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To be annoyed at council waiting times

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Dancingfairy · 02/08/2017 19:54

My council has a 3 week wait for all repairs. The light in my bathroom has gone, it's not a standar bulb so someone from the council has to come to sort it. I have to wait 3 weeks! So I cannot use my bathroom after a certain time, I usually bath my children before bed but won't be able to for 3 weeks. Aibu to think it should be sorted sooner?

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Allthewaves · 02/08/2017 22:32

Get a lamp or battery light. Even if u were owner it can take week or so to get hold of an electrician

Workforfree · 02/08/2017 22:32

Wow, some seriously defensive people on here. I don't think the comments are because she lives in a council property, it's the entitlement! She has not confirmed or denied if she is allowed to touch it, she's also changed her mind about what needs fixing and hasn't confirmed what it is. Yes the council as her landlords should be fixing it, but it's the moaning about the wait that has got people riled up. 3 weeks in the summer is nothing really, plenty of people have offered alternative sources of light, the op appears to have overlooked these to moan about comments people have posted. I don't give a shit where she lives, but she sounds really bloody entitled! If she can't fix it herself (tenancy/rules/idiocy) then just bloody wait. Oh and x2boys I'd suggest you walk away from this thread before you explode with indignation. From a HA tenant Smile

CosmicPineapple · 02/08/2017 22:32

Clopy the council will fix it just not immediatly.
What is so wrong with just making do for a short while?
The OP can use torches. If she had a power cut would she be having a hissy fit at the national grid or would she maybe use her common sense and find alternative lighting?

ClopySow · 02/08/2017 22:31

Breaking news...

Wanting a lit bathroom is entitled.

ChasingHighs · 02/08/2017 22:30

And I hate the attitude towards council tenants on MN.

CosmicPineapple · 02/08/2017 22:28

The council have more than one workman,Cosmic.

Yes they do but not 1 workman per tennent.

A lightbulb is not a priority and no amount of feet stamping will make it so. I hate that kind of entitled attitude.

ChasingHighs · 02/08/2017 22:28

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doobree · 02/08/2017 22:28

They would if the tenancy agreement prohbited the tenant from changing the bulb as seems to be the case with the OP.

ClopySow · 02/08/2017 22:26

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ChasingHighs · 02/08/2017 22:25

The council have more than one workman,Cosmic.

CosmicPineapple · 02/08/2017 22:23

Do you think that a 90 yo who has dementia and a blocked un-useable toilet should wait so that the OPs light is fixed Chasing

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Floggingmolly · 02/08/2017 22:22

The replies wouldn't have been different at all, Chasing Confused

CosmicPineapple · 02/08/2017 22:21

Chading I really dont think they would. It really is just a light bulb and frankly regardless of where they live I would expect any adult to just deal with it. Buy a bloody torch or use the sink to bath her dd. There are still around 13 hours per day the OP can use the bathroom in daylight.

ChasingHighs · 02/08/2017 22:19

I don't think it's pampered to expect your landlord to keep their property in good repair.

ChasingHighs · 02/08/2017 22:18

If the Op was private tenant,the replies would have been very different.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 02/08/2017 22:17

If she can't change it herself there are other forms of lighting as a makeshift until she gets the service she so deserves. Christ alive, talk about a pampered society.

CosmicPineapple · 02/08/2017 22:16

Yes it it just a light bulb.

If it was a flood or no heating/hot water i would expect a faster call out. However it is a light bulb that will be fixed but rightly not before those tennents that have floods/no water/broken toilets and such.

doobree · 02/08/2017 22:15

Who wants the facts to get in the way of a good kcking though eh?

x2boys · 02/08/2017 22:14

Ffs the council said she can't change it herself this may or may not be a stupid rule in some people's minds but a rule non the less ,having said that it's a low priority job so there will be a waiting time

Alltheprettyseahorses · 02/08/2017 22:14

Floggingmolly - I'd read up on it if I were you.

Economy of scale comes into it too. A private landlord with several properties could charge £100 pw more than social housing and be lucky to break even due to letting costs, insurance, repairs and so on, not even counting periods of no occupation. They'd also have to justify the extra cost to their tenants with better standards of accommodation, such as providing furniture etc. The social housing is designed to actually cost less than it receives in rental income and they rarely have homes sitting empty.

ChasingHighs · 02/08/2017 22:13

It's not just a lightbulb though is it?

Huffletuff · 02/08/2017 22:12

I'm a council tenant and still think that she should get a grip. It's a light bulb.

ChasingHighs · 02/08/2017 22:11

No a lot of people on this thread think Council tenants deserved to be treated like shit because it'ts fun to kick the lowly council tenants.

ClopySow · 02/08/2017 22:09

Social housing is charged at affordable levels.

Private housing is disproportionately inflated in certain areas

That doesn't mean social housing is subsidised. It means private housing rents are too high.

If you want to talk about subsidies - look at landlords getting massive amounts of housing benefit to pay their extortionate rents.