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    • god they've got at you haven't they. told you all the usual utter BS. a CCJ vanishes from your credit file on it's 6th B'Day regardless to being paid off or not or paying or not. same with any debt with a registered defaulted date - it vanishes from your file on the DN's 6th B'day regardless. creditfix are Knightsbridge, (they renamed) there are 100's of threads here on Knightsbridge, if i remember rightly 2 of the directors of a certain very big IVA provider were struck off for embezzling £1m's out of debtors. pers i'd stop paying now.  end of . just ignore them all. 99% of your debts are to utterly powerless DCA's and probably were never owed in the first place only goes to firm up my belief from post one..you got had blind. its very easy to deal with the debts even those with CCJ's. can you copy and paste what you credit file says regarding the IVA please?   
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    • Sorry I meant credit fix - I really wish I'd known this before - kicking myself right now  If they come back to me asking for more money I'll cancel it and start trying to deal with the debt myself let's see what they say  Feeling tempted to cancel it now but scared that some of the debts will do more CCJ's on me and I'll have to wait 6 years again.  2 of the CCJ come of this year and then I'll only have the iva in credit file - effectively if I'd have not took out the iva in 2021 I'd have clear score by now - but then again would I because I would have been hounded the last 3 years, as bad as it is it's saves me lots of headaches whilst my debt was still within the 6 year mark.  I think most of them are near there but in all honesty no point chasing them if I do cancel iva I'd jjst wait for the ones who contact me and then start the relevant letter process on them.  Of over 6 years easy if not still possible to write off. My true victory would be having the iva wiped off my credit file as mis sold or something that way I Don't have to wait till 2027 Other option is to fight back and ask for them to offer the creditors to accept payments so far and use the following method    Will your IVA firm agree to complete your IVA on the basic of funds paid to date? The Guidance lists a lot of factors to be considered in deciding whether a settlement on the basis of funds paid to date should be proposed. You should read the list. But that may not give you any feel for whether they apply to you or not. The following are my thoughts on when an IVA should be treated as settled, not failed. They assume that you have £75 or less to pay a month: if you would currently qualify for a Debt Relief Order, then your IVA should be settled now  There is no point in making your IVA fail and you have to apply for a DRO – it will not generate another penny for your creditors. If you are renting and owe less than £50,000, check the DRO criteria now and talk to National Debtline on 0808 808 4000 about whether you qualify. You may have been told at the start of your IVA that you aren’t eligible – still check now as the DRO criteria have changed, your situation has got worse, and some people were given incorrect information about DROs at the start. if you have no assets that would be realised in bankruptcy (eg a house with equity, car worth over £2000), then your IVA should be settled now Same as (1), there is no point in making you apply for bankruptcy after your IVA fails. if your only asset is a car that is worth less than £8000, then your IVA should be settled now A car that is worth say £5000 would normally be sold in bankruptcy and you would be given a small amount to buy a cheaper car. But your creditors would not get any benefit from this as the Insolvency Service takes the first £8000 raised to cover its own costs. if you have significant assets, the closer you are to the end of the IVA, the less reasonable it is to fail it If you have been paying your IVA for 4 years, you have done your best over a long period. It isn’t your fault you can no longer continue. The fact you may have had equity to release isn’t relevant as that simply isn’t going to be possible. if your situation will clearly improve soon, then it’s unlikely your IVA will be settled I mean real improvements, not hoping that prices fall. If I can get them to accept payment to date or threaten with cancellation hopefully they may accept it -  Other option is to try and borrow money and pay make a full and final offer  Or I can just ignore and hope for the best which I'm very tempted to do especially if they respond to my review with bullying tactics despite me being skint as a fart with no mortgage as renting  It's so stressful but I've just checked the iva agreement from 2021 and it's Cabot 2 accounts Lowell about 5 accounts and then lots of repeats of the same debt with for example zopa and Cabot same amount listed twice -  also loyyds banks but I'm sure that's older than 6 years and not on credit file anyway  If I can somehow remove the iva from my credit file I'd be happy 
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My tenancy (london) began 7 days ago and the day we moved in we raised issues regarding the inadequacy of the heating in the living area/ kitchen. We offered to share the electric bill in case extra heaters would be necessary. It was decided that we would wait for a few more days to see if the flat would heat up to sufficient levels as she advised that it felt cold due to the fact that it had been empty for a number of weeks and would get warmer over the next few days. L also said a release would be possible but that she would check with agent what release terms would be.

 

 

On the 3rd day of the tenancy she entered w/o notice and claimed it was necessary in order to drop off the Inventory. I was in my bath towel and did feel shocked at the time since in my 20 years of living in london nothing like this has ever happened.

 

 

Because of the ongoing heating problem and the way in which she made excuses for her entry and did not acknowledge this as a breach on her part (raising the liklihood that it could happen again since she didn't respect this right) we decided that we wanted to leave the tenancy. After we informed her of this she required that we move out within 24 hours and pay 10% of the 6 months rent upfront that we paid.

 

We packed all our stuff and said that we would move in 24 hours (even though it was her breach) provided the 10% fee was waived. She did not agree so we have not moved out and want to get directions from the county court to approve the early release without any penalty due to landlords breach.

 

Also there is no cold water in the flat - it is the same temperature as the hot water.

 

The L has made it clear that we can not leave w/o her taking a 10% fee (for the agent) but in our view she should pay this.

 

Whats the best way to approach this and is there any ADR service that might be useful here?

 

Or can anyone advise the best way to approach this?

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Unfortunatley you dont really have a leg to stand on, the LL entering on one occasion, while annoying is by no means serve enough in the eyes of the law for you to end your tenancy without penalty.

 

If the heating water is still a problem then your LL is obliged to repair this. Set out the issues in writing and the timescales you would like to resolve them in. Add to the letter than 24 hours prior notice must be given and accepted prior to her entering again.

 

I think the LL stance is reasonable - 10% - as your 'breach' of the tenancy agreement, if you do leave, if far more significant than the LL single entery.

 

I cant help feeling theres something more here - your reaction seems compleltey out of propotion to the LLs 'breach'?

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I cant help feeling theres something more here - your reaction seems compleltey out of propotion to the LLs 'breach'?

 

I have been renting on and off for 20 years and have never encountered issues like this- I guess I have been exceptionally lucky or maybe I overlooked them previously...the rent here is 1000pw for a 2 bed and I do feel strongly that basic things like hot and cold water should have been checked at the start by the landlord. If I were to go to every viewing and run the taps in every bathroom before I decided whether that flat was right or not I think agents would quickly tire of it and yet this is what it seems necessary to do to play it safe.

 

Its possible I may have reacted alot to the intrusion but it is quite a frightening experience to hear footsteps in your home when no one but you is there just coming out of the shower and not having heard anyone come in..

 

I read on the forum that I am allowed to change locks provided I change them back at the end of the tenancy.

 

Do you know - can I do this after a single breach already? It would give me alot of peace of mind when Im here alone as the landlady said that she did not regard entering part of the flat as a real entry- meaning (at least to me) that she may do it again if it suited her- especially since now there are linked works/ repairs issues (even though these also require 24 hr notice).

 

 

An engineer came yesterday and fixed this a little by closing the valve of the hot water (pressure was too high so was coming back down) and long term measure is to put a non return valve in. I say a little because the 'cold' taps are now giving lukewarm water which when it is run for more than 5 minutes starts to get hot again... sorry I am now rambling into the detail of the plumbing but maybe it helps towards getting an idea of how serious it remains. Whilst the 'cold' water tap water is no longer scalding it is also by no means cold....

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Since the consensus seems to be I do not have a leg to stand on the next question would be - what about compensation for the condition or lack of these basic needs such as cold water/heating - if they can be independently established as inadequate can we claim to pay a lower rent until they are fixed and also for the intrusion by builders that will inevitably necessary to resolve this?

 

Does anyone have any experience of this?

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Hi ten

 

Welcome to CAG

 

The guys will advise as soon as they are available. In the meantime some great advice here:-

 

Thanks and very glad to have come across such a comprehensive forum since the last place you really want to be is taking matters to court but without any guidance/ discussion that doesnt involve heavy lawyers fees it can end up seeming unavoidable. Looking forward to using this site more.

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I think it is normal that landlords are given "reasonable" time to fix issues - reasonable depends a bit on the seriousness of the issue. Given that you have had one engineer visit within a few days, that does not sound unreasonable, I suppose.

 

Is it possible that the heating problem is related to the cold/hot water problem?

 

Hopefully, the LL has learnt not to disturb you in future...

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Just picking up on the thread here. As a consumer surely you still have the statutory rights of 28 days cancellation of a contract or is it the 14 day cooling off period? You could site the water problem as well as the invasion of privacy in that you were not given 48 Hrs Notice. It's quite simple, no I wouldn't be paying anything, I'd site the above & leave. If any money has been paid over then I'd look in to the Bills of Exchange Act 1882. Within this act is a section on paying money when threatened, in that this will void the contract. Hope this helps.

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