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heating in rented house?
asoe209
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Morning,
Gust had a general question really. I have a few friends that are about to move in together. they view a place over the weekend and decided to go for it. a 3 bed house costing about £1200pcm
I had not been on the viewing but they all liked it, they did however show me some pictures yesterday. but the thing that has got me is there heating system or lack of. it turns out that they have the gas wall heaters personally I have never come across them in my time but there is a bedroom which has no heating at all which was a bit of concern in my eyes.
so is this something that is allowed? and are there any sort of options in terms of sorting this? i would guess it all comes down to the owner.
Gust had a general question really. I have a few friends that are about to move in together. they view a place over the weekend and decided to go for it. a 3 bed house costing about £1200pcm
I had not been on the viewing but they all liked it, they did however show me some pictures yesterday. but the thing that has got me is there heating system or lack of. it turns out that they have the gas wall heaters personally I have never come across them in my time but there is a bedroom which has no heating at all which was a bit of concern in my eyes.
so is this something that is allowed? and are there any sort of options in terms of sorting this? i would guess it all comes down to the owner.
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You cannot compel the owner to install heating in a private rented house. The renter either accepts it or doesnt.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0
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Gas heaters are ok, have used them in the past.
The room without heat, buy an electric radiator with built in timer.so is this something that is allowed?
Yes. Any installation already fitted must be kept in good repair.0 -
What does the epc report say for the property?When using the housing forum please use the sticky threads for valuable information.0
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There should be a gas safety certificate (issued within the last 12 months) for the gas heaters.
There's no law saying that landlords have to provide gas central heating. There could be a number of reasons why the landlord hasn't installed GSC in this property. It sounds as though your friends are going in with their eyes wide open about the type of heating in the property so I don't see the problem.0 -
Sorry, are you moving in with them, or not?I have a few friends that are about to move in together. they view a place over the weekend and decided to go for it.
I had not been on the viewing but they all liked it
If not, and they're all happy with the heating that's in place, isn't that all that's relevant here?0 -
Gas heaters will cost about on third per kWh of the cost of electric heaters, so what's not to like?No free lunch, and no free laptop
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Thanks for the comments guys, I was just unsure that's all.
as mentioned i personally had not seen them before so just thought i would as the question.0 -
It's only fairly recently that GCH has become almost universal: 30 years ago it was nowhere near as common
It's rare to find a house being sold without it these days, simply because for a £3-7k outlay it will usually add much more than that to the value. But there are still a surprising number of homes, particularly with elderly residents, that don't have it. (Somewhere around 5-6%)"You did not pull yourself up by your bootstraps. You were lucky enough to come of age at a time when housing was cheap, welfare was generous, and inflation was high enough to wipe out any debts you acquired. I’m pleased for you, but please stop being so unbearably smug about it."0
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