I've been renting a house for the past 7 years. When I moved in there was a small crack in the kitchen over the years it's got bigger alot bigger recently I even have rain water drip through the ceiling. The landlord has known about this for years and has chosen to do nothing. He came out in January and said for the first time he would get it sorted I've heard absolutely nothing despite chasing him several times. It's got to the point I am concerned is this even safe anymore? I have a child that lives here. The joke is that they have actually put the rent up last month but the house looks like this. I feel stuck because rent prices are so high I can't afford to rent elsewhere because this is still cheap compared to rent in my area. I have called environmental health they should be coming to do a visit soon. Any advice would be appreciated I am very concerned. Crack measures 25mm. One picture shows where you can see actual daylight through the crack
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Bless you, landlords can be evil! Can you speak to citizens advice or shelter? Good luck with getting things sorted x
are you UK or ireland? is your landlord registered?
i would communicate only via email, say you are following up on what he said in january about fixing the problem and attach photos.
the thing is, you really are at the mercy of a landlord. of course that’s not right, you should be able to flag issues and have them fixed in a timely manor.
i would communicate only via email, say you are following up on what he said in january about fixing the problem and attach photos.
the thing is, you really are at the mercy of a landlord. of course that’s not right, you should be able to flag issues and have them fixed in a timely manor.
Landlord liability for repairs in rentals: Obligations
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Have a read of this, your landlord needs to sort it out, especially if there is water coming in. Have you spoken to the local council at all? He should be registered with them and if he isn't doing the repairs that he should then he can be fined & they'll make him sort it out
I feel for you. It is worrying having to complain as you can fear they will terminate the lease. However they need to prove they are moving back into the property.
We were 10 yrs with our last landlord and he did most of the repairs himself. However he also had contract work which took him away for weeks at a time. So getting things fixed timely was a constant issue.
Also when he did fix something he was in our home for the entire day as he would forget tools or supplies and disappear for an hour to get them. The was no sense of a hurry like he was just enjoying hanging out in our home, taking phone calls and doing a bit of work!
We wanted out and the final straw was a sunken floor which needed repairing in the utility room. It took 3 years for him to get around to it and frankly he wanted his ego stroked when he did eventually do it. Like it was some timely job.
And this was one of the better landlords we had experienced.
We were 10 yrs with our last landlord and he did most of the repairs himself. However he also had contract work which took him away for weeks at a time. So getting things fixed timely was a constant issue.
Also when he did fix something he was in our home for the entire day as he would forget tools or supplies and disappear for an hour to get them. The was no sense of a hurry like he was just enjoying hanging out in our home, taking phone calls and doing a bit of work!
We wanted out and the final straw was a sunken floor which needed repairing in the utility room. It took 3 years for him to get around to it and frankly he wanted his ego stroked when he did eventually do it. Like it was some timely job.
And this was one of the better landlords we had experienced.
did you ever get this resolved?
Not really. Not long after I posted this I called environmental health and they came round and issued an improvement notice. Eh told me in may that the landlord hadn't even responded. He's done nothing to even attempt to do any of the work. I got so fed up with it all that I have found somewhere nicer to rent I am leaving this place in 2 weeks. The improvement notice still stands even though I am leaving. The absolute audacity of the landlord has put the house up to re let with an increase of £125 a month without doing anything. What's even more shocking about this is that the landlord is the director of a local estate agents
I'm glad you've found somewhere else, but sorry there don't seem to be any consequences for your terrible soon to be ex-landlordNot really. Not long after I posted this I called environmental health and they came round and issued an improvement notice. Eh told me in may that the landlord hadn't even responded. He's done nothing to even attempt to do any of the work. I got so fed up with it all that I have found somewhere nicer to rent I am leaving this place in 2 weeks. The improvement notice still stands even though I am leaving. The absolute audacity of the landlord has put the house up to re let with an increase of £125 a month without doing anything. What's even more shocking about this is that the landlord is the director of a local estate agents
Oh I know, you think you're doing the right thing by calling environmental health and that you are getting some sort of justice not just for me but for anyone else who lives here as alot of people are too afraid to speak up about these things in fear of eviction but nothing even seems to happen. Thank you I will be glad to leave this place behindI'm glad you've found somewhere else, but sorry there don't seem to be any consequences for your terrible soon to be ex-landlord
There are things that both the tenant and the local authority can do that would provide 'consequences' for a landlord who ignores an improvement notice but I understand why many tenants decide just to find somewhere else to live. Once an improvement notice has been issued a 'Section 21' eviction notice issued either before or after the improvement notice can be invalid.
Environmental health actually rang me a few days ago apologising for the delay they asked me if I had heard from the landlord or had anything been done I said no they said they haven't had any response either. They are coming round just before I move out next week as they physically have to check no work has been done they then said they will be taking action against the landlord for ignoring them!