Landlord's views please...

bebewoo

Bit angry there eh Robbie

lighting_up_the_chalice

Robbie_Ward wrote: »

Well if they work well enough,keep them but if they need changing at any time then as far as I am concerned YOU the landlord should pay for new boilers when they are needed out of YOUR own pocket and not expect the hard pressed taxpayer to pay for it for you or your tenants.

And if they aren't needed, by the landlord, just saddle the tenant with the higher bills, lining the pockets of the gas suppliers while taking valuable money from the local economy. Meanwhile, the landlord feels no effect whatsoever, being no worse off through not replacing a working but inefficient boiler. The taxpayer, meanwhile, has to make up for the lost revenue going to pay the inflated energy bill. Brilliant.

Bluebonnie

What's really the issue with the boiler now?
is it unreliable?
does it use a lot of gas? or maybe
the spare parts will no longer be available at some point in the future?

Others have said that these amazing free schemes result in a new, cheap, unreliable boiler, which may pack up after two or three years. Is that what you want?

Homeagain

when_will_it_end wrote: »

I asked the same question to my LL a few years back and received the same answer


a few weeks ago it was obvious the very old boiler is on its way out, I was then asked was I on benefits so as to take advantage of the scheme, im not on benefits of any sort now so the LL has lost out and will be forking out a substantial amount of money in the very near future

I think your LL has a cheek to even suggest this. Why should he be entitled to a freebie!

anselld

Homeagain wrote: »

Why should he be entitled to a freebie!

S/he was entitled to a freebie because that is how our illustrious Government set up the scheme. However, it seems to have stalled since Dave's uturn on ECO costs on energy bills.

captainhindsight_2

Robbie_Ward wrote: »

Well if they work well enough,keep them but if they need changing at any time then as far as I am concerned YOU the landlord should pay for new boilers when they are needed out of YOUR own pocket and not expect the hard pressed taxpayer to pay for it for you or your tenants.

It's not tax payers who pay for ECO it's customers of the big six energy suppliers, so if you don't want to contributeto the ECO pot you can make a conscious effort and support a smaller energy company and create more competition in the market and drive down energy prices.

ECO also supports the fuel poor by helping drive down their energy requirements.

So in short ECO reduces the the energy requirements of the fuel poor and helps create more competition in the energy market and eventually drive down prices for everyone.

Seems a good deal to me!certainly better that freezing energy prices

captainhindsight_2

In response to the original question it's seems ridiculous for the landlord to turn down a free boiler because they will have to pay for a new one eventually.

I am guessing like a lot of people the landlord has just confused the Green Deal and ECO

captainhindsight_2

anselld wrote: »

S/he was entitled to a freebie because that is how our illustrious Government set up the scheme. However, it seems to have stalled since Dave's uturn on ECO costs on energy bills.

It was ed Miliband of the previous government who set up the eco scheme and it is also ed Miliband when in opposition announced ideas to freeze energy prices and to scrap ECO which created uncertainty in the market and huge numbers of companies offering the scheme pulled out leaving customers in limbo and stalling the whole scheme!!

David Cameron has extended the scheme until 2017 from the original 2015 to spread the cost over a longer period if time.

Just thought you'd like the facts......

Robbie_Ward

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

And if they aren't needed, by the landlord, just saddle the tenant with the higher bills, lining the pockets of the gas suppliers while taking valuable money from the local economy. Meanwhile, the landlord feels no effect whatsoever, being no worse off through not replacing a working but inefficient boiler. The taxpayer, meanwhile, has to make up for the lost revenue going to pay the inflated energy bill. Brilliant.

The boiler that has been mentioned by that landlord is 9 years old so there should still be some life left in it,and parts are usually still available.That said they can be VERY expensive and if it goes wrong,sometimes it is better to replace it.It is my opinion that seeing as a landlord rents his/her house(s)to make money(no objection to that at all)then he/she should foot the bill to change it if and when it is needed.Now if I was a landlord,I would see it as my duty to ensure that there is an efficient decent and safe combi in my property,and as such it would be my duty to pay for anything like that out of my own pocket.Not from the pockets of others.

Robbie_Ward

bebewoo wrote: »

Bit angry there eh Robbie

Their property,their responsibility.