Landlord Is Not Doing Any Repairs

[happy33]

Hi Again,

 

I Have Phoned My Agents On Two Occasions Regarding The Rotting Wood Work In Our Lean To, It Has Lots Of Woodlice Coming Out Of It And They Will Not Do Anything About It, Is There Anything I Can Do ?

They Just Keep Making Excuses All The Time, Surely They Are Breaking There Side Of The Contract.

 

Thanks.

[nathal]

have you sent letter so you can refer to it at later date.

[happy33]

Hi Nathal,

 

No I Have Not Sent A Letter, I Just Phoned Them, Should I Send A Letter To Them Aswell.

[nathal]

send recorded letter to letting agents outlining demands, but check your agreement to see who deals with repairs

ie general upkeep/maintenance

[happy33]

I Will Do That , As For The Repairs It Is Down To The Landlady, The Agents Have To Ring Her Up When Things Need Doing.

 

How Should I Write The Letter , Do I Give Them A Timescale?

 

Thanks.

[nathal]

letting agents

 

date

 

dear Sir/Madam

 

I am writing in refernce to a tenancy aggrement which i currently have at (address). Further to my previous telephone conversationswith your office, i have not received any response.

 

As previosly mentioned, there is (problem), i am requesting that you contact your client to discuss this matter.

 

I you require any further details please do not hesitate to contact me on (number/address)

 

yours sincerely

 

**********

 

 

 

 

if you send letter recorded, the letting agent will assume you will follow up on this matter and therefore hopefully deal with it.

[nathal]

The worrying thing about this is:

 

the rot/woodlice could be classed as general maintenabnce, just as cutting the lawn would be maintenance

[happy33]

Thanks Again Nathal

Will Write Letter Asap.

 

Great Advice

[happy33]

As Said In My Tenancy Aggreement It Is Down To The Landlady To Do The Repairs On The Windows, The Whole Frame Has Completely Rotted On The Outside Aswell As The Inside.

[Guest The Terminator]

Tell her that she is in breach of S11 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 which puts the onus on the Landlord to mantain the property.If she refuses then I suggest you get on to Enviromental Health at your Local Authority.

[Guest S J]

There is a specific protocol to follow in disrepair cases. You cant afford any mistakes in that process. Before you send any letter I would recomend that you seek some advice. There is an organisation which provides free advice called Shelter.

 

Additionally, it may be an issue which affects the structure...also, be prepared....complaining or taking legal action can result in your tenancy being ended...not renewed etc....

[Guest The Terminator]

There is a specific protocol to follow in disrepair cases. You cant afford any mistakes in that process. Before you send any letter I would recomend that you seek some advice. There is an organisation which provides free advice called Shelter.

 

Additionally, it may be an issue which affects the structure...also, be prepared....complaining or taking legal action can result in your tenancy being ended...not renewed etc....

 

There is a protocol for disrepair cases and it has to comply with CPR 35.i wasn't suggesting that she took legal action but use EH to inspect and they will issue an enforcement notice if applicable.As there are rotting windows frames the landlord would be in breach of S11 and under the HHSRS they would be a catogory 1 hazard.Only EH would be able to enforce this and may take legal action if it is warrented.By the way S.J I work in Housing Litiagation as an EHO and expert witness and would not advise legal action on this or the other forum I post on giving Housing Advice unless there is a good enough reason.

[JT44_Arch]

My mom has been renting a house for almost 2 years now. Bout 6 months ago she came home and noticed the deck almost looked liked it was moving. she got the neighbor to come check it out and he thought the bugs were termites??? She told our landlord about it and he told her to just spray. So she had to go buy the stuff herself. well she was fine with that, but since then she has noticed the basement as been feeling damp all the time and that the cinder block walls were starting to crack in between them...it leeks water. and is also causing mold to grow on the walls (its white looking stuff on the wall, and it stinks, so she guessing thats what it is?) no to mention my little sister has asthma. shes told him also about this over 6 months ago and still he hasn't done anything...and to top it all our air condition went out a week ago and she told him the day it happened, and yet he has still to fix it? Does she have any rights??? Ive had people tell me she does but want to know the truth...because its not a safe living condition for my little sister

[Aviva]

Shelter has some good advice on disrepair. They even have some sample letters to send.

 

Shelter England - Repairs and bad conditions

 

JT44 Arch - does your mum live in the UK? Because some of what you have written makes me think you are in the USA. If so, we will not be able to help as this is a UK site and we won't know US law.