Just moved into newish rented property - no working fire!

clutton_2

Squatnow says - "the Corgi engineer repairing it could issue a new certificate for £20" - this just shows your utter ignorance of gas matters -

As has been posted many times on this thread you cannot just REPAIR an old gas fire, you may have to repair the chimney internally, fit a new venting pipe up to the roof, do smoke/gas tests, replace the gas fire with a modern one, do smoke/gas tests, check the pipe work and do gas tests, check the meter and do gas tests - a fair few hundred quid of a job here -

and i soooooo wish i could get a CORGI safety cert done for £20 - as they have ranged from £65-£125 depending on the number of appliances to be tested.

actually i dont wish i could get a CORGI cert for £20 as i would not trust it .......

since when has being a [EMAIL="tw@t"]!!!!!![/EMAIL] been regulateable ????

bobby-boy_2

Hi N79 read the post you qouted I NEVER mentioned personal adDress you made that bit up! There IS a legal requirement to provide a SERVABLE address as my post clearly states and you are only PRESUMING the OP has a servicable address.

prudryden

Post #21

Good one! The whole agency lives abroad. LOL

"It's the agency, not the LL - who I understand lives abroad."

tbs624

prudryden wrote: »

.....It's the same with TV aerials. You can have TV aerial sockets, but no aerial. Unless the contract says comes with TV aerial, you have no chance.

Disagree with you on that one Pru. IMO it depends on how the property was presented to the tenant prior to them signing up, and whether the fire is a key part of the heating installation for the property.

Some people do apparently find it hard to live with out a TV, but it's really not on the same level as heating provision. Yes, the tenant should have checked the gas safety cert prior to signing up but the LA was at a distinct advantage, knowing that the fire had been identified as unsafe and therefore unusable, and that had they highlighted the fact to the tenant there would possibly have been an issue with the tenancy proceeding. Underhand to say the very least. Lettings agents will no doubt
disagree......

Mitsouko - as I said before, check whether it could be classed as essential or supplemental, tell the LA that s/he was underhand, then get a couple of quotes yourself and let the LL know the cost of getting the work done -suggests s/he balances it against her having to pay yet more fees to find a new tenant at the expiry of your AST.. A decent LL would not want to cheese off a tenant so early into the contract for the sake of a fire repair. BTL mortgage payments , tenancy void, agency fees, empty property insurance hike, vs costs of a fire repair/replacement?

prudryden

tbs624 wrote: »

Disagree with you on that one Pru. IMO it depends on how the property was presented to the tenant prior to them signing up, and whether the fire is a key part of the heating installation for the property.

Some people do apparently find it hard to live with out a TV, but it's really not on the same level as heating provision. Yes, the tenant should have checked the gas safety cert prior to signing up but the LA was at a distinct advantage, knowing that the fire had been identified as unsafe and therefore unusable, and that had they highlighted the fact to the tenant there would possibly have been an issue with the tenancy proceeding. Underhand to say the very least. Lettings agents will no doubt
disagree......

Mitsouko - as I said before, check whether it could be classed as essential or supplemental, tell the LA that s/he was underhand, then get a couple of quotes yourself and let the LL know the cost of getting the work done -suggests s/he balances it against her having to pay yet more fees to find a new tenant at the expiry of your AST.. A decent LL would not want to cheese off a tenant so early into the contract for the sake of a fire repair. BTL mortgage payments , tenancy void, agency fees, empty property insurance hike, vs costs of a fire repair/replacement?

tds - I am a bit dissapointed that you aren't reading what this idiot is saying. He has stated he has central heating, but would like the option of a gas fire. So would a lot of people - how nice it would be to lie on your plush carpet in front of the gas fire, sipping a little red wine and toasting chestnuts. How dare the LL not put a flue in the chimney, have a chimney sweep twice a year, spend £400 pounds on the new EU regulated controls, raise the hearth up a minimum of an inch in height.
I'm getting bored with this crackpot.

tbs624

Yep, Pru - silly me. Damn tenants - they should know when to be grateful....... how dare they expect LLs/LAs to be up front in their dealings on a property costing just £850 per month? Hell, do they have no idea of the strain of being in the property rental business? Who knows where this demand for extra out and out luxuries will stop - I've even heard of tenants having a working shower, a fridge and a tesco value microwave .......... ;) Outrageous.........

prudryden

LOL tbs very good!! I agree - the next thing is "Where is my working Jacuzzi?" And a whole house for £850 - staggers the imagination!!

clutton_2

:eek:i even had a tenant once ask me to reduce the rent !!!! whatever next ?????