renting from housing association - their obligations??

pmlindyloo

I do agree that sometimes having no proper floor covering can cause problems especially if you have very young children.

So, some options:

1. Freecycle
2. Ask council if they have any help available.
3. Ask friends/family if they have anything suitable.
4. Ask CAB for a list of charities that may help
5. If eligible apply for a Budgeting Loan

https://www.gov.uk/budgeting-loans/eligibility

charlieismydarling

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

I was shocked to learn that they also fail to provide 80 inch flat screen HD 3D TVs with surround sound and an X-Box in each bedroom as standard. Surely this is a breach of the Human Rights Act?

Is this really necessary? It was a simple request, no need for sarcasm.

Nice to know these attitudes still exist among the staff administering claims.

Prothet_of_Doom

fabforty wrote: »

Not having carpets does not make a house unfit to live in.

Although if it has Gripper Rods still in place, it makes it a bit dangerous for toddlers. (Given that I couldn't afford carpet, I had to go around with hammer and chisel and remove them for every room, when I bought my last house)

In_a_spin

Housing Associations do not usually supply carpets and if any are left when a tenant moves out they come round and rip them out.

Poppie68

In_a_spin wrote: »

Housing Associations do not usually supply carpets and if any are left when a tenant moves out they come round and rip them out.

HA are supposed to leave flooring in if they are in a suitable condition...this single mum we have to been helping saw her house had them when she viewed but during the viewing they found they where infested with fleas and smelt very strongly of dog pee...

lukieboy96

When I moved out of a flat, they left the carpets down. Found out when I went to collect post. Mind you, it was the cheapest carpet!

Morglin

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Since we took our carpets up upstairs (haven't had them downstairs for years) and decided to expose the original floorboards, I realised would never again have a fitted carpet. All the dust that can be whisked away with a broom on the floorboards would just sink into the carpet and I don't think any amount of hoovering could get it all out. You can't see it for a start. And I don't even want to start thinking about what might be living in it.......:eek:

Not with a Sebo vacuum cleaner - if it ain't screwed down, it sucks it up lol

Even rugs are at risk........:eek:

Lin

seven-day-weekend

My newly acquired GTech Air Ram is the same....it tried to suck one of my rugs up this morning. Good job I was standing on it.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

HA'a wont provide a carpet as it then become a part of their fixtures and fittings obligations in their tenancy contracts, this then leads to a tenant saying "the carpet that was fitted is now dirty I want a replacement and under the tenancy it then becomes their obligation to do so costing huge amounts of money when they have thousands of properties on their portfolio, so when houses are let through council or HA, they rip them out because even if a tenant leaves them there for next, it becomes their assumed responsibility and their liable for it when a another tenant moves in.


so no you wont get a carpet.

Poppie68

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

HA'a wont provide a carpet as it then become a part of their fixtures and fittings obligations in their tenancy contracts, this then leads to a tenant saying "the carpet that was fitted is now dirty I want a replacement and under the tenancy it then becomes their obligation to do so costing huge amounts of money when they have thousands of properties on their portfolio, so when houses are let through council or HA, they rip them out because even if a tenant leaves them there for next, it becomes their assumed responsibility and their liable for it when a another tenant moves in.


so no you wont get a carpet.

Not all of them remove flooring...
The young girl we have been helping was told the carpets were staying, until the flea and pee problem was found..
this is what i found on the one we have had dealings with the last few days..

.Below is what i found on their website

'.We don't provide any floor coverings but we'll leave any left by the previous tenant if they're in good condition - like laminate or carpets. It's then your responsibility to maintain them.'