tenant unable to use kitchen

RAS

By the way, £1300 is a lot of money for rent; is this in London??

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A landlord / agent not taking an inventory at the start of a tenancy (and having it properly signed by the tenant) is like a bank not requesting your name and address when providing you with a loan. Literally insane.

RAS wrote: »

By the way, £1300 is a lot of money for rent; is this in London??

You must be from the north!

Guest101

The north is great, take a zero off the rent of a london property!!

On point though - Could the LL still not give a bad reference, and still be a tool about the state of the kitchen, even if its his own fault. Perhaps contacting Environmental Health would give a trail and communication to show to the next LA as to why the reference would not be suitable?

jemmiegal

Hi, thanks everyone. Really appreciate all the advice.

The landlord's mother, sister and inept builder came round insisting on painting over the mould. Also asked why I couldn't use one of the slide out drawers as the mould behind it hadn't reached that far up!!! You'd think for the amount of rent they're getting for goodness sake they could pop into B&Q and get new cupboards. I waffled on about someone mentioning the council but that I wanted to keep it 'friendly'. Said they'd get back to me. I'll make sure the letter's given to the agent tomorrow.

Yes, I'm in London. Ridiculous rents and for rubbish. Will be moving away from here once I get out of lazy mode, sooner rather than later I hope. Am aiming to buy now as sick of lining inept, greedy landlords pockets. Goodness knows where all the decent ones are!

Will get on with the informal letter in writing.

Thanks again

sandsni

I wonder if you can inform Environmental Health just as you're leaving, I hate to think of the next batch of Ts being taken for the same ride as you. Painting over the mould in a kitchen - beggars belief.

There are a few decent LLs around, but you'd hardly know it reading these forums!

G_M

jemmiegal wrote: »

Hi, thanks everyone. Really appreciate all the advice.

The landlord's mother, sister and inept builder came round insisting on painting over the mould. Also asked why I couldn't use one of the slide out drawers as the mould behind it hadn't reached that far up!!! You'd think for the amount of rent they're getting for goodness sake they could pop into B&Q and get new cupboards. I waffled on about someone mentioning the council but that I wanted to keep it 'friendly'. Said they'd get back to me. I'll make sure the letter's given to the agent tomorrow.

Yes, I'm in London. Ridiculous rents and for rubbish. Will be moving away from here once I get out of lazy mode, sooner rather than later I hope. Am aiming to buy now as sick of lining inept, greedy landlords pockets. Goodness knows where all the decent ones are!

Will get on with the informal letter in writing.

Thanks again

If the LL intends to do no more than cosmetic covering-up of the problem, then ignore my advice above.

The underlying damp problem needs to be sorted. You could try a last-ditch formal letter, but I'm now more inclined to advise you contact EH.

I simply don't understand LLs like this. It is their property and their investment. Quite apart from treating a tenant to conditions like this, it is just common sense to keep a property in good condition, esp with damp which will just spread and cause more (costly) damage.

rpc

You want to move out at the end of the fixed term, so you don't really have a lot to lose. Contact EH so this goes on record and the next poor sod might not have to put up with it.

embob74

We had terrible damp, mouldy cupboards in our kitchen and replaced them with new after painting the back wall with damp proof paint. Unfortunately less than 6 months later the new cupboards turned mouldy and the back wall is black.
We are still unsure what to do now as mould is usually an indication of condensation and there doesn't seem to be a solution to ventilate behind cupboards.
So even if the builder does repair and make good if the cause of the damp is not sorted then the problem will recur. And the cause may be difficult to pinpoint or correct so could be lots of hassle and upheaval for you.+