Being kicked out of flat because we reported mould, needed repairs. Advice?

Cakeguts

I don't understand about the outside walls and the single glazed wooden door. We have that in our house but we don't have a house full of mould. Our house was built in the 1920s and doesn't have cavity walls so based on what the contractors have said our house should all be full of mould as well. The only problems we have ever had is if the gutters leak.



We do have central heating but it isn't on all the time.



However I can't understand why anyone would want to stay in a property that you can't heat properly and that fills with mould.



Anyway if this is down to the construction of the building and it is a flat the landlord isn't responsible for the walls the freeholder is. He may not even be responsible for the windows and the doors.



Are you wanting to stay there because the rent is cheap? You do realise that if the flat had a lot of money spent on it to bring it up to date the rent would rise?

Finchy2018

HardCoreProgrammer wrote: »

This from the horse's mouth:,
We want to stay in the property with the landlord taking responsibility of being a landlord.

I assume that landlord is breaking the law by revenge eviction, unless they can prove beyond reasonable doubt that the OP's actions are causing the mou

It is NOT a revenge eviction. The OP has not followed the channels required for it to be considered a revenge eviction.

dotchas

Like another poster, I rent out a flat I previously lived in. I had no problems with condensation , neither did the first few tenants, then suddenly the flat was covered in black mould. The telling sign, that it was condensation, was that it generally wiped away. When they left we cleaned and redecorated and the current tenant has had no problems in 3 years. So YES it is down to lifestyle.

AnotherJoe

sheramber wrote: »

My one had a cover you put over the filled drier and closed it up. The moist air stayed inside the cover and was soon dried out by the dry air from the heater. Think drying your hair with a hairdryer.

When you dry your hair using a hairdryer you move the moisture off your hair into the atmosphere. It doesn't just go "!!!!!!" and vanish into nowhere.

You dont "dry air by heating it. You dry air by removing the moisture from it.

Finchy2018

AnotherJoe wrote: »

When you dry your hair using a hairdryer you move the moisture off your hair into the atmosphere. It doesn't just go "!!!!!!" and vanish into nowhere.

You dont "dry air by heating it. You dry air by removing the moisture from it.

My thinking for it was it has the cover, it heats and dries in less time, ours is next to a window we keep open so the moisture goes up due to heat and is directed out the window to cold, but the clothes are dry in a much shorter time reducing the amount of time It takes for the moisture to get out the house. I could be wrong however! bonus, it makes the clothes smell amazing, like tumble dried clothes.

Kim_kim

Finchy2018 wrote: »

My thinking for it was it has the cover, it heats and dries in less time, ours is next to a window we keep open so the moisture goes up due to heat and is directed out the window to cold, but the clothes are dry in a much shorter time reducing the amount of time It takes for the moisture to get out the house. I could be wrong however! bonus, it makes the clothes smell amazing, like tumble dried clothes.

I won’t tumble dry my clothes because I think it’s bad for them.
I was looking at the Lakeland Hot air clothes horses, is this where you got yours?

onwards&upwards

dotchas wrote: »

Like another poster, I rent out a flat I previously lived in. I had no problems with condensation , neither did the first few tenants, then suddenly the flat was covered in black mould. The telling sign, that it was condensation, was that it generally wiped away. When they left we cleaned and redecorated and the current tenant has had no problems in 3 years. So YES it is down to lifestyle.

It can be, it isn’t always.

I’ve been drying clothes indoors all my life, never had a mould issue anywhere. Why do people assume it’s impossible to dry clothes indoors without causing damp and mould?

lookstraightahead

If you have a good spin on your washing machine there's not that much water - that's why I asked if the flat cam with a good machine or if the tenant is washin towels etc by hand.

I wouldn't want to stay there either.

Guavalava

No we had to buy our own washing machine :rotfl: we didn't invest in an expensive one because we know there's a chance we might not be able to move out back out especially if we have to move and the new flat already has one, but I always do extra spins to get rid of any wetness as much as possible

Guavalava

I think it will be hard for people to understand what I'm talking about if they haven't seen the flat. The mould is arising on the external walls only. This includes the hallway (front door that leads to stairs to take you to the main part of the flat). In this area there are no windows and no radiator. There is no way to heat that area of the home properly and no way too to let cold air out in that area. The door is old therefore letting in extra draught which is making the walls extra cold.