Landlord tactically hid damage

DragonQ

My bedroom has a smell of damp that I can't get rid of too. I discovered when turning the heating on for the first time that the kitchen floor gets warm, which means there must be pipes underneath. I wonder if there was/is pipes under the bedroom floor that leaked at one point.

It's usually not bad enough to bother me and I get used to it quickly but sometimes I really notice it, so I bust out the old Febreze.

One of my cupboards has a strong smell of damp and the wall nearby has visible damp, which explains that.

blackshirtuk

zarf2007 wrote: »

and this is what is completely wrong about the rental market, ultimately you have zero comeback from a shoddy Tenant other than to suck it up.

How is it reasonable that someone signs an agreement leaving them thousands of pounds out of pocket and there is no comeback? For all Tenants bleating about Landlords having too many rights

Works both ways !

(My bolding)

zarf2007

blackshirtuk wrote: »

Works both ways !

(My bolding)

hardly the same though, a landlord can issue a S21 and ultimately remove the tenant (it may take 3-4 months)....if the tenant has signed a 1 or 2 year AST they are stuffed.

TBH, one of the main reasons I got out of renting is the myth that 'all bills/repairs are taken care of', the reality is the cheapest shoddy repairs are made and every effort is taken by the landlord to screw money out of the tenant through their deposit, thankfully deposit schemes put an end mostly to that...

chris_m

zarf2007 wrote: »

hardly the same though, a landlord can issue a S21 and ultimately remove the tenant (it may take 3-4 months)....if the tenant has signed a 1 or 2 year AST they are stuffed.

Er, so is the landlord. If I understand things correctly, an S21 cannot take effect before the end of the AST fixed term.

zarf2007

chris_m wrote: »

Er, so is the landlord. If I understand things correctly, an S21 cannot take effect before the end of the AST fixed term.

Yes but if the tenant is dodgy and doesn't pay rent they can be evicted before the end of the AST, the same cannot be said if the landlord is dodgy, the tenant is stuck. Also if the tenant complains about dodgy heating etc and they are not in a AST it is easier for the landlord to evict than remedy the problem, especially in a property hotspot like London.

Kynthia

zarf2007 wrote: »

Yes but if the tenant is dodgy and doesn't pay rent they can be evicted before the end of the AST, the same cannot be said if the landlord is dodgy, the tenant is stuck. Also if the tenant complains about dodgy heating etc and they are not in a AST it is easier for the landlord to evict than remedy the problem, especially in a property hotspot like London.

After the fixed term the tenant can give one tenancy period as notice but a landlord has to give two and possibly take it to court and possibly have to wait for court bailiffs too. Also a tenant can stay for months without paying rent, and can cause thousands of pounds of damage which the landlord is unlikely to recover. However a tenant can be stuck in a property that is not what they expected and very poor as long as it isn't 'uninhabitable' and be forced to wait for repairs or deal with things repeatedly breaking down because the landlord won't pay for a proper repair or replacement.

This can go back and forth and isn't really useful to the OP.