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House renovatins whilst we're living in the propertyH
alexdrans
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Hello MSE,
We're 4 students living in a rented private house. The house is owned by our landlord, but managed by somebody else and all our communication is through him.
Previously, all houses over 4 bedrooms were required to be fire safe, i.e. fire proof ground floor ceilings, fire exit signs, fire doors, emergency lights, and the law recently changed to include 4 bedroom houses. Due to this change, we currently have builders in our house and they have been visiting on-off for about 5 weeks, causing quite a few distruptions (taking doors off, painting the house, drilling, sawing etc). We've been in the house the whole time that this has been going on.
They are also going to replace our kitchen in the near future, which will also cause obvious disruptions.
My question is, when it comes to a rent reduction, what are we entitled to/what can we argue for? Our letting is quite 'casual' so I don't believe there's anything explicitly stating anything about a rent reduction in our agreement.
The rent is £55/week/person if that means anything.
Help me out MSE!
We're 4 students living in a rented private house. The house is owned by our landlord, but managed by somebody else and all our communication is through him.
Previously, all houses over 4 bedrooms were required to be fire safe, i.e. fire proof ground floor ceilings, fire exit signs, fire doors, emergency lights, and the law recently changed to include 4 bedroom houses. Due to this change, we currently have builders in our house and they have been visiting on-off for about 5 weeks, causing quite a few distruptions (taking doors off, painting the house, drilling, sawing etc). We've been in the house the whole time that this has been going on.
They are also going to replace our kitchen in the near future, which will also cause obvious disruptions.
My question is, when it comes to a rent reduction, what are we entitled to/what can we argue for? Our letting is quite 'casual' so I don't believe there's anything explicitly stating anything about a rent reduction in our agreement.
The rent is £55/week/person if that means anything.
Help me out MSE!
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Why are you looking for a rent reduction the house is clearly just being bought up to the current requirements...
There are loads of tenants who would love a new kitchen too but sadly not always able to get one...look on it as once finished you will be living in a better environment for the same rent as you previously paid for the unmodified property.frugal October...£41.82 of £40 food shopping spend for the 2 of us!
2017 toiletries challenge 179 out 145 in ...£18.64 spend0 -
I agree with the op no work should be done while the tenant is in situ except long term lets 5 year plus. The landlord's trying to avoid losing rent having the place empty while work is done. Contact the agent or landlord to express your concern.0
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Why are you looking for a rent reduction the house is clearly just being bought up to the current requirements...
There are loads of tenants who would love a new kitchen too but sadly not always able to get one...look on it as once finished you will be living in a better environment for the same rent as you previously paid for the unmodified property.
The landlady is very lazy. The house hasn't had any work done to it in years and years and years, and she only had this work done because it's a legal requirement now. We were given ~5 days notice before work started.
We're going to ask for a 50% reduction on 5-6 weeks rent. Does this sound okay? I want to go for as much as I can because I'm a broke student, and I feel it's fair given the disruption.0 -
The landlady is very lazy. The house hasn't had any work done to it in years and years and years, and she only had this work done because it's a legal requirement now. We were given ~5 days notice before work started.
We're going to ask for a 50% reduction on 5-6 weeks rent. Does this sound okay? I want to go for as much as I can because I'm a broke student, and I feel it's fair given the disruption.
Go for 75% and work back!0
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