Oven Broken - 6 weeks?

rockm87

I have noticed that our oven is inbuilt, so would be the landlords own appliance.

rockm87

AdrianC wrote: »

You say it's the bottom oven. You've also got a top oven? That works OK?

May I suggest one of these would be a good interim measure...?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000QDEH3W

The top oven smokes like a bandit, and is unusable too, it never has worked correctly...seems to work fine as a grill though.

HappyMJ

Annabee wrote: »

This is interesting, my daughter and her partner moved into a new flat a few weeks ago, the hob on the oven has never worked, and the landlord is dragging their feet about repairing it.

They have just been told by a lawyer, that they can use the above mentioned process to start getting repairs done, (where they can eventually get it repaired themselves and deduct the cost of repairs from the rent, if it comes to it). Mind you, it does say in their tenancy agreement that the landlord is responsible for repairs for appliances supplied by them, so maybe that's what makes the difference? I see that the OP says nothing was mentioned in their own tenancy agreement.

However I was always under the impression that cookers were the landlord's responsibility especially if built-in? Unlike, say freezers and washing machines.

It doesn't matter if it's built in or not. Anything provided by the landlord is the landlord's responsibility to fix if broken due to normal wear and tear. If a standalone cooker is provided by the landlord or even if left by a previous tenant and mentioned on an inventory then it's up to LL to fix.

Annabee

OK, but I am a bit confused now, you're saying it's the landlord's responsibility, which I agree with. But earlier on in the thread I understood you to be saying that the OP couldn't use the system of sending letters asking for repairs, as outline by Shelter - because it is only an oven? But a 'property lawyer' told us we could, as did someone on Landlord Zone?

Or did you just mean the OP couldn't do this, (because responsibility for appliances wasn't mentioned in their tenancy agreement).

As it is detailed in my daughter's tenancy agreement that the landlord is responsible for repairing appliances, I'll think I'll tell her to go ahead with the letters anyway, can't do any harm.

thesaint

Annabee wrote: »

OK, but I am a bit confused now, you're saying it's the landlord's responsibility, which I agree with. But earlier on in the thread I understood you to be saying that the OP couldn't use the system of sending letters asking for repairs, as outline by Shelter - because it is only an oven? But a 'property lawyer' told us we could, as did someone on Landlord Zone?

Or did you just mean the OP couldn't do this, (because responsibility for appliances wasn't mentioned in their tenancy agreement).

As it is detailed in my daughter's tenancy agreement that the landlord is responsible for repairing appliances, I'll think I'll tell her to go ahead with the letters anyway, can't do any harm.

You'd be better off starting your own thread rather than hijacking this one.

Annabee

Rude! Who made you the thread police?

I thought it was an interesting general point, can repairs which are not part of the structure of the house be dealt with by the tenant using the procedure as outlined by Shelter, or not? I'd still like to know the definitive answer. Or is it actually a bit of a 'grey area'? The answer is obviously just as relevant to the OP as to me.

Some posters have told the OP they cannot do this. But a lawyer has told me that you can.