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Rented a house, complete dump, rent charged.
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The hole was there roughly 3-4 weeks after the tenancy had started.0
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Was the LL aware you'd be moving in before September?
What does your contract say about living in the property for the whole of the year or holidays?
I assume you are paying for a room not the whole property? Were you paying full rent for June-August, a holding deposit or half rent?
Did you have a working kitchen and bathroom when you went there for resits?
In one sense, I would hope the property is in better condition than when you signed the contract because of the renovation work (for the next 10 months as against a couple of days of inconvenience), but it obviously wasn't in the condition you wanted when there for a resit. However, if you didn't specify that you'd need the room for this purpose at that time, the LL couldn't make sure you had what you needed. If you weren't paying full rent even less so.
If the room with the hole in the floor is the one you rented, and you injured yourself then I would have thought you might (but only might) have grounds to complain if you told the LL you would be there, depending on what your TA says. But any agreement would need to be in writing. A verbal agreement might not be enough.
I'd suggest, practically, bearing in mind you will be living there for the next 10 months, just putting it behind you. I suspect you did not have a firm agreement that you could stay there during your resit.0 -
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The hole was there roughly 3-4 weeks after the tenancy had started.
The tenancy doesn't start until the tenant takes up occupation of the property until then you have contract but not a tenancy. I know it's common with student lets for the tenant(s) to pay rent over the summer months but for the tenancy not to start until Septemember. Were you supposed to be in the property over the summer?0 -
Sorry typo, *it fell down around 10 meters, if I had fallen I would have said in the original post haha0
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I also I meant 10 ft, I typed this late last night, very sorry.0
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