Why's it my fault

[burtie]

Our landlord has been okay for the most part, until we complained about a hole in the roof 13 months ago!

It got worse and worse and we had to move are daughter into the dinning room and empty the room as it was leaking in for over a year.

Finally after much complaining they are fitting a new roof at a cost of £10,000.

Now the landlord is being rude and abrupt in any of are correspondence. As before she was quite reasonable.

Yeah we complained a lot about it as it was a mess, but why's it my fault? Never missed any rent payments, sorted the mess of a garden out so it looks better at my expense.

No doubt she'll be putting the rent up next.

This is the mess

 

[burtie]

This unfortunately. If your rent is below market rate then you can guarantee out of spite she'll either bump the rent up or issue a s21.

Exactly why we didn't complain about it to the local authority, she'd just S21 us, or bump the rent. The rent is £800 per month which is about market rate for a 3 bedroom in Lincolnshire.

I think we're expected to fix the ceiling and decorate the room, at are cost! She hasn't mentioned that, but I will be!

Some landlords just take the **** even with good tenants. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night leaving a family like this.

 

[burtie]

Are you renting privately or via a agents? I've only rented via agents and had a similar issue at one of the apartments. The agents got it repaired asap within days.

If I ever rent out myself, I would be paying the full service so I don't have to speak to the renters. Yes it cost more but it removes the hassle and in my point of view it's worth the extra cost on both sides.

The house was rented by an estate agent, but managed by the landlord. Which I found odd in the first place, didn't have much choice at the time as we got S21 from are old rental.

 

[burtie]

Which is it?

Well she said ten grand, could be taking crap.

 

[burtie]

I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't end up with a S21 in the near future.

I had something similar a property years ago, my first had just been born.

Roof started to leak so we informed the letting agent who duly informed the landlord. Think the fix was around 6k. Anyway about 2 months later we got a letter with a S21 notice stating that the landlord wished to sell the property and would need us to vacate (3 months notice).

A month after we moved out I was spotted by the letting agent who let slip that the landlord had re-rented at a higher price (which would still have been in our budget) instead of selling. Sadly it's perfectly legal despite giving a fraudulent reason to move the tenant out.

It's not a sellable property as it's on a working farm yard, may have been an old farm workers house years ago.
We're looking to move now anyway as it's still got damp issues that are nothing to do with the roof.
The outside is rendered over old brick, which needs replacing too, but not going to push for that to be fixed! Damp patches under the downstairs windows.
I've had dehumidifiers running in each room, and used damp protection paints when decorating. All at my cost!
I've taken loads of pictures of the damage, for getting the deposit back, pointless complaining anymore! We will just move and make sure the next property is managed by an estate agent.
Plus the fence had blown down at the back after the wind! Now normally I'd just fix it, but she can **** off lol.

 

[burtie]

as someone who lives in Lincolnshire, £10k for a roof is a bargin! Looking at the photo, new ceiling, checking the electrics etc etc

£10k doesn't go very far these days

Nothing has been mentioned about the ceiling or an electrical check! So if I mention that she'll definitely be ****** off again! Might as well do it myself.

The plaster board looks fine, and isn't bending. Should I just clean it and decorate the room? Or should she be paying! Not that it'll cost much, but that's not the point.

 

[burtie]

In reality you shouldn't be paying a penny.

I think if it was me, i'd do as best as i could for as cheap as possible. You really do not want to be spending £100+ on getting it back to shape if she then S21's you in a few weeks/months time.

I've got enough paint left from decorating the kitchen, might need something to paint the ceiling with as it won't cover with just emulsion. Should be able to do it for less the £50 lol.