Hi All,
I'm currently renting a house with my partner and child. While we are generally happy with the house there are a few issues which I have noted since we moved in (2 years ago now) and which when I've mentionned these to various people have been told that they should be addressed by the landlord or the letting agency, these are:
1. The front door requires a key for it to be locked. Recently we were getting a copy of this key made, as we had originally only been given 1 copy which we finally had to get a copy ourselves as the letting agent would not provide a second copy, and we were informed that all rented accommodation requires a front door which has a flip lock on it, which in the case of emergency can be opened by a person inside the house.
2. The heating system is not working appropriately. The boiler system has an issue with it meaning that it lets air into the system. This means that air gathers in the rads on the system. This has gotten to the stage now where I am required to bleed the rads on a weekly/bi-weekly basis in order that some heat comes out of them,
3. The rad in the main bedroom does not work. It is on the same system mentionned in 2 above. When we moved into the house the rad had a blunted air vent bolt meaning I cannot bleed the rad atall. This has resulted in us not being able to heat the bedroom atall for the past two years.
4. The only rad in the kitchen/dining room is placed up between a wall and cupboard, as such no heat is radiated throughout the room, also the rad is of the small variety meaning it is insufficient in my opinion to heat a room which occupies half of the ground floor.
5. There is no insulation in the attic what so ever. I have checked this myself on occasion. There is also no insulation in the cavity walls which were used to build the house. The house having been built we believe in the 60's.
6. When talking to the person responsible for cutting the keys we were informed that the key we had originally in our possession was a copy, he informed us that on moving into the house we should of been given an original key to new lock as the landlord would not be aware of the number of keys in existence to the door. This needless to say has worried ourselves regarding the safety we have in the property.
7. In the external garage there are broken windows. On moving into this property I myself was able to clean up the glass which was lying in the ground as I didn't want it out there with a young child playing the back garden. The windows remain broken though meaning if someone was to fall onto the windows then they would obviously cut themselves on the glass. My worry is who would be responsible should this happen. Would I be responsible insurance wise if it was to happen or would it be the landlords responsibility/liability considering we have informed him.
Just in relation to the above.
a) We have informed the letting agent of all the heating issues but have been told consistently on several times that the landlord is considering improvements/contacting contractors for quotations etc, but never given an answer as to whether any actual work will be carried out.
b) The broken windows we have been informed will not be fixed by the landlord atall leaving the broken window pains present in the external garage.
Sorry for the length of the post I guess I just wanted to get an idea of where I stand before signing another 12 month lease.
Much appreciated.
I'm currently renting a house with my partner and child. While we are generally happy with the house there are a few issues which I have noted since we moved in (2 years ago now) and which when I've mentionned these to various people have been told that they should be addressed by the landlord or the letting agency, these are:
1. The front door requires a key for it to be locked. Recently we were getting a copy of this key made, as we had originally only been given 1 copy which we finally had to get a copy ourselves as the letting agent would not provide a second copy, and we were informed that all rented accommodation requires a front door which has a flip lock on it, which in the case of emergency can be opened by a person inside the house.
2. The heating system is not working appropriately. The boiler system has an issue with it meaning that it lets air into the system. This means that air gathers in the rads on the system. This has gotten to the stage now where I am required to bleed the rads on a weekly/bi-weekly basis in order that some heat comes out of them,
3. The rad in the main bedroom does not work. It is on the same system mentionned in 2 above. When we moved into the house the rad had a blunted air vent bolt meaning I cannot bleed the rad atall. This has resulted in us not being able to heat the bedroom atall for the past two years.
4. The only rad in the kitchen/dining room is placed up between a wall and cupboard, as such no heat is radiated throughout the room, also the rad is of the small variety meaning it is insufficient in my opinion to heat a room which occupies half of the ground floor.
5. There is no insulation in the attic what so ever. I have checked this myself on occasion. There is also no insulation in the cavity walls which were used to build the house. The house having been built we believe in the 60's.
6. When talking to the person responsible for cutting the keys we were informed that the key we had originally in our possession was a copy, he informed us that on moving into the house we should of been given an original key to new lock as the landlord would not be aware of the number of keys in existence to the door. This needless to say has worried ourselves regarding the safety we have in the property.
7. In the external garage there are broken windows. On moving into this property I myself was able to clean up the glass which was lying in the ground as I didn't want it out there with a young child playing the back garden. The windows remain broken though meaning if someone was to fall onto the windows then they would obviously cut themselves on the glass. My worry is who would be responsible should this happen. Would I be responsible insurance wise if it was to happen or would it be the landlords responsibility/liability considering we have informed him.
Just in relation to the above.
a) We have informed the letting agent of all the heating issues but have been told consistently on several times that the landlord is considering improvements/contacting contractors for quotations etc, but never given an answer as to whether any actual work will be carried out.
b) The broken windows we have been informed will not be fixed by the landlord atall leaving the broken window pains present in the external garage.
Sorry for the length of the post I guess I just wanted to get an idea of where I stand before signing another 12 month lease.
Much appreciated.