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Renting and Landline Phone

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  • Barcode
    Barcode Posts: 4,551 Forumite
    We had the same problem when moving in August. We asked if the LL was prepared to pay a contribution since the next tenants will benefit and were told that we should just use our mobiles.

    Clearly, the LL is not living in reality. This is a flat in a so-called luxury development aimed at young professionals. He has spent money on a designer flat, but overlooks a phone-line. That just makes him look cheap.

    When we go, the phone line is going. We don't anybody else to benefit from us, and that includes the LL.
    'We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. '
    -- T. S. Eliot
  • guppy
    guppy Posts: 1,084 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Barcode wrote: »
    When we go, the phone line is going. We don't anybody else to benefit from us, and that includes the LL.

    Let's hope the previous residents of your next place don't think the same thing ;)
  • savagevixen
    savagevixen Posts: 1,276 Forumite
    Well we got in today and low and behold there was a phonelie and socket. The landlord (who we had to call out because the place was filthy) said he had not used the socket for years, so I imagine it would need checking.

    *oh and for the people worried about my flippancy, he and his wife drive matching Mercedes convertibles, so I imagine money is not too much of a problem*
    What is cable? I don't understand. What is it, where do you get it, how much is it what does it do?
    :starmod: I am not that savage :heartpuls But I am a Vixen :staradmin
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