Landlord is not fixing shower water pressure

JazzyJelly

We signed an AST agreement for a flat 3 weeks ago. From day one we have asked to have the low water pressure in the shower to be resolved,but the managing agent and landlord are not reacting timeously to requests . We cannot use the shower and cannot contact the landlord directly as it is being managed by an agent. The inefficiency of the shower is not being accurately conveyed to the landlord either. The plumbers who have come in to assess have said the shower is useable and it clearly is not. We are paying a premium rental for a good property but cannot use the shower.
I am not sure what I can do to escalate the situation. Any advise would be helpful please.

Guest101

Have you written, pen and paper, to the landlord?

theartfullodger

Guest101 wrote: »

Have you written, pen and paper, to the landlord?

See here if you don't know what to say...
http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/repairs_and_bad_conditions/repairs_in_private_lets/reporting_repairs_to_a_landlord

(There's a draft letter to help..)

xylophone

The plumbers who have come in to assess have said the shower is useable and it clearly is not. We are paying a premium rental for a good property but cannot use the shower.

Your plumber or a plumber sent by the managing agent?

AdrianC

Sounds like a mis-matching expectations problem. If the landlord cannot be persuaded to agree, your only effective way forward is to move.

PasturesNew

It might be completely unfixable, without removing the entire wall/shower and laying a new electric cable and fitting something entirely different, taking nearly a week.

It might just be that you've got one of those "pretty useless showers" that were common in houses before more modern ones were invented that worked differently.

It might be that the LL tried to fit a shower where it'd be inadvisable (due to the configuration of the existing water/tank situation, similar).

So don't just assume that [a] it's fixable the LL can get it fixed.

It might be that the shower is, quite simply, "what it is".

JazzyJelly

I have I my the managing agents contact details and have emailed and spoken to them every few days

JazzyJelly

One Plumber sent by managing agent , then another by landlord . Second one disagreed with the fix of the first.

JazzyJelly

Yes it is possible , but I don't think the assessment has been thorough . i believe the LL's plumber is asking for a bigger fix which is expensive and obviously LL not keen to spend the money.

martindow

I think a lot of houses have showers like this. The tank providing the pressure is just a few feet above the bathroom which allows water to run well from the taps but a shower a few feet higher has very little pressure. If you are used to showers with good water pressure the flow will be very disappointing. Showers with poor flow can also have wildly fluctuating temperatures.

It may be that this is as well as it can work but is not a good shower in most people's eyes. The answer as has been said is fitting a pump which your landlord may well not be willing to do.

Cisco001

Get yourself a low pressure shower head to see if there is any improvement.
There are some cheap one for just £6 at amazon. May worth a try rather than keep going backward and forward with EA & landlord.