Background: me, dh and 5 dcs, lived in a 3 bed HA house. After months of trying to find something bigger, gave up and took the plunge back to private rental. Got a (at the time) lovely 5 bed house locally. This was last august.
Anyway, since we have moved in, things have continually gone wrong, water coming through ceilings, boiler condemned... the landlady lives about 80 miles away. I have never met her. She opted to manage the property herself instead of the letting agent doing it. Her way of doing this is by trying to put on me to get things done. I have ended up on most occasions having to get quotes and sorting the work and then having to take the money out of the rent. I am sick of it now. Whenever I tell her something needs repairing she says 'oh its too much I really want to just sell that house and be done with it' We had water coming through the upstairs ceiling from the tank in july, and it is only because I have sorted a plumber that it has got fixed.
One time I had to get a repair done (at her request) and then she disappeared off the face of the planet for 3 weeks and I had the repair man on my back for payment !! (understandably)
I have rung shelter who have said she is breaking the law. She's not had the boiler serviced, keeps trying to get me to take out british gas cover in my name (she said she will pay me) the windows aren't safe at all, the fence is falling into the road. Shelter said I could start quoting the legalities at her, but then she could just tell us to leave and give us 2 months notice and legally, she doesn't have to have a reason.
However, I am fed up of her trying to walk over me and skirt around her responsibilities. I have also found out that she hasn't been paying the mortgage on this house (dd trashed a letter that came here for her threatening bailiffs!!)
I just don't know what to do now.... do i even bother with trying to get her to do the work as I suspect she hasn't even got the money, but then things like the boiler and the windows ARE health and safety risks...
I wish I had never moved here. There is another house in the town come up to rent but it is a lot more money a month. How would I even word a letter to her without just pissing her off and kicking us out??
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landlady being a nightmare and I don't know what to do, risking being kicked out if I complain?
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AnAngelWithin · 09/10/2012 13:02
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