Quitting an AST tenancy early [or] boiler woes

BitterAndTwisted

There is no option for "escalation" as has been advised. You have a number of choices:

Negotiate an early surrender.
Carry on paying the rent and move somewhere else more satisfactory.
Put up with it and move out at the end of your fixed-term.

artychap

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

There is no option for "escalation" as has been advised. You have a number of choices:

Negotiate an early surrender.
Carry on paying the rent and move somewhere else more satisfactory.
Put up with it and move out at the end of your fixed-term.

In that case, that's all I needed to know. Thank you.

Brallaqueen

There is precedence for getting works done yourself and taking the cost from rent owed however the process is very specific. It may be worth having a word with shelter about the problems you face as they can advise. Iirx they have a pretty xlear outline on their website for starters

Yorkie1

There is also the option of getting Environmental Health involved next time the problem happens, although that would escalate the problem quite a bit.

G_M

If the landlord was refusing to get the boiler repaired, you would have a stronger case for
* getting it repaired yourself
* calling in EH
etc

But he IS calling out/paying for a plumber
and the plumber IS getting the boilergoing

I understand you feelthe root cause remains, and the problem recurs, but that is why negotiation is the way forward.

* How many times has it broken down?
* How many times has the plumber been out?
* How many times has a new part been fitted?

Shelter's process for getting itfixed yourself and deducting cost from rent is here. Follow it precisely.

But given what I've said above, I don't recommend this courseof action.

Try to persuade the LL to change plumber.

artychap

G_M wrote: »

If the landlord was refusing to get the boiler repaired, you would have a stronger case for
* getting it repaired yourself
* calling in EH
etc

But he IS calling out/paying for a plumber
and the plumber IS getting the boilergoing

I understand you feelthe root cause remains, and the problem recurs, but that is why negotiation is the way forward.

* How many times has it broken down?
* How many times has the plumber been out?
* How many times has a new part been fitted?

Shelter's process for getting itfixed yourself and deducting cost from rent is here. Follow it precisely.

But given what I've said above, I don't recommend this courseof action.

Try to persuade the LL to change plumber.

Thanks, I quite agree. I'm grateful for all the clarification I've had in this thread; it has been very helpful.

Brallaqueen

G_M wrote: »

If the landlord was refusing to get the boiler repaired, you would have a stronger case for
* getting it repaired yourself
* calling in EH
etc

But he IS calling out/paying for a plumber
and the plumber IS getting the boilergoing

I understand you feelthe root cause remains, and the problem recurs, but that is why negotiation is the way forward.
....
But given what I've said above, I don't recommend this courseof action.

Try to persuade the LL to change plumber.

I agree, just throwing the idea out there as a possibility. I hope the problem gets solved long before winter but that may go in your favour as generally, no heating or hot water in winter is considered more of an emergency than in summer.