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Gorgeous_George wrote: »You cannot deduct money from the rent. I do not know of any reason when this is allowed .
Here is one for you:-
"We had a case like this some months ago. Greedy or ill-advised landlord (because they were represented) made a s.8 claim for possession, after being served with a works order by the council once the client/tenant got Environmental Health in. The client, luckily, came to us. The rent arrears were substantial, but the disrepair significant. An immediate disrepair counterclaim was served. Of course, the matter then took many months to get to final hearing, and the result was that the damages more than cleared the arrears, possession claim dismissed, and the client had a grand or two over coming in damages and an enforceable order for repairs. We got costs…"
http://nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/index.php?s=shortholdRENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »The tenant copy should be given to them when the boiler is checked. Or for a new tenant, given to the tenant before they move in.
The key on the bottom of the Corgi Landlord's Gas Safety Record says the white is for the LL/Agent. Green for the tenant. Yellow copy for the installer.
In the past 8 years, I've always been handed a copy.
In this case, (or whatever Dad signed), he wasn't given a copy, he just thought it was a job sheet for the work on the boiler.
He had no reason to doubt the guy, he knows him through work.Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty...0 -
If my tenants ring me (or text me as they have) to say things are not happening how they should with the Letting Agency, I tend to take their words for it and pursue it with the agents until I'm satisfied they are doing what they are paid for.
It is in the landlord's interest that the agency they use is good and reliable.
If you tell your landlord that you haven't got a copy of the gas certificate, have queried it with the agency and are getting nowhere, I bet you'll find that things will happen.
I paid £50 + VAT to the letting agents for the priviledge of getting the gas certficate through them. If I had paid for something that didn't happen and for which I was legally liable, I would have been most unhappy.
Tell your landlord before you go to the council and report it. The landlord might be completely unaware of the situation and believe all is in order. However if there's no certificate, it's the landlord that'd get in trouble. The agency will come out "scott free".0 -
Her is another GG:-
"Withholding RentMany tenants will threaten to use their rental payments as a lever to speed up their Landlord’s response time. Generally there is no legal basis for this. The only exception is if The Landlord has clearly failed in his repairing obligations but even then the tenant is obliged to follow the procedures that are laid out in the Act which include informing the Landlord of what you intend to do and providing him with estimates for the repair."
http://www.mypropertyguide.co.uk/articles/display/10042/bad-landlords.htmRENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
If my tenants ring me (or text me as they have) to say things are not happening how they should with the Letting Agency, I tend to take their words for it and pursue it with the agents until I'm satisfied they are doing what they are paid for.
It is in the landlord's interest that the agency they use is good and reliable.
If you tell your landlord that you haven't got a copy of the gas certificate, have queried it with the agency and are getting nowhere, I bet you'll find that things will happen.
I paid £50 + VAT to the letting agents for the priviledge of getting the gas certficate through them. If I had paid for something that didn't happen and for which I was legally liable, I would have been most unhappy.
Tell your landlord before you go to the council and report it. The landlord might be completely unaware of the situation and believe all is in order. However if there's no certificate, it's the landlord that'd get in trouble. The agency will come out "scott free".
I've tried ringing my LL but her phone always has an answerphone message on it, saying she cannot take the call, but the service will text her with my number to let her know I'm trying to contact her.
She is good and easy to get on with, when I can get hold of her!Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty...0 -
I'm not incompetent, again, it's a legal requirement which I should not arrange or pay for!! :rolleyes:
Read my post and reconsider your aggression. Sometimes I wonder why I bother trying to help.
GGThere are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.0 -
Gorgeous_George wrote: »If you feel the need, why not arrange your own check and seek reimbursement from the LL.
That sounds like a LLs wish list. The LLs committing a criminal offence if they haven't got a current Gas Safety Record..Gorgeous_George wrote: »My personal view is that this check should be the responsibility of the tenant. It is, after all, their lives that could be at risk (albeit a very small risk). The law obviously thinks tenants are incompetent and/or care little for their own safety.
I take it that you are not aware that the law was bought in because some LLs were being incompetent and tenants were dying because of their LLs greed or stupidity?
Even now, many LLs are not aware of their legal obligations and operate on such a shoestring, that they are unable to pay for legal advice.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »That sounds like a LLs wish list. The LLs committing a criminal offence if they have not got a current Gas Safety Record..
Maybe the LL has had a GSC done. Certainly sounds like he has employed a suitably qualified CORGI 'engineer' and, no doubt, paid handsomely
I take it that you are not aware that the law was bought in because some LLs were being incompetent and tenants were dying because of their LLs greed or stupidity?
I am aware of why many laws were brought in and, as I said, that's good enough for me. It would be better, IMHO, if the law said that the tenant should have the check done and recover the cost from the rent in months 1, 13, 25 etc., of their tenancy.
Even now, many LLs are aware of their legal obligations and operate on such a shoestring, that they are unable to pay for legal advice.
I doubt it. Most LLs make a healthy if small profit and, I'm sure, most have the checks done.
Is it just the women that so aggressive today. Must be that time of the month!
GGThere are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.0 -
However if there's no certificate, it's the landlord that'd get in trouble. The agency will come out "scott free".
So why do LLs use LAs
RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
Because the Landlord is responsible for providing the certificate. A word you may not be familiiar with.
GGThere are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those that don't.0
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