I'm a tenant in Wales - my agent needs me out temporarily to address essential maintenance (damp)

Mudchild

Hello all

There is rising and penetrating damp in the house I live in, and I'm going to need to make myself scarce for 2-3 weeks while this is fixed. Just wanted to check what I should expect from the agent in this situation. They have mentioned a rent holiday, which seems fair - but actually should I expect them to provide somewhere for me to stay? I mean - I don't actually have anywhere else to stay for that period... and the inconvenience is considerable all round.

Would be grateful for any advice.

MC

AdrianC

Either-or.

Either a rent holiday, or temporary accommodation. Aiming for both is a bit optimistic.

Yes, the inconvenience is considerable - but the inconvenience of staying in the house while the work is carried out is likely to be greater. Or perhaps you'd prefer them to wait until after you move out?

How much would a couple of weeks in an AirBnB locally be, relative to the rent you're not paying? Do you really not have any friends you could stay with? Maybe stay locally for work in the week, but use it as an excuse to go away for the weekends?

Mudchild

Thanks but: "Do you really not have any friends you could stay with?"

Why did you say that?

[Deleted User]

I'd work on them getting you somewhere else to stay.
Not everyone realises that someone could not have an alternative place to stay/friends who would put them up etc.  I'd be in the same situation as you myself and was when a kitchen refurb was done that drove me up the wall (with two kids). 

AdrianC

Mudchild said:

Thanks but: "Do you really not have any friends you could stay with?"

Why did you say that?

Because, in that situation, my first choice would be to stay with friends while the place was hors de combat.

Mudchild

It's a really weird tone to answer a question in, to someone you don't know who hasn't said anything about their friends.

"Do you really not have any friends who..."

xylophone

Is there a B&B available near where you work?

sammyjammy

Mudchild said:

It's a really weird tone to answer a question in, to someone you don't know who hasn't said anything about their friends.

"Do you really not have any friends who..."

I'm sure no harm was meant, the poster has explained there meaning that seemed reasonable to me, i think any tone is something you've imagined, sometimes we read what we want into the written word dependant on our viewpoint

davidmcn

Mudchild said:

It's a really weird tone to answer a question in, to someone you don't know who hasn't said anything about their friends.

"Do you really not have any friends who..."

For what it's worth, I don't think there's any weird tone either, it read to me as merely a suggestion of somewhere to stay.

Mudchild

I think tone is important, especially communicating on the web. "my first choice would be to stay with friends while the place was hors de combat" is absolutely fine. "Do you really not have any friends..." doesn't come across well. I certainly didn't want to read anything into it, purely asking what I can reasonably expect from the agent.

Anyway, on with the show!

AdrianC

Mudchild said:

I think tone is important, especially communicating on the web. "my first choice would be to stay with friends while the place was hors de combat" is absolutely fine. "Do you really not have any friends..." doesn't come across well.

Perhaps you've forgotten that your opening post said...

Mudchild said:

I mean - I don't actually have anywhere else to stay for that period...

...so, in that context, "What, not even any friends?" is a perfectly reasonable question, isn't it?

It was intended more as "Have you considered...?" than "Are you some kind of loner wierdo?", fwiw.