Hi all,
Long story so if you don't wanna read it then you know where the backspace key is, otherwise, if you find yourself intrigued by the title of this topic, and I'm sure many of you will, then read on, and I will tell all...
My partner and I moved in with our two kids back in July 2007. We are renting a 3 bedroom detached house on the edge of the city.
We have now had numerous problems and issues with the property, which have all been raised with the landlord, to little or no effect.
We found the house advertised on the Internet, under the description it stated that the house had a study. We came to look for ourselves and saw that this was so.
When viewing the property we asked if double glazing windows would be added anytime in the near future and we were told "definitely by the end of the year" (this is still 2007)...
So fast forward to the end of 2007 and the winter months, the house is absolutely freezing, even with the heating turned all the way up (all radiators too hot to touch) the house did not feel warm, at best it took the chill out of the rooms but you were not at all able to walk around the house in a t shirt, even with the combi boiler and thermo set to their highest settings. It was that cold.
We didn't get double glazing by the end of 2007, and we still haven't got it today, but I do hope the landlord enjoyed his 2 week holiday in Dubai at the start of 2008.
Fast forward sometime after this and one day I noticed a leak in the kitchen ceiling (bathroom is directly above). We told the landlord about this and pestered him into doing something about it until he finally told us to ring British Gas. The BG guys came round and told us there was a leak in the bath which was causing this.
I went around and asked him if he could put a radiator in the study and he told me that he couldn't because the boiler wouldn't be able to handle it. So I asked the British Gas guys and they said the radiator should be able to handle it fine.
A few months ago black mould has started to spread on the ceiling in the master bedroom, I've lost count of how many times I've told the landlord about this. He hasn't even gone up to see it for himself. Every time I have told him that there is a leak in the roof he has told me that we need content's insurance. He has told us to get contents insurance on several occassions and will not have a look and take on his own responsibilities, expecting us to pay for it, or he is trying to get around the problem.
So I had enough and rang Environmental Health, the nice and helpful lady came round and she has sent him a letter stating that by law there needs to be a radiator in the study to make it at least habitable.
When I asked the landlord if he would put a radiator in the study a few months ago and I complained about how cold the room was ( I Could even see my own breath in it sometimes) he told us "well that room was never intended as a study - it is meant as a play room in the summer time"...
Well then - why did he advertise the house as having a "STUDY".???????
All these little things have really hacked me off. There's so many white lies and deceipts just like this.
Well the other night we told him where we stood with the situation and that we were going to look for somewhere else to move.
We have paid all our rent up to date, and decorated every single room in the house except the bathroom which can't be decorated because it's all tiled on the walls.
We turned this house from a ****hole into half a ****hole and put a lot of work into making it look a hell of a lot nicer.
Then the day after he comes around saying we have damaged this this and that. He says we have caused the ceiling in the kitchen to bow because of the bath leak.
He has accused us of damaging stuff but when we ask him what that stuff is he doesn't have an answer for it and so on.
So today I rang up the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (by law every landlord MUST put their tenant's deposits into one of three tenancy deposit schemes (3 companies chosen by the government).. this is for assured shorthold tenancy agreements after April 2007.
I rang all three up this morning and none have head about this address or have it on their database. I have asked the landlord 3 times where our deposit is being held and he has always dodged the question and started talking about something else.
The lock on the front door needs replacing (which is something he has known for over year now as its about coming off)
By law tenant's MUST know within 14 days of moving into the property where their deposit is being held, release details and contact details which must be given the tenant's by the landord. I haven't heard a squeak out of him about our deposit and given all the carp we have been through with him I have now decided to take him to court where I will be compensated three times the amount of the deposit making that around £2000.
He has taken us for `a ride, and what's more we asked if it would be possible for him to lay laminate down upstairs because the carpet was old and worn and he said yes ok, so he layed it down then when it was done he said you need to pay half the cost £400 (making it 800 in total apparantly)...
He wants us to pay for laminate when it is him investing in his own property. What are we going to do ? Take the laminate with us?!? lol.
I've been on the phone with solicitors today and said all of what I have just written here and she said that he has no right in asking us for money for laminate or blaming us for general wear and tear on the house.
He's a little git, I've never been to court before, but I've been advised by each of the tenancy deposit schemes that if he hasn't got our deposit in one of them he is breaking the law, and by all means take him to court and take him to the cleaners. I'm psyched, he deserves what's coming to him and I can't wait.
/vent.
Long story so if you don't wanna read it then you know where the backspace key is, otherwise, if you find yourself intrigued by the title of this topic, and I'm sure many of you will, then read on, and I will tell all...
My partner and I moved in with our two kids back in July 2007. We are renting a 3 bedroom detached house on the edge of the city.
We have now had numerous problems and issues with the property, which have all been raised with the landlord, to little or no effect.
We found the house advertised on the Internet, under the description it stated that the house had a study. We came to look for ourselves and saw that this was so.
When viewing the property we asked if double glazing windows would be added anytime in the near future and we were told "definitely by the end of the year" (this is still 2007)...
So fast forward to the end of 2007 and the winter months, the house is absolutely freezing, even with the heating turned all the way up (all radiators too hot to touch) the house did not feel warm, at best it took the chill out of the rooms but you were not at all able to walk around the house in a t shirt, even with the combi boiler and thermo set to their highest settings. It was that cold.
We didn't get double glazing by the end of 2007, and we still haven't got it today, but I do hope the landlord enjoyed his 2 week holiday in Dubai at the start of 2008.
Fast forward sometime after this and one day I noticed a leak in the kitchen ceiling (bathroom is directly above). We told the landlord about this and pestered him into doing something about it until he finally told us to ring British Gas. The BG guys came round and told us there was a leak in the bath which was causing this.
I went around and asked him if he could put a radiator in the study and he told me that he couldn't because the boiler wouldn't be able to handle it. So I asked the British Gas guys and they said the radiator should be able to handle it fine.
A few months ago black mould has started to spread on the ceiling in the master bedroom, I've lost count of how many times I've told the landlord about this. He hasn't even gone up to see it for himself. Every time I have told him that there is a leak in the roof he has told me that we need content's insurance. He has told us to get contents insurance on several occassions and will not have a look and take on his own responsibilities, expecting us to pay for it, or he is trying to get around the problem.
So I had enough and rang Environmental Health, the nice and helpful lady came round and she has sent him a letter stating that by law there needs to be a radiator in the study to make it at least habitable.
When I asked the landlord if he would put a radiator in the study a few months ago and I complained about how cold the room was ( I Could even see my own breath in it sometimes) he told us "well that room was never intended as a study - it is meant as a play room in the summer time"...
Well then - why did he advertise the house as having a "STUDY".???????
All these little things have really hacked me off. There's so many white lies and deceipts just like this.
Well the other night we told him where we stood with the situation and that we were going to look for somewhere else to move.
We have paid all our rent up to date, and decorated every single room in the house except the bathroom which can't be decorated because it's all tiled on the walls.
We turned this house from a ****hole into half a ****hole and put a lot of work into making it look a hell of a lot nicer.
Then the day after he comes around saying we have damaged this this and that. He says we have caused the ceiling in the kitchen to bow because of the bath leak.
He has accused us of damaging stuff but when we ask him what that stuff is he doesn't have an answer for it and so on.
So today I rang up the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (by law every landlord MUST put their tenant's deposits into one of three tenancy deposit schemes (3 companies chosen by the government).. this is for assured shorthold tenancy agreements after April 2007.
I rang all three up this morning and none have head about this address or have it on their database. I have asked the landlord 3 times where our deposit is being held and he has always dodged the question and started talking about something else.
The lock on the front door needs replacing (which is something he has known for over year now as its about coming off)
By law tenant's MUST know within 14 days of moving into the property where their deposit is being held, release details and contact details which must be given the tenant's by the landord. I haven't heard a squeak out of him about our deposit and given all the carp we have been through with him I have now decided to take him to court where I will be compensated three times the amount of the deposit making that around £2000.
He has taken us for `a ride, and what's more we asked if it would be possible for him to lay laminate down upstairs because the carpet was old and worn and he said yes ok, so he layed it down then when it was done he said you need to pay half the cost £400 (making it 800 in total apparantly)...
He wants us to pay for laminate when it is him investing in his own property. What are we going to do ? Take the laminate with us?!? lol.
I've been on the phone with solicitors today and said all of what I have just written here and she said that he has no right in asking us for money for laminate or blaming us for general wear and tear on the house.
He's a little git, I've never been to court before, but I've been advised by each of the tenancy deposit schemes that if he hasn't got our deposit in one of them he is breaking the law, and by all means take him to court and take him to the cleaners. I'm psyched, he deserves what's coming to him and I can't wait.
/vent.
