Boiler replacement - Council/Housing Assoc.

ChaunceyGardiner

st999 wrote: »

Perhaps I should clarify my statement.


You don't have to pay for it all at once in a lump sum or borrow the money.

You’re right. Those of us not on the property ladder are so very lucky!

st999

You’re right. Those of us not on the property ladder are so very lucky!

They are


My daughter lives in a council house and gets everything done for her.

All she pays is rent and council tax (subsidised) and gas and electricity.

No maintenance costs for boiler servicing and exterior painting.

She is going to get the shock of her live when I drop dead and she inherits the house.

It will cost her more to live in a mortgage free home than she is paying now.

matelodave

My BIL and his wife live in a three bedroomed housing association place.

They've had all new uPVC windows and doors, brand new fitted kitchen, central heating & boiler, new bath room and downstairs cloakroom all done in the last two and a half years and they still whinge on about the rent which I think has struggled up to nearly £500 a month.

They even got to choose the wallpaper and tiles in the bathroom, bog and kitchen and whined about the slight damage to the decoration in the lounge when the new windows were fitted.

Anthorn

mac.d wrote: »

I know the question of how long boilers should last is a well-worn one, but does anyone know if there are any guidelines or recommendations for council or local housing associations on when they should replace boilers? And am I correct in thinking that the grants that are available for new boilers can't be used by council/L.H.A. tenants, so therefore you are stuck with an old boiler until such time as the council decides it needs replaced?

Your use of "L.H.A." is interesting. It relates to the "Local Housing Allowance" which is the equivalent of housing benefit for tenants of private landlords although for L.H.A. a cap might be applied which makes L.H.A. lower than Housing Benefit depending on the property and the number of occupants.

Anyway, as far as I know annual servicing of gas boilers is required under the terms of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. There should be a sticker on your boiler showing the date of the last service and the signature of the engineer who serviced it. Mine also has the date it was originally installed. I suppose that in the event the engineer reports the boiler as unsafe and cannot be fixed the boiler will be replaced.

The replacement of boilers will be covered by the energy performance certificate related to the property. From April 2018 it will be illegal to let a property with an EPC rating below "E'.

matelodave

Anthorn wrote: »

Your use of "L.H.A." is interesting. It relates to the "Local Housing Allowance" which is the equivalent of housing benefit for tenants of private landlords although for L.H.E. a cap might be applied which makes L.H.E. lower than Housing Benefit depending on the property and the number of occupants.

Anyway, as far as I know annual servicing of gas boilers is required under the terms of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998. There should be a sticker on your boiler showing the date of the last service and the signature of the engineer who serviced it. Mine also has the date it was originally installed. I suppose that in the event the engineer reports the boiler as unsafe and cannot be fixed the boiler will be replaced.

The replacement of boilers will be covered by the energy performance certificate related to the property. From April 2018 it will be illegal to let a property with an EPC rating below "E'.

I reckon LHA means Local Housng Association and has nothing to do with gas safety regulations

Anthorn

matelodave wrote: »

I reckon LHA means Local Housng Association and has nothing to do with gas safety regulations

L.H.A:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-housing-allowance-lha-rates-applicable-from-april-2017-march-2018

Where did I say that L.H.A.has anything to do with gas safety regulations? Quote and link please.

Not all Housing Associations are local. For example Anchor and Hanover. Alternatively some housing associations are local in the sense that they supplement a local council's supply of social housing both of which handle applications to the social housing register in common. For example Peterborough.

Gorthox

My local housing association installed my Vokera boiler 25 years ago and its so old and inefficient that I dare-dent put it on. I also checked its efficiency rating and on a scale of between A to G it came up as rated F. My local Housing association refuse to replace it. Ii am disabled so spend most of my time at home and if I put my heating on it would cost me £1.20 per hour with this boiler. Like I said I'm disabled and don't work so have little money and I have to sit with blankets because the L.H.A refuse to replace my old boiler.

Richie-from-the-Boro

mac.d wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies. There's never been any problems with its annual gas safety inspection, and although it broke down a couple of times last winter, it was easily fixed and is still working ok. But an energy survey flagged it as due for replacement, and the last repairman said it was getting hard to get parts for. All inspections and repairs carried out by the council but obviously different people each time.


Aside from paying rent and supposedly getting things for free, I was more thinking of being able to get a grant towards the cost and paying to get it replaced if the Council/H.A. won't do it. I don't think that is possible though.

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Getting hard to get parts for it"

always the mantra
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grant towards the cost

" not your property

Yours is not beyond economic repair my friend. Most HA/LA's budget and plan replacement in mi££ions by block / area be it kitchen refurb or boiler replacement.

Best of luck.