Landlord refuses to install a heater in the kitchen, is this legal?

John_Pierpoint

My bet is that the OP never read it.

Euphoria1z

my kitchen also has no radiators and is also freezing. we have a gas cooker with 4 hobs. so my wife will put 2 gas hobs on full blast which heats the kitchen very warm in about 15 mins or so...


much cheaper than using oil filled electric radiator.

rosyw

gilbutre wrote: »

Well I go to the kitchen maybe 20 or 30 times a day! In total I probably spend an hour at least in it, but it's fragmented in many pieces.

Cooker helps but still when you enter the kitchen, it feels just like going out. I usually take on my scarf and winter coat before going there.

So according to the above you spend on average 2-3 minutes at a time in your kitchen, do you REALLY need a coat and scarf? Get a grip!! I would think there quite a few on here who, like me, grew up in houses with no central heating, and unbelievably somehow managed to survive to tell the tale! I can remember scraping the ice off my bedroom window, but I don't remember EVER wearing a coat and scarf indoors. Treat yourself to a couple of warm jumpers and a pair of slippers :whistle:

RichardD1970

rosyw wrote: »

So according to the above you spend on average 2-3 minutes at a time in your kitchen, do you REALLY need a coat and scarf? Get a grip!! I would think there quite a few on here who, like me, grew up in houses with no central heating, and unbelievably somehow managed to survive to tell the tale! I can remember scraping the ice off my bedroom window, but I don't remember EVER wearing a coat and scarf indoors. Treat yourself to a couple of warm jumpers and a pair of slippers :whistle:

No central heating, single gas fire in living room, no heating upstairs at all, no loft insulation, no cavity wall insulation, metal frame single glazed windows, badly fitting, draughty wooden front/back doors.

How did we all survive?

John_Pierpoint

Euphoria1z wrote: »

my kitchen also has no radiators and is also freezing. we have a gas cooker with 4 hobs. so my wife will put 2 gas hobs on full blast which heats the kitchen very warm in about 15 mins or so...


much cheaper than using oil filled electric radiator.

The OP has already got condensation and black mould problems, through not understanding the features of the property.

CH4 + 2xO2 -> CO2 + H2O + H2O

That is why gas boilers produce a plume of vapour outsider on cold days.

poppysarah

jamie11 wrote: »

I agree the EPC is a statutory requirement, however, once the landlord has had that done there is no onus on him to make any improvements that might be recommended in it. Another useless bit of legislation IMO.

Isn't there something about Band F properties having to be improved?

monty-doggy

ViolaLass wrote: »

It's hardly unreasonable to suggest that you wear slippers!

Err I didn't say it was unreasonable, and I did wear slippers, I was just pointing out I know how cold they can be!

SuzieSue

Euphoria1z wrote: »

my kitchen also has no radiators and is also freezing. we have a gas cooker with 4 hobs. so my wife will put 2 gas hobs on full blast which heats the kitchen very warm in about 15 mins or so...


much cheaper than using oil filled electric radiator.

This is exactly what I do when my kitchen is cold - the heat is instant. If I'm not going to be in there long enough to warrant heating it up them I just put a shawl around my shoulders.

silvercar

gilbutre wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Temperature in my kitchen goes between 7º and 10ºC these days. Landlord refuses to install a heater in it (I have central heating) and tells me to use an electric heater.

Problem: it's gonna cost like £50 a month or more during winter. This extra heating expense wasn't advertized when I moved in the house a few months ago. Sure, no heater means cold. But this kitchen is special: it's an extension and apparently concrete floor has not been properly installed, the roon is just freezing cold.

Question: does the landlord have the right to refuse to put a heater in the kitchen?

Presumably you knew all this when you chose to take the tenancy? Are you paying a fair market rent for the property as it is ie if the kitchen was solidly built would the rent be higher?

I'm torn between the obligations on the landlord to keep the property in a reasonable condition and you knowing what you were getting when you decided to rent it.

donfanatico

Macca83 wrote: »

That is the most random statement I've ever heard in my life. Every single 'British' kitchen I've been in has had a radiator so I'm not sure where you get your facts from?

This is the explanation , I guess some people like 'character' a bit too much