No Heating For 8 weeks

MattMattMattUK

northern88 said:

MattMattMattUK said:

northern88 said:

No the water is working, I agree and i don't want an all out war , just asking the question. 

But then on the other hand when I'm coming in soaked from work I'm unable to dry my clothes.

You should not be drying clothes using the heating unless you want to destroy the property with mould. We had one of the hottest Junes on record and July is roughly seasonal average, I cannot imagine anyone needs the heating on.

northern88 said:

what timescale would you give it until you made next steps ?!  I just feel like things are not moving positively 

Probably a few months at this time of year when heating is not likely needed until at least September. Many communal heating systems are turned off over summer due to them not being needed, are you sure yours has not been turned off?

In 4 years there has never been a problem drying clothes with heating , with the windows open , I live in ground floor flat with no garden etc straight on to the main path.
No it's not been switched off.

Regardless of anyone's opinion to wether you need your heating on or not is it's a service I'm paying for which I've not had for 8 week + now.

one can't assume some just doesn't need there heating on because of the weather outside! Medical problems? Children sleeping over ?

One can make a reasonable assumption that people with medical problems or children are probably not fans of hyperthermia. When the inside temperature can be in the 22-24c range without the heat on, even at night the indoor temperature without keeping all doors and windows is unlikely to drop much below 20c indoors.

The risk of hypothermia indoors during the summer in the UK is zero unless one is running air conditioning excessively or has locked oneself in a walk in fridge or freezer regardless of medical issues or being a child, even the possibility of temperatures dropping below a comfortable level is negligible at most. Meanwhile the risk of hyperthermia is significant. No one needs heating running with the current weather, a few might want it for random non comfort/welfare related reasons, but to try and pitch this as health related is disingenuous at best.

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northern88 said:

In 4 years there has never been a problem drying clothes with heating , with the windows open , I live in ground floor flat with no garden etc straight on to the main path.
No it's not been switched off.

Are you sure it hasn't been switched off this year, given energy costs have become much more of a concern and communal systems have been particularly hard-hit?

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northern88 said:

Hi , 

So 8-9 weeks ago my heating broke down in the property i rent. It was reported immediately, a plumper come out after a couple of weeks fitted a new "pump" in the roof space off he went and.....yeah the heating still didn't work. Now the landlord has communicated and so has the letting agency. They seem to be now passing the book to the property management company as the boilers are communal outside.  Although things are moving it seems very slow and i personally don't think 8-9 week without heating is acceptable.

anyway within the rent i pay a service charge on top which includes my gas electric etc  do you think I have the right to be asking for a refund for the loss of heating as it's a charge I'm paying but a service I'm not receiving.

The landlord has always been good and I don't want to rustle any feathers but i think all this time without heating isn't reasonable.

You don't have the right to a refund and it sounds as if the boiler is outwith the landlord's control and sits with the freeholder so your landlord is in a bit of a bind.  However, whilst you don't have the right to a refund there is no harm in asking just remember that when you ask, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.  As a landlord, if you have been a good tenant, I would be inclined to knock a bit off your rent for having to wait so long.  I would also be on the freeholder's case and giving you updates.