Should he replace the cooker?

Myrtle77

kazca wrote: »

£500 to facilitate an electric cooker? that's crazy money.

I think the cost was due to the distance he'd need to run the electric, and he also mentioned that for health and safety reasons, most of the house would need rewiring to provide the correct current.

I'm no electrician, so I've no idea if this is correct. But I am smart enough to have pointed out to the Agent that my cooker was not gas!

kazca

Myrtle77 wrote: »

I think the cost was due to the distance he'd need to run the electric, and he also mentioned that for health and safety reasons, most of the house would need rewiring to provide the correct current.

I'm no electrician, so I've no idea if this is correct. But I am smart enough to have pointed out to the Agent that my cooker was not gas!

Get a second opinion if this is the way you are going. I am no electrician either but the idea that most of the house will need rewiring to facilitate a cooker installation sounds like total rubbish. Cookers are run individually from a separate fuse on the consumer unit - no other wiring involved, ergo your chosen electrician is either highlighting other general problems with this houses electrics or more likely is full of smelly brown stuff.

Myrtle77

kazca wrote: »

Get a second opinion if this is the way you are going. I am no electrician either but the idea that most of the house will need rewiring to facilitate a cooker installation sounds like total rubbish. Cookers are run individually from a separate fuse on the consumer unit - no other wiring involved, ergo your chosen electrician is either highlighting other general problems with this houses electrics or more likely is full of smelly brown stuff.

Sadly not my choice of electrician. The Estate Agents sent him. Perhaps you're right though, and we should get our own electrician in to take a look.

kazca

Be ready for a quote of £150 - 200 minimum and decide ahead of time if you would be happy to pay this.

Perelandra

You may be able to pick up a second-hand gas cooker on your local Freecycle group- I see them on mine on occasion. Then just leave it in the property when you move on- at least you'll only need to take your own electric one this way when you move (so not having to take two around with you... which doesn't 'alf sound ridiculous! ).

Good luck.

londonTiger

you have to take responsibility for the face that you bought an electric cooker without knowing if it was suitable for the kitchen.

you can pay for the electric fittings or offload the electric cooker onto someone else and buy a gas one

baza52

londonTiger wrote: »

you have to take responsibility for the face that you bought an electric cooker without knowing if it was suitable for the kitchen.

you can pay for the electric fittings or offload the electric cooker onto someone else and buy a gas one

Try reading ALL the thread, especially the first post.

Only then will you realise how pointless your post is.

Turnbull2000

I think you're on your own here OP. The landlord has no real obligation to install a new cooker, and demanding so could result in an eviction notice heading your way.

caeler

You can buy a new basic gas cooker in Argos for £200. Buy it and sell it when you leave (either to LL or privately). Alternatively trawl ebay for people selling their gas cookers because they are upgrading their kitchens. Yes this is a pain but all you really need is a solution and rightly or wrongly your LL isn't interested.

pararct

It may be that something else on the main consumer board will need to be updated and it is this which is significantly increasing the price. Electricians are bound by certain regulations which may specify bit of kit has to be replaced when a new installation is made.
An example could be an old electric shower. If you called in an electrician to replace one he may well have to uprate the cable from the unit/breaker to the shower.. If you refused this part of the work he could not proceed to replace the shower.

Clearly a misunderstanding has taken place, the LL probably assumed it would be a simple case of one out one in.
Now he knows it isn't he is not happy to underwrite the additional cost.
Best if you get a cheap gas cooker and go from there, you can see if the LL will purchase it from you when you move on.

The LL may be under no obligation to do anything other than reduce your rent by a couple of £ a Month (what is a cooker worth on a rental?) to account for no cooker which of course you thought came with the rental.