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To think rental property oven should be sorted ASAP.

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:00

So we are a family with 2 kids still at home (5 and 15, eldest now at uni). Long-term private renters. Oven completely packed up last Friday - landlady notified immediately. Not a fuse - oven completely gone and needs replacing.
AIBU to think that we should have had a new oven put in by now (Thursday). It is literally just a case of plug and go.
Husband thinks the wait is fine; I disagree. Still not heard when it will be fitted.

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:35

@RaininSummer This one is just plug in, slot in, job done (once the old oven is removed). I think we will manage on the hob for now.

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RaininSummer · 27/11/2025 12:33

It wasn't just a case of plugging my new one in tbh. We needed an electrician and something done to the floor. Can you buy a cheap air fryer for now?

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:24

@Medexpert Will do. Added complication is we both work ft so not at home in the day.

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:23

@HoskinsChoice Tricky to cook in the microwave/small air fryer with a family of 4/5. We are using the hob for the minute.

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Medexpert · 27/11/2025 12:23

Then contact again and ask what is the delivery date and whether it would be easier for the company to contact you directly to agree on the date.

Renting direct mean everything is made easy for you to your convenience.

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:19

@JackGrealishsCalves We have - not been told when it will.be done by.
Guessing you've never been unlucky enough to be in rented - if only it was that easy.

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murasaki · 27/11/2025 12:19

Ours took a week, and we were told not to use the hob either. That was an expensive and unpleasant week of ready meals.

Devuelta81 · 27/11/2025 12:19

These things take time whether you're rented or a homeowner. I'm the latter, my oven packed up last Wednesday, I ordered a new one Friday (took a bit of research time plus things flying off the shelves because of Black Friday) and the earliest delivery date I could get was Sunday 28th. Had to change it as realized I wasn't in and the next available date was December 8! It doesn't help that there is high demand right now with Black Friday. I'm managing with a hob and a microwave in the meantime.

JackGrealishsCalves · 27/11/2025 12:17

Why don't you just contact her and ask for an update?
As pp said, she can't just magic one up herself, she relies on when the retailer can deliver.
She probably should have let you know but you'll get a better answer if you contact her rather than complain on here

HoskinsChoice · 27/11/2025 12:14

Do you have a microwave or air fryer? I honestly can't remember the last time I used my over. I'd have no idea if it wasn't working.

AutumnLeavesFallingFast · 27/11/2025 12:14

As your hob is working, I think you're being a bit OTT really.

have you got an Air Fryer?

if you haven't, now might be a good time to get one, they're brilliant for teenagers.

id definitely expect an update from the LL before the weekend, to let you know where they're at with it.

but organising the appliance & an electrician isn't an overnight thing in most areas at the moment.

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:11

@TwinkleTwinkleLittleBatgirl Unfortunately not - it's very heavy. We simply don't have any spare money left over from our wages to replace it once the rent and CT are paid (low income family, both work, no support except CB).

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Justploddingonandon · 27/11/2025 12:10

Could you do it? Your landlord may not feel confident doing it either, and when my oven (which was integrated) packed in the absolute earliest we could get someone to fit a new one was nearly 2 weeks later. It was a pain, but between the hob, slow cooker and microwave we managed to eat for those two weeks.

SleepingisanArt · 27/11/2025 12:10

If she's had to order one she could be waiting for a delivery date - friend ordered new dishwasher from well known retailer and it can't be delivered and installed until early December due to the huge number of orders the company has received (probably thanks to black Friday week / month).

TwinkleTwinkleLittleBatgirl · 27/11/2025 12:08

Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:06

@Ineffable23 It's just the oven. Not integrated so just a case of pulling old one out and plugging new one in. My husband is disabled (spinal condition) so no way I am letting him do it!

Could you do it @Mrsnothingthanks? Buy an oven and ask for deduct from rent?

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:06

@Ineffable23 It's just the oven. Not integrated so just a case of pulling old one out and plugging new one in. My husband is disabled (spinal condition) so no way I am letting him do it!

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Ineffable23 · 27/11/2025 12:04

Is it the whole cooker i.e. hob and oven, and is the whole thing electric? Most cookers can't be plugged in with a normal plug, and nor can most integrated ovens.

Have you got/has the landlord provided any alternative means of cooking? A portable hob for example, or the hob still working

All the above changes the urgency of the works I think.

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Mrsnothingthanks · 27/11/2025 12:03

@shellyleppard We can't afford to buy a new one and as it's not our property it is the duty of the landlady to replace as it's "their" oven.

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shellyleppard · 27/11/2025 12:01

Could you buy one yourself and put the broken one outside?? Agree it should have been fixed by now, especially with a young family

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