In an 18 month tenancy and wasn’t told about 10 months of cladding remediation. Living in hell!

MysteryMe

RelievedSheff said:

MysteryMe said:

Is it definite that all flats would be without balcony etc for the whole period or just the period work is taking place in the immediate vicinity of your flat. Sounds an appalling situation to be in.

Not such an appalling situation as living in a flat with a known fire risk though?

Oh please, talk about manufacturing cheap virtual signalling.  This is not a discussion about whether the work removing the cladding is necessary.

The appalling situation is the apparent failure to disclose significant material facts to the OP, facts that if they had been informed of would have not taken on the tenancy.

Kim_13

MysteryMe said:

RelievedSheff said:

MysteryMe said:

Is it definite that all flats would be without balcony etc for the whole period or just the period work is taking place in the immediate vicinity of your flat. Sounds an appalling situation to be in.

Not such an appalling situation as living in a flat with a known fire risk though?

Oh please, talk about manufacturing cheap virtual signalling.  This is not a discussion about whether the work removing the cladding is necessary.

The appalling situation is the apparent failure to disclose significant material facts to the OP, facts that if they had been informed of would have not taken on the tenancy.

This. And the unusual tenancy length would lead a cynic to conclude that the LL wanted that so as to ensure the rent kept coming in, as they’d struggle to let it mid-works.

Shouldn’t the tenants also have been made aware that the flat was a fire risk at the present time? That the works were to ensure the safety of the property can hardly reasonably be described as minor, which was what they were told. 

silvercar

A key fact is how certain the landlord was as to when the work will start. Big difference between the managing agents saying they hope to do the work soon and a definite date being given.

our_des

This was happening in the area I left earlier this year, residents were made aware works would commence from Feb/March onwards and scaffolding/road closures started spring/summer on the various apartment blocks. The works were well overdue partly because of where the apartments were situated, the land owner was objecting to scaffold placements and how it would affect the offices/retail units below. Sadly many of those who took up a tenancy from the start of this year were not informed by the letting agents what was about to happen. The person who viewed my old place in Feb was blissfully unaware they'd have no balcony overlooking the dock for roughly 12 months and I was present during their viewing as I'd been waiting in for the site inspector for the pre-work checks so I let them know much to the letting agents horror!