DD has just started her second year at uni.
She is house-sharing with four others. The boiler stopped working last
Saturday (7 days ago). The landlord came to fix it and it worked for half a day then stopped working again. They have no heating and no hot water for showers and washing up.
A few days ago the old tenants came to pick up mail and told the current tenants that the boiler saga has been going on a long time. According to DD the landlord hasn't called in an engineer - he's been trying to fix it himself as it's just the pilot light that keeps going out. The tenants have just paid 4 months rent in advance so the LL has received nearly £10,000 in rent but still hasn't fixed the boiler. I'm concerned about the safety aspects of someone unqualified fixing a boiler.
It's not my problem but I want to give her some advice that doesn't result in the LL throwing them all out. I've heard so many horror stories about LLs getting rid of tenants when they make a fuss about repairs.
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DD in private rent house share in London - boiler broken for over a week
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SuburbanRhonda · 04/10/2015 08:09
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