Is this a landlord breach of contract?

ceredigion

Mean while in the real world there is a hundred and one things wrong with my house. Owner occupier, though so nobody to turn to, still expected to pay my tax though in order to help out.
Also don't own a dish washer or tumble drier.

shortcrust

robatwork wrote: »

It's a trite comment I'm afraid but just leave - nobody is keeping you there.

Obviously we don't know exactly where you are renting but http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-52485210.html is about your budget and looks fine with some dodgy decoration.

But there’s only one massive clock. It would be a deal breaker for me.

Emma572

I have one year tenancy. I have been looking for somewhere nearby to rent. My husband was in an accident 5 mths ago and lost his eye and 85% of his hearing I need to be near to his family as they are a big support. This has put a huge amount of pressure on us as a family and I suppose I am only now in a position where apart from writing e-mails and making phone calls to agent I feel strong enough to deal with the landlord and move house.

dancing_star

Emma572 wrote: »

I am only now in a position where apart from writing e-mails and making phone calls to agent I feel strong enough to deal with the landlord and move house.

You need to WRITE not email. Letter, envelope, stamp.

steampowered

The first step is to very clearly set out the problems in a formal letter (or formal email) to the letting agent, perhaps also to the landlord, asking that they fix them quickly.

You could also refer to the clauses in your tenancy agreement which your landlord is breaching - no doubt there will be clauses in there about keeping the property in good repair and so on.

ceredigion wrote: »

Mean while in the real world there is a hundred and one things wrong with my house. Owner occupier, though so nobody to turn to, still expected to pay my tax though in order to help out.
Also don't own a dish washer or tumble drier.

Yes, but you aren't paying £1,300 pcm for a property on the basis of those items being included.

As you are an owner-occupier you would expect to be paying less than rent for a similar property.

Your comment is a bit like telling someone who bought a faulty new landrover that they should just live with it because you have a Fiesta.

Emma572

You are not paying for a house where repairs come with the price of your rent. Nor are you paying monthly for use of a dishwasher and tumble dryer you can not use. We also pay tax so does everybody else who works!

Smodlet

Emma572, I am so sorry for your horrible situation and understand not having the strength to deal with it because of something even worse that has happened. Have you considered contacting Environmental Health? Not saying they are any quicker than using Shelter's process but it might be a Plan B or even A.

You can prove you contacted the LL and when from your emails. Given the number and severity of the issues with the property, they might come out reasonably quickly. They have the power to force the LL to make repairs but it is unlikely to be a quick process whichever route you choose, I'm afraid.

I wish you a speedy resolution to your accommodation problem.

robatwork

shortcrust wrote: »

But there’s only one massive clock. It would be a deal breaker for me.

That's no [STRIKE]moon[/STRIKE]clock. It's what happens to wheels of fortune when they get old.

PersianCatLady

diggingdude wrote: »

why did you move in in the first place? sounds like a slum landlord sadly

I thought I was the only person who thinks that way.

The number of times that I read posts like this one and wonder how on Earth the tenant did not spot any of the issues before they moved in or if they did spot them, why on Earth they moved in anyway??

Smodlet

PersianCatLady wrote: »

I thought I was the only person who thinks that way.

The number of times that I read posts like this one and wonder how on Earth the tenant did not spot any of the issues before they moved in or if they did spot them, why on Earth they moved in anyway??

Addressed in #7.