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6 months tenancy agreement- rights as a tenant
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Happydays3
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Hello
We moved into a property 2nd January this year, with an estate agents in a 6 months contract costing £1000 a month. Since moving in we have noticed the kitchen is very damp and mouldy in the cupboards and smells terrible, a maintained man has been out and said that there's a long standing leak near washer and cause the floor to rot and caused the damp in the kitchen..making living conditions poor and there is only 2 cupboards for food andndsnd pots..and slugs have started to appear!!!128542; it's awful...we have decided we can't live with our family in this house especially the rent we pay them and below standard living conditions in kitchen. We have found a new property. We move in few weeks. We've been told we must continue to pay the last 4 months rent...which initially we agreed too....now I'm thinking as a consumer I do have rights? Seeing as we have been in the home less than 90 days...can this contract be wind down?? Any input i would be grateful ...we've lost £3000 to move into here....and because the kitchen is not adequate for storing food and pests appearing we are not prepared to put up with this. Many thanks
We moved into a property 2nd January this year, with an estate agents in a 6 months contract costing £1000 a month. Since moving in we have noticed the kitchen is very damp and mouldy in the cupboards and smells terrible, a maintained man has been out and said that there's a long standing leak near washer and cause the floor to rot and caused the damp in the kitchen..making living conditions poor and there is only 2 cupboards for food andndsnd pots..and slugs have started to appear!!!128542; it's awful...we have decided we can't live with our family in this house especially the rent we pay them and below standard living conditions in kitchen. We have found a new property. We move in few weeks. We've been told we must continue to pay the last 4 months rent...which initially we agreed too....now I'm thinking as a consumer I do have rights? Seeing as we have been in the home less than 90 days...can this contract be wind down?? Any input i would be grateful ...we've lost £3000 to move into here....and because the kitchen is not adequate for storing food and pests appearing we are not prepared to put up with this. Many thanks
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You would be better posting on the House Buying, Renting and Selling board
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=160 -
You saw the kitchen before you moved in. Make no mistake you are liable until the end of your agreement.
You can complain to the council regarding any problems you might have but they will just tell the LL to fix the problems.0 -
You!!!8217;re not a !!!8216;consumer!!!8217; you are a tenant with tenants rights. Not sure what your 90 day reference is too.
Get environmental health involved, possibly through your local council, as if you want to not continue to pay your contractual rent you need somebody to back up your claims of the house being uninhabitable.0 -
Bear in mind you can't argue a property is uninhabitable (therefore not pay the rent) if you continue to, erm, habit in it.0
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