Compensation for no hot water for 11 weeks

mcplumb

tenant12345 said:

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. 

7 visits and 11 weeks?

ripplyuk

I think one months rent is reasonable. 

mcplumb

As a gas engineer I avoid working for landlords or agents. LLs seem happy to reap the rent month after month, but not so happy to pay to get things sorted. 
The few LLs I do work for I always ask "would you be happy if your son/daughter was left in this position"

MovingForwards

tenant12345 said:

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. 

Fixed bills are paid to who?

moneysavinghero

unforeseen said:

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?

If the roof was missing and there was no hot water or heating i would want the LL arresting.

Failing that if the LL asked me how much i wanted to pay for the period where i was without both i would say £0.00 because that would be the sum i would have been willing to pay had both been missing when i first viewed it. ( well actually i would not be willing to pay £0.00, the LL would have to pay me to want to live in a house with no roof, hot water or heating and even then it would have to be a very large sum).

A roof, walls, hot water, heating and lots of other things all fall into the 'must haves' for me to want to rent a property. I rent the house as a whole. If the rent is £900pm i dont pay £900pm for heating + £900pm for a roof + £900pm for walls, so not sure where you are getting the £1800pm figure from.

Marvel1

The way I think of it is - if you were an homeowner, would it be done any quicker?

moneysavinghero

Marvel1 said:

The way I think of it is - if you were an homeowner, would it be done any quicker?

Not many people would have let it drag on for 11 weeks. After a week or two of plumbers faffing about with parts most would just bite the bullet and get a new boiler put in.

macman

11 weeks is an unacceptable length of time to fix a boiler, even during lockdown-why did you not ask for alternative accommodation, or backup heating?
I would ask for a 50% deduction of your fixed utility bills during that period, since you'll have been using far less gas, electricity and water, and a month's rent (minimum) in lieu of your other extra costs (travel to take showers elsewhere). 

lookstraightahead

Marvel1 said:

The way I think of it is - if you were an homeowner, would it be done any quicker?

Yup of course it would 

robatwork

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.

Your logic is very quirky.

And to the OP it sounds like the LL has been very responsive and tried his best to get your problem addressed. I'd probably ask for £450 off the rent to compensate the inconvenience.