Landlord or Tenant Responsibility

Guest101

mrginge wrote: »

Oh god it's compo time.

It's not often we agree but FGS why do so many people need Compo for what is literally nothing.

MERFE

HannahRebecca wrote: »

The landlord has agreed to pay for the work but nothing has happened still. We are now looking into the compensation we would be entitled to for the extra money we have had to spend in order to eat without a cooker hence my questions on legalities

pahahah seriously, I regularly use a slow cooker and George foremans just occasionally using the hob if we need something boiling. You haven't spent any extra money. Slow cookers are very efficient. Gees, before we moved we mentioned the windows that weren't double glazed, didn't ask for them to be, just the secondary glazing prevented the windows being opened and I was concerned about condensation, they put a clause in the contract that double glazing would be installed in Nov, it still hasn't been. Maybe I should be compensated for all the extra heating I have had to use.

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It was your decision to not use the cooker, it could have been used. No compensation.

I didn't even think of claiming for the couple of days I had to wait to have my gas supply connected, just was glad that I could do it lol. And yes, I always have a microwave for temporary back up.

kinger101

HannahRebecca wrote: »

The previous tenants were plugging the cooker into a normal socket however this is dangerous and as we have purchased a brand new cooker we don't want to take this risk.

The landlord has agreed to pay for the work but nothing has happened still. We are now looking into the compensation we would be entitled to for the extra money we have had to spend in order to eat without a cooker hence my questions on legalities

OMG, give the landlord chance to book an electrician. It's not easy sometimes, particularly for small jobs. They've agreed to do it, just ask to be kept informed. Say you're happy to let the electrician in/arrange times with them directly if you think it will expedite things.

You won't get compensation. Legally, they're only obliged to provide "facilities for preparation and cooking of food". As a microwave, hotplate, grill or slow cooker can be plugged into a standard 13A socket, I don't think this means a full cooker.

If you start asking your landlord for compensation (to which you're not entitled) you'll be marked as a troublemaker, and might find yourself looking for somewhere else to live once this tenancy expires.

russi.wilson

First of all landlords responsibility is not to provide electric products to tenants they have responsible to provide kitchen in useful condition... and tenants should have to use everything provided by their LL in proper manner.

Soot2006

Originally Posted by HannahRebecca
The previous tenants were plugging the cooker into a normal socket however this is dangerous and as we have purchased a brand new cooker we don't want to take this risk.

Whether or not this is a risk really depends on your cooker's specs. Mine is plugged into a normal socket. When my Smart Meter was installed, the engineer had to tick the "not up to current blah blah standard" box on his tickbox sheet, while at the same time pointing out that this was a totally normal situation in many households.