Hi All,
My wife and I moved into a house in Mayo about 5 months ago now.
There were some basic issues with the place that we decided to ignore and move in anyway with a view to remedying them.
They were, a heavy smell of cigarette smoke in a number of rooms and a bland and depressing colour scheme which we used extra lighting to lift.
Since then however, a number of other issues have arisen, namely a damp patch on 2 walls in 2 separate rooms with mould growing on them. One is in our kids room.
The other thing is that there was carpet (Ugh... I know) in the main bathroom which began to smell really badly as soon as my kids began using the bath and splashing etc. I lifted this through necessity as it was mouldy beyond belief after we'd been away for a week. I laid a beautiful laminate floor in it's place which is much more fit for purpose!!
Anyway.... My query is, if the landlady decides not to sort out the rising damp issue, we don't want to stay and would wish to terminate the lease early.
What rights do we have in this area?
Thanks
P
My wife and I moved into a house in Mayo about 5 months ago now.
There were some basic issues with the place that we decided to ignore and move in anyway with a view to remedying them.
They were, a heavy smell of cigarette smoke in a number of rooms and a bland and depressing colour scheme which we used extra lighting to lift.
Since then however, a number of other issues have arisen, namely a damp patch on 2 walls in 2 separate rooms with mould growing on them. One is in our kids room.
The other thing is that there was carpet (Ugh... I know) in the main bathroom which began to smell really badly as soon as my kids began using the bath and splashing etc. I lifted this through necessity as it was mouldy beyond belief after we'd been away for a week. I laid a beautiful laminate floor in it's place which is much more fit for purpose!!
Anyway.... My query is, if the landlady decides not to sort out the rising damp issue, we don't want to stay and would wish to terminate the lease early.
What rights do we have in this area?
Thanks
P