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  • G_M wrote: »

    The other lesson is: always report all issues formally by letter. Yes, use the emergency phone number for speed, but follow up with a letter clearly stating the problem, when it happened/history, when reported, result etc.

    There'll be an address (usually on your tenancy agreement) "for serving notices on the landlord". Use it. Then there's a formal record and you are covering yourself for the future.

    Don't worry - I put everything in writing. I use email ( quicker) but I have every email saved and as silly as it sounds, I have an excel sheet with every call and email sent and recieved logged in a timeline.

    As I said - excel is my friend :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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    Don't worry - I put everything in writing. I use email ( quicker) but I have every email saved and as silly as it sounds, I have an excel sheet with every call and email sent and recieved logged in a timeline.
    Glad you got it sorted. However, I repeat
    The other lesson is: always report all issues formally by letter. Yes, use the emergency phone number for speed, but follow up with a letter clearly stating the problem, when it happened/history, when reported, result etc.

    There'll be an address (usually on your tenancy agreement) "for serving notices on the landlord". Use it. Then there's a formal record and you are covering yourself for the future.

    There's a reason the law requires the landlord to provide a (postal) address (Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 ).
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