To think rental property oven should be sorted ASAP.

So your landlord needs to order a new one, (delivery slot could be 2 - 10 days depending) . Also needs to organise a suitably qualified electrician to remove & replace. If going through a letting agent, this will be a slower process. It will get done at no cost for you, other than a bit of inconvenience. If it were your house, you’d have the inconvenience plus the bill.

This does shine a different light on the situation. You absolutely should get the new oven soon, but I can understand why the landlord wants to reduce their costs rather than go for a more expensive option.

I personally would tread very carefully and look into a second or larger airfryer.

I cook for a family of 5 (teens+, so all adult portions). I rarely use my oven, unless for a large roast or multiple pizzas.

I have 2 airfryers, microwave, hob, instant pot and slow cooker that I tend to use more.

It does depend on the dishes cooked and accessibility for your disabled DH, though, who may find the oven safest and most practical. I personally prefer the smaller appliances as they have easy to use timers and auto-shutoff.

Understood, but you will need an oven for Christmas so she might as well get on with it now.

As a LL, I’ve had situations where careless tenants have made a mess in my flat - not trashed deliberately but just not taken care of it. This cost me a lot of money and energy and chasing of tradespeople to fix. LL appreciate people who look after the property. You are in a stronger position than you think.

s21 changes (eviction circumstances) will take effect from May 2026, for E and W.

btw, it’s sensible to have an inventory taken at beginning and end of the tenancy, paid for by the LL, OR tenants can take their own, easily enough by day 1, final and intermittent films. Make a note of the improvements you have made.

I was told by the estate agent that it was almost impossible to get money out of a tenant’s deposit to cover damage or mess, unless the T agreed. I tried to be reasonable and analytical in what I requested and generally was reimbursed. But nothing reimburses your time spent.

You have other advantages over 'social tenants'

if you think they have such a great deal are you on the waiting list??

Then maybe just re read your own
post & be grateful for the rental situation you have & deal with cooking for 4 on hob/microwave/airfryer, it's not that big a deal.

shes a nice woman, I'm sure she's doing her best.

Which is part of what I said 🙂

people saying 'we used to/when
i was a medal winning landlord🤣🥹🙄 aren't dealing with the economy/supply/trade issues as they are NOW.

calling current landlords CF & posters 'idiots' is ridiculous & rude

OP you have a LOT of rights as a tenant but you don’t seem to be enforcing them.

It’s possible to do this politely and nicely though I understand it’s difficult in an environment of increasing rents etc.

please don’t be exploited (eg you bought the new dishwasher when it was LL obligation to fix it).

Also, tenants are getting increased rights via the Renters’ Reform Bill.

Please don’t be taken for a ride by the LL (and I speak as someone who was one for twenty years).

DH phoned our electrician left a message. Didn't hear back. The whole family use him. His children and our grandchildren go to the same school and socialise together. We messaged again the following week. He replied. He and his team are working in the south of England, staying in a pub. Crazy money for this job. He'll not be returning if I wanted a cooker fitted until present job is done.

Another friend her son's working for a gas engineer who apprenticed him. They're not working locally either

There's a shortage of qualified tradesmen at the moment.

I replaced the oven as soon as my tenant gave me the measurements. I did laugh when they initially moved in and complained that the timer didn’t work. I’m afraid I told them it didn’t affect the function of the appliance and I wasn’t going to replace a perfectly fine oven.

Appliance are NOW less well stocked.

Delivery & fit is more difficult to book.

The economy is different now.

plus you saying they are available to deliver to you means nothing when you don't have the specifics of what the OP needs or her post code.

I would recommend an instant pot. They are £59.99 on black Friday offer currently. You will make that money back with the energy it saves.

Regardless, you have a hob, so I think you are being dramatic. I don't use my oven every week. It is easy to cook using a hob.

Delivery of these items usually takes a few days/week+ and then a tradesman needs to be found to fit it: this can be really difficult.

But doable and is done for weeks when people have their kitchens done.

If one is on order one is on order and the landlord has fulfilled their obligation.

I read somewhere that coming up to Christmas there is a run on ovens, fridges. Companies are working flat out to deliver and fit. That won't help.

Sometimes it’s hard to get a replacement as quickly as you would like. We had to replace a boiler and we did it in 3 days but we still got complaints. Good landlords always try their best when things stop working but it’s not always easy to do it instantly but we try our very best.

You shouldn't be paying for appliances but 7-10 days is a reasonable time to wait for a replacement.

That's not how the OP described it. She didn't say the LL had put it in the lease that the dishwasher wouldn't be replaced, she said the LL said it wasn't an essential.
I agree that things can be excluded in the lease but it does not appear that this was the case so the LL is a CF.

Sorry, I don't understand this. Can you explain further?

It depends if the lease has appliances as part of it or not.

I left appliances in my house as a good will gesture when I moved overseas. But made it clear the house was rented without them (free standing).

So when the tenants left, if they'd wanted to they could take them. They did take the washing machine but not the fridge. Fine by me.

Then wasn't now.

(1) 100% - keep the tenant up to date

(2) If the retailer is low on stock then how about he landlord goes to a different retailer, even if it costs more, to get one fitted ASAP?

When you say "not a fuse, need replacing"...

(1) Who checked the fuse and when?
(2) Just because the fuse has not gone doesn't mean it can't be easily repaired (has the oven been checked, and if so when?)

I am not sure what the law or case law says, but on the face of it a broken oven a potentially significant inconvenience, but not the end of the world (the house is still safe and you can still cook). I'd hope that the oven could be looked at on the Monday or Tuesday, and either repaired on the spot, or a decision made to replace, and the replacement fitted no later than the Wednesday.

In other words I think Thursday is a bit slow, but not that bad.

As a landlord the best I have ever managed was getting a call at 8pm on a Friday about a broken washing machine, just as I was about to go into a theatre. The washing machine was looked at by a professional at around 9.30am on the saturday, and not long after midday the brand new replacement was fitted. It is incredibly hard (and inolves luck) to get tradesmen to move that quickly!

You should have been updated with a timescale. I.e. probable delivery date and a fitting date. I always update my tenants even if there is no news I would let them know I was waiting to hear from the retailer etc.

Not very good. She should by now at the very least be able to tell you when your new oven is arriving and going to be fitted.

That's awful. A replacement appliance of the same standard is tax deductible.

I'm a landlord and when my tenant emailed this morning needing a plumber, I had one call the tenant by 10am and arrange to go around next week.

When another tenant needed a new fridge we replaced it the same day.

OP I presume all you want to know is that progress is being made?