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Landlord - What to do
Rog4632
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Hi so I am a tenant in a private property, I have a few issues in the house one relates to the kitchen fan leaking out some stuff when switched on. Ive been told its not important . so they only sort out if its urgent eg leak from the roof. Can you please advise me what to do.
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..intrigued...what "stuff" leaks out of a kitchen fan...they are normally just an electric motor with no fluids in them?
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Rog4632 said:Hi so I am a tenant in a private property, I have a few issues in the house one relates to the kitchen fan leaking out some stuff when switched on. Ive been told its not important . so they only sort out if its urgent eg leak from the roof. Can you please advise me what to do.I too am intrigued as to what is leaking out of the kitchen fan.Step 1 for reporting maintenance and repair issues to the landlord is to write to the landlord at the address for the serving of notices given in your tenancy agreement. Have you done that yet?The link above is for tenants in England, if you are in Scotland or Wales see Shelter Scotland or Shelter Cymru as the advice will be slightly different.
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You tell them that you will decide what is important.0
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Which is legally inaccurate, and diplomaticaly bound to put the LL's back up!lookstraightahead said:You tell them that you will decide what is important.Without knowing what the problem really is we cannot advise as to whether you have a justified complaint, which you should follow up, or whether the LL is right to dismiss it.6 -
Unless it's checked, no one knows. Unless I have misunderstood the LL is assuming it's unimportant. So, the tenant says it is important, and it will be checked. The tenant cannot do it themselves.canaldumidi said:
Which is legally inaccurate, and diplomaticaly bound to put the LL's back up!lookstraightahead said:You tell them that you will decide what is important.Without knowing what the problem really is we cannot advise as to whether you have a justified complaint, which you should follow up, or whether the LL is right to dismiss it.
whether it gets the LLs back up is immaterial. This isn't the seventeenth century. Why should the tenant live with a leaking fan, which may or may not be dangerous.
how do you mean, legally inaccurate?0 -
Can you take a photo/ video and post it ?0
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Rog4632 said:Hi so I am a tenant in a private property, I have a few issues in the house one relates to the kitchen fan leaking out some stuff when switched on. Ive been told its not important . so they only sort out if its urgent eg leak from the roof. Can you please advise me what to do.
Do you perhaps mean the extractor fan in a cooker hood? Or perhaps an extractor fan in the ceiling? Perhaps with ducting going upwards and then outside?
If so, it could be steam being sucked up, which then condenses on the cold ducting, and the condensed water then drips back down.
If it's something like that, it may need a complete re-design and re-installation of the ducting - it may even be impossible to find a workable solution. The only solution might be not to use the extractor fan, or remove the extractor fan.
Or do you mean something else?
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Given the OP has never returned to clarify anything in their 21 previous threads, I doubt we're going to find out what the mystery "stuff" is!11
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When did you move in to the property and when did the issue with the kitchen fan first occur?Rog4632 said:Hi so I am a tenant in a private property, I have a few issues in the house one relates to the kitchen fan leaking out some stuff when switched on. Ive been told its not important . so they only sort out if its urgent eg leak from the roof. Can you please advise me what to do.
While I don't want to dismiss this, is it really so significant / urgent emergency as to warrant calling out the LL's service agent on Christmas Day?0 -
Assuming cooker hood fan, it may be the filter is so old its fat coming back out with condensed steam?
Happened at my tenancy a few years ago, i changed the filter myself.Peter
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