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Tenant raised issues with property
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The issue here is, it isn't just an investment, it is people's lives and your decisions are affecting their day to day living.
You chose to use a dodgey contractor, before you say you watched them fix it, are you trained in fixing roofs, clearly if it was fixed, it wouldn't be a problem would it?
The council have quite rightly come in to make sure you satisfy their minimum requirements.
By all means evict them, but the common denominator is you and the poor quality of properties you choose to let out
May I ask how you can possibly know if the OPs contractor is dodgy?
Answer you don't
You made this fact up.!0 -
It's actually really annoying to read all the replies taking the !!!! here!
We have rented 18 different properties over our lifetime, so i full well now what its like to be a tenant and have a landlord.
I also own a place (very nicely maintained apartment) that we rent out, and it really annoys me when a tenant contacts us and complains about something that has apparently been a problem for months, but no one bothered to tell you until it has caused the property damage that will now cost alot more to fix (like a plumbing leak etc).
had they told you straight away, you could have had it attended to before there was any problem so they can't be bothered, and wait until they can't ignore the problem by which time the floor is ruined etc.
A friend had that happen with a house they let out.
Tiles came off in a storm, tenants didn't bother telling him, and he only found out when he came around for an inspection and saw a hole in the roof and wet mouldy walls that the water had damaged.
he asked them why on earth they hadn't reported it and they didn't want the hassle of someone coming in to fix things.
So you can't blame landlords for these conditions necessarily.
A tenant also doesn't get to decide whether someone needs to reroof or not!
if the roof can be patched and made water tight, its none of their business what repair type you choose.
People on this thread have just all ganged up and attacked the OP like a bunch of mean girls.
Always the same old typical mean girls you see on other threads too.0 -
Surely what we need to know is whether the council issued an improvement order?0
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But when the landlord says "Well, I'm not replacing the roof even if it needs it because that would eat into my profit..."carrotland wrote: »So you can't blame landlords for these conditions necessarily.0 -
But when the landlord says "Well, I'm not replacing the roof even if it needs it because that would eat into my profit..."
It may be that it’s more economical in the long run to reroof but the owner prefers to repair. As long as the repair is watertight and likely to remain so during the tenancy, I really don’t see that it is the tenant's business. Nor the council’s.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
It may be that it’s more economical in the long run to reroof but the owner prefers to repair. As long as the repair is watertight and likely to remain so during the tenancy, I really don’t see that it is the tenant's business. Nor the council’s.
That's the problem it isn't water tight. So it is the tenants business to stay dry and warm during the winter and so it is the council's interest too"It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"
G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP0 -
Jumblebumble wrote: »Since you don't know if the repairs done by the OP's roofer are perfectly adequate ( which makes a nonsense of your claim that the OP does not do maintenance) and the Tenants father ( who is not party to any contract) is making problems up that do not exist you cannot possibly say if property is habitable or not.
When you hear what the council have to say you may be better informed to be able to make such judgements
On page 1 or 2 op said even if it needed doing he wouldn't be doing it as it isn't worth it for the yield he gets.
So I questioned other expensive things that could go wrong that tenants could have to cope with as op doesn't make enough money out of them0
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