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Boiler not working in rented property
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I believe a LL is expected to act as if he was the homeowner living in the house.
As a homeowner if one engineer told me my boiler needed replacing I would certainly be getting a second opion, that is not unreasonable . Its not fair to wait 4 weeks but it seems as if appointments have been made only they can't get access to the house, this is not the LL fault. As a homeowner I would either make arrangements for the engineer to be able to get in or I live with the issue until I am available, that would be my choice as it is the tenants. I do not see how the LL can be blamed in this situation.0 -
It also depends on where you live
If you are in Scotland (or Wales) you will have more rights.
Where is the property?baldly going on...0 -
How about there's a leak in the roof that you own (or that you are the landlord of). You want more than one quote to put it right. The tenant isn't about to let people in. Do you just let it go on for months or do you, as a landlord, feel a sense of urgency because it's going to affect you one way or another?
Landlords react differentlt depending on sho us going to suffer.0 -
I had a boiler problem once. The landlord was slap happy about it until I told them I thought there was a leak (which there was, which is why the boiler wasn't working in the first place).0
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lookstraightahead wrote: »Because it's been a month.
During which time the gas engineers have not been able to gain access to the property.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »During which time the gas engineers have not been able to gain access to the property.
Because the agents and landlord haven't organised it with the tenant.0 -
I am a trtadesman (electrician) and I do a lot of work in rental properties.
If the tenants can't be in during the day, then it is very common for an arrangement for me to be given a key to go and do the work while the tenants are out.
Why can't they do that? The LL will have a key, he can give that to the gas man if the tenants agree to that.0 -
There isn’t onemartinbuckley wrote: »They could switch the immersion heater on?0 -
I am a trtadesman (electrician) and I do a lot of work in rental properties.
If the tenants can't be in during the day, then it is very common for an arrangement for me to be given a key to go and do the work while the tenants are out.
Why can't they do that? The LL will have a key, he can give that to the gas man if the tenants agree to that.
They will do that. Problem has been that tradesmen have made arrangements to call round but failed to turn up. Or go round without making arrangement to call.
They are living on a shoestring and cannot afford to take time off other than their work days off which they’ve already made arrangements.0 -
What's the make and model of the boiler, I will tell you if it's obsolete or not.
A lot of engineers want to sell boilers so you can't trust one engineer as they are possibly looking for a bigger sale.0
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