Landlord Won't Fix Oven

Annie1960

davidmcn wrote: »

Well, can you fix it? What's wrong with it? I replaced the element in my oven recently. The part cost £3.29 including postage. Technically I could have demanded that my landlord get someone out to do it for me, but I figured it was less hassle to do it myself.

It may not be quite so simple if it is built-in. I paid over £60 just before Christmas for someone to fit a new element. It took him quite a long time to remove the oven from the cupboard (he had brought a table along to place it on so he could work on it), quite a while to test it to find out what was wrong, and then he fitted the new element. Finally, he put the oven back into the cupboard. I certainly would not have been strong enough to do the job, and do not have the technical skills to know what part needs to be replaced.

Annie1960

mrmike1989 wrote: »

It's built in

Then it comes under fixtures and fittings, and you have typed above what is in the contract about this, so LL is responsible.

mrmike1989

Annie1960 wrote: »

It may not be quite so simple if it is built-in. I paid over £60 just before Christmas for someone to fit a new element. It took him quite a long time to remove the over from the cupboard (he had brought a table along to place it on so he could work on it), quite a while to test it to find out what was wrong, and then he fitted the new element. Finally, he put the oven back into the cupboard. I certainly would not have been strong enough to do the job, and do not have the technical skills to know what part needs to be replaced.

Yes, replacing the element might be a simple task isolated, but removing the oven might not, I have just spoken with LL, he has agreed to come out himself and have a look at it, he appears to be quite the DIY'er himself, maybe we can resolve the problem ourselves, failing that, he will feel the weight of his obligations.

G_M

Seems to me you have a reasonable LL. He is doing what I would do - coming to look. See if he can fix. And if not (hopefully), either get a chappie in or replacing the oven.

Annie1960

mrmike1989 wrote: »

Yes, replacing the element might be a simple task isolated, but removing the oven might not, I have just spoken with LL, he has agreed to come out himself and have a look at it, he appears to be quite the DIY'er himself, maybe we can resolve the problem ourselves, failing that, he will feel the weight of his obligations.

Glad he agreed to this.

The other issue to bear in mind is that, if you had removed the oven yourself and the cupboard got damaged, you could be liable for repair. It's LL's oven and his cupboards, so it seems very appropriate that he should sort it out.

Good luck.

mrmike1989

G_M wrote: »

Seems to me you have a reasonable LL. He is doing what I would do - coming to look. See if he can fix. And if not (hopefully), either get a chappie in or replacing the oven.

Yes he does seem to be, however, that's what he did with the boiler, after failing permanently fix it, he said he would arrange for his friend who fixes boilers to come out and sort it, his friend was on holiday at the time, and after that his friend was busy etc, I don't do excuses, end result, the boiler issue still has not been resolved. But I have faith that he is trying.

mrmike1989

Annie1960 wrote: »

Glad he agreed to this.

The other issue to bear in mind is that, if you had removed the oven yourself and the cupboard got damaged, you could be liable for repair. It's LL's oven and his cupboards, so it seems very appropriate that he should sort it out.

Good luck.

Yeh the last thing I want to do is potentially make the issue worse, so I think I will just leave this one to him, after all, I do pay to have a working oven.

jem16

mrmike1989 wrote: »

Yes, replacing the element might be a simple task isolated, but removing the oven might not, I have just spoken with LL, he has agreed to come out himself and have a look at it, he appears to be quite the DIY'er himself, maybe we can resolve the problem ourselves, failing that, he will feel the weight of his obligations.

Not all built-in ovens need to be removed to change the element. My oven is a built-in Bosch oven and the element was replaced without any need to remove the actual oven.

davidmcn

jem16 wrote: »

Not all built-in ovens need to be removed to change the element. My oven is a built-in Bosch oven and the element was replaced without any need to remove the actual oven.

Same here, it just unclips from within the oven.

mrmike1989

So, the LL has just been over to look at the oven, unfortunately I couldn't be there as I'm currently at work. My partner was though. He has come to the conclusion that the circuit board is at fault, he has confirmed it's wear and tear, and that yet again, he has a friend in the industry that will be able to source an end of the line replacement. He hasn't given us a timeframe, I appreciate that he's trying to resolve the issue, but if his previous "repair" is anything to go off, I will be without an oven for months and more. I wonder if there is a time frame specified in legislation for when he has to have this done by?