A flat with no light fittings?!

davidmcn

Sammypooler wrote: »

Isn’t it illegal?

What law are you thinking of?

Morbier

It would only be against Elf 'n Safety if it was also illegal to enter a room in hours of darkness without switching the light on. :rotfl:

Buy a bright lamp for heaven's sake and look more carefully when you next view a property.

Mardle

I recommend these https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/not-floor-uplighter-reading-lamp-black-70324671/

coffeehound

A lot of flats have low ceilings so they probably avoid a centre pendant light for practical reasons.

oystercatcher

It's a bedroom for sleeping in so only dim lights needed. Just buy a decent desk lamp and take it with you when you move, it's an investment !

gingercordial

Marythecat wrote: »

Hi everyone I m newbie here.

I have recently moved into a new flat then realised there are no ceiling light in all of the bedrooms. It didn’t occurs to me to check when viewing the flat, because it’s unexpected and never happen in 15 years of moving around in London.

Landlord has refused to install light on the ceiling, he only agree to provide lamp which is not bright enough to use for work at night.

Is it against health and safety to rent out flat that has no light fitting? What is my right in this case?

Thank you for your help! :beer:

It isn't illegal.

We live in a rented flat with no central light fittings in most of the rooms. Didn't even notice initially when we viewed it, then it dawned on us and we had to check the listing photos.

The irritating thing is that there were light fittings at some point as you can see where the ceiling roses and wall switches have been plastered over.

We just have lots and lots of lamps, both freestanding ones and wall lamps screwed onto the sides of bookshelves and wardrobes. These clip-on ones are quite useful as very bright and can be bent to point where you need it (I have them by where I do my makeup):

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/jansjoe-led-wall-clamp-spotlight-silver-colour-40386302/

And these are just stick on battery powered:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/ramsta-led-minilamp-battery-operated-black-90446110/

Fairy lights in white LEDs can also be amazingly bright and look pretty if you like that kind of thing.

I did get really annoyed with it at first as felt I was always living in the dark and couldn't see properly find anything. I am used to it now but still find myself reaching for a light switch sometimes even after three years! Buy a load of cheap lamps and you will cope.