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Student House Hell - Need Advice

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  • Durban
    Durban Posts: 485 Forumite
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    edited 18 February 2019 at 4:53PM
    I haven't read the whole thread but I must say what a thoroughly unpleasant person Comms sounds.

    It sounds like the landlord is very unprofessional. I am a landlord myself and to me , this sounds like he's just ripping off the students and thinks that they're young and have to suck it up. 10 days is far too long to wait for hot water and heating. How dare he tell them to find a swimming pool.

    No wonder that so many of the young wanted to vote for Corbyn!
  • Comms69
    Comms69 Posts: 14,229 Forumite
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    Durban wrote: »
    I haven't read the whole thread but I must say what a thoroughly unpleasant person Comms sounds. - Yes I'm a terrible human being....

    It sounds like the landlord is very unprofessional. I am a landlord myself and to me , this sounds like he's just ripping off the students and thinks that they're young and have to suck it up. 10 days is far too long to wait for hot water and heating. How dare he tell them to find a swimming pool. - Exactly what was wrong with that statement?

    No wonder that so many of the young wanted to vote for Corbyn!



    Yes the young are often swayed by the promises of the extreme left.




    (Thankfully my kids are fully on board with centre right politics, bless them)
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,088 Forumite
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    lookstraightahead wrote: »
    Did you mean 'obligated'?

    I think we all know what the poster meant.

    "Obliged" was the word used by Elise, I just repeated it. One should never assume that all MSE readers realise a mistake was made. May have had awkward consequences but not as serious as not realising flammable and inflammable are synonyms.
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • lookstraightahead
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    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    "Obliged" was the word used by Elise, I just repeated it. One should never assume that all MSE readers realise a mistake was made. May have had awkward consequences but not as serious as not realising flammable and inflammable are synonyms.

    I apologise. I interpreted your reason for correcting wrongly lincroft.
  • lookstraightahead
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    Oh you mean to find new accommodation? That sounds very sensible.

    Student Services can help with all sorts of issues, universities have a duty of care.

    Op, you could also contact the NUS to see if they can signpost you, or CAB (SS will have all the details).
  • parkrunner
    parkrunner Posts: 2,610 Forumite
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    Durban wrote: »
    I haven't read the whole thread but I must say what a thoroughly unpleasant person Comms sounds.

    It sounds like the landlord is very unprofessional. I am a landlord myself and to me , this sounds like he's just ripping off the students and thinks that they're young and have to suck it up. 10 days is far too long to wait for hot water and heating. How dare he tell them to find a swimming pool.

    No wonder that so many of the young wanted to vote for Corbyn!


    Comms can be very blunt but also is accurate where the law surrounding tenancies is concerned.
    It's nothing , not nothink.
  • Comms69
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    lookstraightahead wrote: »
    Student Services can help with all sorts of issues, universities have a duty of care.

    Op, you could also contact the NUS to see if they can signpost you, or CAB (SS will have all the details).



    They do, but they cannot intervene in private contracts.


    the NUS (which I believe I mentioned near the start) would be an excellent resource; not just for signposting, they are the OPs union and have legal teams etc
  • Durban
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    edited 18 February 2019 at 5:56PM
    parkrunner wrote: »
    Comms can be very blunt but also is accurate where the law surrounding tenancies is concerned.

    Which is why I said that no wonder so many of the young wanted to vote for Corbyn.

    There are far too many bad landlords out there

    I say that as a landlord but also a parent
  • silvercar
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    OP is a new poster, who came here seeking advice.

    Can more experienced posters please try and be helpful and avoiding point scoring off each other.
    I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.
  • markin
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    If you work 37.5 hours a week, that is the minimum wage....


    Is that 250 HR's? i come up with 1200.

    Im shocked min is so low, the living wage gets all the press! I though it was £8 or £9 for over 25's


    On topic, Move out and be more careful next time.
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