Do my windows pass regs?

Photoic

For some time now I have been living in a property with very little ventilation, to make matters worse, if I open my only window anybody stood outside can reach in and unlock and open my front door. I live on the ground floor of a busy city street and as this is my only form of ventilation I am having to constantly keep an eye on the window when I need fresh air. Are there any regulations that have been breached so I can have the windows changed by the Freeholder.
Any help will be appreciated.

HappyMJ

Photoic wrote: »

For some things me now I have been living in a property with very little ventilation, to make matters worse, if I open my only window anybody stood outside can reach in and unlock and open my front door. I live on the ground floor of a busy city street and as this is my only form of ventilation I am having to constantly keep an eye on the window when I need fresh air. Are there any regulations that have been breached so I can have the windows changed by the Freeholder.
Any help will be appreciated.

Probably not.

Can you just ask the freeholder to change them anyway? They'll be passing the cost of new windows back to you the leaseholder so it won't make any difference as to who pays.

Sorry did I read that correctly...you only have one window in your flat?

phill99

Your windows may not adhere to CURRENT regs, but regulations are not retrospective. Your windows will adhere to the regs that were relevant at the time.

Mr.Generous

You could always change the front door lock so it can't be opened without a key and fit a child window lock so it won't open wide.

Photoic

Two windows, one in each room.

Photoic

The door can't have an internal key operated lock for fire safety as it is my only exit. Window restrictors would leave me with even less ventilation and it is really quite bad already.

Photoic

I'm not sure they ever did comply with regs, the property was only built in 2005.

Photoic

HappyMJ wrote: »

Probably not.

Can you just ask the freeholder to change them anyway? They'll be passing the cost of new windows back to you the leaseholder so it won't make any difference as to who pays.

Sorry did I read that correctly...you only have one window in your flat?

I've been asking to have it changed since 2007, I need to force their hand.

Smiley_Dan

UK regs, particularly those around ventilation, are a mess. It's likely they passed regs just fine, it's just the dwelling is not performant enough to deliver comfort and ventilation. Here in the UK we're very behind the times on these matters.

Good luck getting it changed. Don't accept passive ventilation.

Photoic

Smiley_Dan wrote: »

UK regs, particularly those around ventilation, are a mess. It's likely they passed regs just fine, it's just the dwelling is not performant enough to deliver comfort and ventilation. Here in the UK we're very behind the times on these matters.

Good luck getting it changed. Don't accept passive ventilation.

I didn't, they offered an enviro vent piv unit and wanted to fit it next to a car park vent. I told them no chance. Do you know of any specialists that can investigate it?

Smiley_Dan

LOL. Well actually I'm surprised they even suggested installing a PIV unit. Not the best approach (and certainly not appropriate if the air that is sourced is polluted) but at least it shows a certain willingness...

What aspect do you want investigated?