No hot water in rented house.

annie12

vuvuzela wrote: »

So he's done his exams. What is then keeping him at University until the end of July ?
I agre that it's a poor situation, but after exams, if I remember correctly, there's nowt for the vast majority of students. No further teaching. Nothing requiring him to have to stay there...

The course he is on is NHS funded, they don't get loads of holidays like other students. They have to treat patients in clinic. He'd get kicked off the course if he just came home.

G_M

annie12 wrote: »

The alternative is to put the pump in as already stated.

Hard to comment without full information of course, but perhaps the boiler is already old/on its last legs. Perhaps the pump has already been replaced (several times?). So it is more sensible to replace the boiler than repeatedly repair a dying boiler.

The fact that floorboards need taking up suggests the pipework is being replaced. That in turns suggests a problem with the pipes eg so corroded that rust is circulating and damaging the pump.........replacing the pump would therefore be pointless.

note: Most hospitals provide showers for staff. Does he have access if he is treating patients?

If he is unwell, should he be treating patients? Some may have compromised immune systems........

missbiggles1

annie12 wrote: »

No, because his course doesn't finish until the end of July.

That may well be a technicality - very few students will still have lectures or exams beyond early/mid June.

annie12

libf wrote: »

If he's ill then presumably he's not going into uni, so if I was him then I'd head home.

(Some courses do require you to stay after exams... I had a bunch of practical stuff to do after exams at the end of my first year doing automotive engineering; stripping and re-building an engine, making a composite honeycomb structure, etc... Not sure if it was compulsory or not though.)

He didn't know he was going to be ill for so long or that he wouldn't have hot water.
Coming home isn't really an option as it's 5 hours away. He get the plane from home home to uni and vice versa but it would be a bit costly for him to come home then feel well enough to go back after a day or two.

annie12

G_M wrote: »

Hard to comment without full information of course, but perhaps the boiler is already old/on its last legs. Perhaps the pump has already been replaced (several times?). So it is more sensible to replace the boiler than repeatedly repair a dying boiler.

The fact that floorboards need taking up suggests the pipework is being replaced. That in turns suggests a problem with the pipes eg so corroded that rust is circulating and damaging the pump.........replacing the pump would therefore be pointless.

note: Most hospitals provide showers for staff. Does he have access if he is treating patients?

If he is unwell, should he be treating patients? Some may have compromised immune systems........

You may well be right about the boiler.

He isn't treating patients at the moment, he has been off sick all week. Not sure if they have a shower, but he can't really go in just to use the shower when he's ill.

Gigervamp

You said his tenancy ends in 3 weeks, yet he's at uni until the end of July. Where's he going to be living between those dates?

annie12

missbiggles1 wrote: »

That may well be a technicality - very few students will still have lectures or exams beyond early/mid June.

I'll repeat myself again.
He is on an NHS funded course, it is NOT like normal uni courses.
He does not get endless holidays. The third year of his course has now started, he has a break of about 5 weeks at the end of July and then he is back again.
He DOES have lectures and he DOES have to treat patients in clinic.

annie12

Gigervamp wrote: »

You said his tenancy ends in 3 weeks, yet he's at uni until the end of July. Where's he going to be living between those dates?

He has a new house to go to (rented).

King_Slayer

I really don't understand why there's an issue? If the lack of heating etc is being a pain and he's poorly and off sick already for a week, I would get my son home for some soup and a good night rest, or pay for a reasonable B&B.

FBaby

Last year, our boiler finally broke down. It had been causing us some issues for some time. We called a plumber and that already meant waiting a few days. Then he said that he could repair it, but it really was on its last leg and would only break down again after some time. We knew this and that it was time to finally replaced it. It also involved changing some pipes.

From the moment we called to the moment we finally got a new boiler, it was over 2 weeks. Did we moan and complained that this was unacceptable? No because we are the owner of the property and there was nothing else we could do. We had to accept that this was the quickest it could be fitted.

I am amazed reading some post on this forum with tenants expecting service beyond what a paying home owner can get themselves! What would you have done if it had been your boiler? Pay to stay in a hotel for 1 week? Keep on paying pointless repairs to avoid a few days of disruption? Just curious!