Tenants without shower for 3 days

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Landlord told the attic room owner to use the downstairs shower in the mean time.

Is this an HMO?

getmore4less

Omnitude wrote: »

Thanks for you reply. I think the other two replies are missing the point. We were happy to have the main shower done as we could use attic room mates instead. However this is now leaking, which the LL was told about ages ago and told us to use the main shower instead. Which will be out of action now.

I found the following on some housing website but not sure of it applies?

Use the attic shower, if they take the main one off line, if it causes more damage because it has not been fixed landlords problem they have had enough time to fix it.

worried_jim

lookstraightahead wrote: »

I only shower once a month. Therefore you should too. None of this 3 days makarky. Anyone would think you were paying for a working shower! You should do as I do! That's the benchmark!!!

I had the delights of a villa in Egypt for 21 days and for the first 7 days I rolled out of bed in the morning and straight into the pool, after a week I felt a bit guilty and started having showers again.

Maybe the OP should have gone on holiday for a week.

pattypan4

first world entitlement and an op with no initiative

lookstraightahead

First world entitlement - you mean like paying for a seat at the theatre and then having to stand?

seven-day-weekend

lookstraightahead wrote: »

Do most of you on here only shower every three days? After all, that is best for the environment. Didn't think so.

I shower probably twice a week. I just wash myself at the washbasin for the rest of the time.

As someone else has said, landlords have no magic powers to make tradespeople come quicker. They don't have a little pool of plumbers and electricians waiting around in case their tenant's shower breaks. They just have to wait, like everyone else.

I think three days is acceptable.

csgohan4

Oh no, I cant use a shower for a few days, what ever shall I do???


-Wash with a cloth and good old sink
-Go to the gym and take a shower
-Go to your friend's/GF/BF/ Parent's for a shower
-The world is going to end


OP when you own your own house, try getting a shower fixed in a timely manner, I assure you the good tradesmen are not waiting for your call, but have other jobs as well

wesleyad

lookstraightahead wrote: »

First world entitlement - you mean like paying for a seat at the theatre and then having to stand?

You don't pay for use of a shower,you pay a house with a shower that is maintained and fixed withing reasonable timescales. There's nothing in the OPs contract that says "shower must be available for 100% of tenancy"

lookstraightahead

You pay for a shower that works. End of.

lookstraightahead

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I shower probably twice a week. I just wash myself at the washbasin for the rest of the time.

As someone else has said, landlords have no magic powers to make tradespeople come quicker. They don't have a little pool of plumbers and electricians waiting around in case their tenant's shower breaks. They just have to wait, like everyone else.

I think three days is acceptable.

But it doesn't matter what you do - I may choose to eat potatoes for breakfast with jam on but my habits aren't applicable.

Personally I have two showers a day. I would hate to go three days without a shower. Neither of us is right or wrong. Bit if you pay to have a working shower it needs to be working.