old, but given the area (there's lots of new developments here, it's Manchester city centre) I'd say no more than 10 years.
It's not a trivial issue, when we have the smell it can make your eyes sting. Friends have noticed it when they've come round, a bit of air freshener does not sort it out unfortunately. I'm inclined to think that it's coming in through some gap in the structure of the building, or one of the vents, as it happens with the windows and balcony door closed, and even in the middle of the night in our bedroom with windows closed and also the bedroom door and the living door closed.
I think we'll go back to the LL/management co and mention the issue that could occur in the event of a fire and see what they say, ask if they could carry out some tests.0 -
it would be playing absolute hell with my asthma....Blackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool0
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I dont think anyone else has mentioned it, and not sure if they could be any help or not, but how about contacting the local council? They might be able to offer some advice.Debt free since July 2013! Woo hoo! The bank actually laughed when I said I have come in to cancel my overdraft.0
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