Compensation for no hot water for 11 weeks

tenant12345

Hi,
I live in a rented flat and our boiler was broken for 11 weeks - no hot water Jan - March. The boiler has now been replaced but this took some time and we had various people coming to try and fix it. The landlord has agreed that we can take money off next months rent and asked us how much we think. Does anyone have any guidance on this? We are not sure how much to ask for.
Thanks!

Alter_ego

What extra did you spend because of the problem?

tenant12345

To be honest, we haven't spent anything extra. Just the inconvenience of cold showers during winter and going elsewhere to get a hot one!

lookstraightahead

If I were you I would say don't worry. Yes it's inconvenient and arguably unfair but it bodes well for future cooperation - the money isn't going to make you any warmer and now you have a new boiler.

Alter_ego

Seems like a decent landlord, I'd be thinking a nominal amount perhaps to cover travelling for showers etc. Didn't you use alternate heating? Perhaps more costly electricity?

mcplumb

Was there justification for the 11 week delay? Were you happy that the LL did their best to resolve the issue. Getting boilers fixed over the winter can take a bit longer due to engineer workloads, but 11 weeks is ridiculous. 

 

moneysavinghero

If i were looking to rent a property and one was advertised at £0pm but with no heating or hot water and another was advertised as £900pm but had heating and hot water i would rent the one with the heating. So personally i would want 11 weeks of  full rent in compensation. In this circumstance i would just suggest you take off a full months rent as he is giving you the option.

tenant12345

We had around 7 different visits from plumbers who suggested various different parts and nothing ever worked. Adding in that we pay London rent and we pay fixed bills of £80 a month for utilities. 

SpiderLegs

moneysavinghero said:

If i were looking to rent a property and one was advertised at £0pm but with no heating or hot water and another was advertised as £900pm but had heating and hot water i would rent the one with the heating. So personally i would want 11 weeks of  full rent in compensation. In this circumstance i would just suggest you take off a full months rent as he is giving you the option.

That logic suggests that you believe the entire value of the property is based on the heating and hot water.
so if the property was advertised at £900, had hot water and heating, but no roof, you would still rent it for £900.

moneysavinghero

SpiderLegs said:

moneysavinghero said:

If i were looking to rent a property and one was advertised at £0pm but with no heating or hot water and another was advertised as £900pm but had heating and hot water i would rent the one with the heating. So personally i would want 11 weeks of  full rent in compensation. In this circumstance i would just suggest you take off a full months rent as he is giving you the option.

That logic suggests that you believe the entire value of the property is based on the heating and hot water.
so if the property was advertised at £900, had hot water and heating, but no roof, you would still rent it for £900.

No i would not rent it and its value to me would be £0.00, and if i was without a roof for 11 weeks and the LL asked me how much did i think should be knocked off the bill i would say £900pm as £900pm is the value to me of a property with a roof.

unforeseen

moneysavinghero said:

SpiderLegs said:

moneysavinghero said:

If i were looking to rent a property and one was advertised at £0pm but with no heating or hot water and another was advertised as £900pm but had heating and hot water i would rent the one with the heating. So personally i would want 11 weeks of  full rent in compensation. In this circumstance i would just suggest you take off a full months rent as he is giving you the option.

That logic suggests that you believe the entire value of the property is based on the heating and hot water.
so if the property was advertised at £900, had hot water and heating, but no roof, you would still rent it for £900.

No i would not rent it and its value to me would be £0.00, and if i was without a roof for 11 weeks and the LL asked me how much did i think should be knocked off the bill i would say £900pm as £900pm is the value to me of a property with a roof.

So if the roof was missing and no hot water or heating, you would want £1800pm?