Can I sue landlady and if so how much is resonable

19lottie82

saram12 wrote: »

its a health and safety risk her renting a property without a gas safety certificate as she has had one of her appliances decommissioned but just told us and told us not to use it but there is nothing on the fire place to state that which is a risk

Yes, you're right it is. But this doesn't entitle you to any compensation and I doubt the environmental health would deem a property inhabitable because of it.

19lottie82

saram12 wrote: »

due to the extra costs of heating as the property is no insulated properly and the windows do not work causing a very cold draft in my daughters room has caused us to use more heating than we normally would.

OK

1) How much has this cost you?

2) Can you prove this?

3) Did you report this to the landlady at the time, in WRITING and keep a proof of pastage?

slickric1234

honest opinion is should of moved out sooner

once relationship between you and landlord breaks down your best off getting out of there, which i assume you could of done at least 6 months ago, normally 12 month contract initially then a rolling monthly isnt it?

if there was damp and mold in the house and you got a bad chest then there may be a claim

mold can cause all sorts of lung problems, such as asthma, COPD, ie bronchitis , emphysema, allergies,such as hayfever
croup for kids, common cold, flu, even pnuemnoia,

youd need to prove you had it and that this was the fault to get compensation

slickric1234

could posibly report the lack of gas certificate and get her in trouble legally, but i dont think you would get any money back for that.

if you choose to complain or sue dont use a long list of complaints
i cant see you getting a no win no fee lawyer so it could be more cstly than what youd expect to get back

things like this are better left out
"The kitchen ceiling was leaking and it took her two months to get some one to patch it up she stated that someone would come back and fix it but no one ever did that was aug 2012.

due to the leaking kitchen roof the water in the lights in kitchen kept tripping electricity (fire hazzard) too a further month after roof was fixed to have electricity fixed after arguments as she said the wires wernt in the roof of kitchen (they were) and she wasnt paying £300 to have a loft hatch put in to fix them finally this was done but after alot of heated dicussions."


basically there was a problem you reported it to her she got it fixed

ognum

OP you have not said how long your fixed term contract was? It would be unusual for it to be 18 months.

Why have you stayed that long?

Cissi

I completely agree with Lottie. We aren't saying that it's ok to have had to live like this, only that at this point there is very little that you can do about it, other than moving out and moving on. Good for you for reporting her to environmental health - hopefully they will make sure that she takes the recommended actions before she can let the house out again. As for compensation - you'd need receipts and very strong evidence, and even if you reported all the problems in writing at the time and kept a record, it would be almost impossible to quantify exactly how much more your heating has cost due to those specific issues.

The final rent during the notice period on the other hand is easily quantified, and by law this is owed to the landlady so she could sue you for this. She may not bother to, but I wouldn't want to count on it - especially since you've reported her. AFAIK lack of a valid gas certificate doesn't mean that rent isn't due, however much you'd like this to be the case.

dodger1

saram12 wrote: »

due to the extra costs of heating as the property is no insulated properly and the windows do not work causing a very cold draft in my daughters room has caused us to use more heating than we normally would.

Draft excluders for windows cost about £2 (which frankly most tenants would have sorted out themselves), sorry but you need to completely forget about compensation claims, move out and get on with life.

saram12

ognum wrote: »

OP you have not said how long your fixed term contract was? It would be unusual for it to be 18 months.

Why have you stayed that long?

we have been here for 18 months with 3 6 month contracts but changed to month to month recently due to we have enough to finally move out

saram12

dodger1 wrote: »

Draft excluders for windows cost about £2 (which frankly most tenants would have sorted out themselves), sorry but you need to completely forget about compensation claims, move out and get on with life.

look a draft excluder would not work as it was the window itself falling out of place meaning it is not secure

saram12

dodger1 wrote: »

Draft excluders for windows cost about £2 (which frankly most tenants would have sorted out themselves), sorry but you need to completely forget about compensation claims, move out and get on with life.

my husband and I are not stupid my husband is an architect and I am a Biomedical Scientist so please do not treat us like we are idiots ok