To get angry with my landlord

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I live in a semi furnished private rental and have done for three years...it has white goods provided and the landlord is responsible for repair and replacement. Two months ago the oven broke down and I informed them. They kept fobbing me off, they were out of the country and I couldn't get hold of them. When they returned the wife called me and sent round an engineer who said it needs a new element...he told me he would return after the weekend with the part.

Monday (last week) comes and no engineer...I left it a couple of days and rang the landlord...she was apologetic and promised to make sure he came. It's now been 4 days and have heard nothing...left messages too. I don't have the engineers number.

I've had no oven for two months! I have two DC's and have to fry or boil everything as the grill is rubbish.

The landlady said "He's the only one who can do it" and I'm now thinking WHY? It's not an unusual oven! Should I call back today and have a go? Or just book another engineer and bill the bloody landlord?

get it fixed yourself & deduct it from your next rent payment. make sure you send landlord the invoice, and keep a copy.

I am quite sure this is not the right answer but i would have sent them a letter after 1 week and said you have a further 14 days to provide me with a working oven or I will purchase one and deduct it from next months rent.

IMO 3 weeks is long enough without an oven - 2 months is utterly ridiculous.

My landlord left me with no oven for 3 weeks that was bad enough. So in the end I went online chose an oven and sent it to him in an email saying "I am about to order this and give your name and bank details for payment" oddly enough the oven arrived the next day with him having ordered it.

Totally agree with mojo, YANBU at all.
But make sure you keep a record, of every call you make, date and time, and then send a complete record of your efforts to contact her, recorded delivery, to the landlady. Then state a deadline (say 48hrs for eg) after which if the oven is not fixed you will fix or replace it and deduct from the rent.
In addition I would deduct some rent anyway for the 2 months you've not had an oven, pick a reasonable percentage, 10 or 20% maybe, as during that time your landlord was presumably in breach of contract.
I'm not a lawyer, but this is what we did in a similar situation.

The Shelter website tells you exactly how to go about deducting the costs of repairs from your rent (you need to follow this down to a tee or you'll be in breech of tennancy).

I just rang and left a message...I said I have started to look for a replacement and unless the engineer or a new oven arrives this week, I will be ordering and billing them on Monday.

Hope they don't blinking call me back now so I get a new oven...wouldn't mind but they're loaded and the rent is always on time...plus this house has been profesionally repainted twice since we've been here by DH!

Yanbu, 2 months is ridiculous! When our oven broke the landlord installed a new one within 4 days.

The gas cooker in my old house was condemned (sp?) by the gas company as it was leaking. The ba&tard landlord wouldn't replace it so I ended up buying an electric steamer until I could buy one. My friend ended up giving one to me, when I moved out I gave it away as I didn't want to leave it in the house for the landlord.
I'd buy a steamer, you can cook loads in there and use a microwave for the rest, it's very healthy (chicken/fish/veg etc).

I'm not buying a ruddy steamer! Why should I? How do I roast meat or bake potatoes? Buggery landlord...he can cough up!

I'm not your landlord!
You shouldn't have to, mine was an arse.

I don't have a microwave...never had one...also they're just not as good in the microwave are they?

Yanbu, and you are very patient to have waited this long.