no heating no help

[baby121990]

hi, my boiler blew up on Friday night i called emergency team out

no, i have to say i think korma seems to have an issue with teh fact Op is in a council house. she has made a couple of references to OP not paying for it.

Lol not jealous amber - I have a nice house in a nice place thank you very much

Yeah me too and its HA!

It's just really annoying to hear people whining over well, nothing

Its not nothing though is it? she has an autistic child who struggles with his bath/bed routine being disrupted, I can totally relate to that as my child is also autistic.

Bit of empathy wouldnt go amiss.

I think the OP is being a bit dramatic tbh. If a bath is very necessary then you can make a pretty good little bath with a couple of kettles of boiling water and some cold. You can move the fan heaters around with you (one in DCs room to warm it up before bed, then in your room before you got to bed etc etc). If you're very desperate for more heaters your housing office should be able to lend you a calor gas heater or some more fan heaters, but you'd do better to wear more layers and make hot water bottles. I too have lived without heat and water, and it becomes the new normal pretty quickly.

Sometimes you can't sell your house. Because its worth less than you owe on it. Or because it's in such awful condition that it's unsellable. Or because you've had so many alterations made to it, you couldn't live anywhere else. Or because you couldn't physically move. Or you lack the cash flow to pay out the costs of moving (solicitors, removal men, selling costs).

I would post on facebook about it and hopefully some local people will offer you a loan of a heater/their shower.

Hope it's fixed soon. We had 10 days with no heat or hot water a couple of years ago and it was horrible.

why shouldnt a tenant expect their heating to be fixed when it goes down,without having to wait ages

rent is paid or should op be forever grateful because her rent is reasonable

korma would you want children to suffer in a freezing cold house,you are an adult these are kids

and those that own their own place should plan for things like this as nobody else is gonna sought it,there are pros and cons of home ownership

stop sounding jealous/envious

it's not nothing at all! OP has said why it's such an issue in her family. she has admitted it was ott of her to talk about temp accomodation, she is more concerned about the effect on her son. quite justifiably IMO. she's in a shitty situation, you're in it too, why have you no empathy?

well perhaps OP didn't realise until she spoke to others (MNers?) that her expectations are unrealistic. that doesn't mean she is feeling entitled or grasping. she's probably in a bit of a tizz especially if this has been going on for a few days and her son isn't coping well. a few days of managing that is enough to send any of us a bit desperate and maybe a bit dramatic!

Some nasty people here on this thread...

Karma give over, she was looking for a bit of sympathy. You might be able to manage with a disability and no heating (which I had to do before Christmas and I have quite severe RA) but her child, who is used to routine perhaps bath bed etc is having a meltdown, try to at least understand that. What is she supposed to do, tell him to cop on and manage his expectations?

I can imagine too that as a HA/LA tenant, you get seen to when you are seen to so I imagine the OP is expecting a wait. Good luck with OP, I am no help to you where I am, but I second all the tips you got here (except leaving the heater on overnight, dont do that!)

and what has her not paying for the boiler repair have anything to do with how long she should have to wait for it? she is a tenant and her LL (the council) recieves money in order to maintain her home to a habitable standard. just because she hasn't had to go to the bank herself and lift out the money doesn't mean she deserves less urgency than someone else who has! i do think you have an issue about her being a council tenant. in every post you have mentioned that she's not paying for it.

That is totally awful for you in this freezing weather. Our boiler broke down a couple of years ago but luckily we had an immersion heater for water. And that was bad enough. It was a few days of misery till it was fixed. But no hot water either. That's dreadful. Not helping that some people seem to be rivals to Scott of the Antartic.

My boiler packed up at the weekend, and I posted on facebook asking if anyone local had an electric heater I could borrow. Within half an hour I had three heaters and numerous offers of baths/showers. So I would ask friends and neighbours to help, people are often very kind about this sort of thing.

Korma that is the down side of home ownership - I have a boiler plan and a good plumber/gas person if needed

the OP is PAYING somebody else to provide a home - they have a DUTY to make that home usable - so she has every right to be upset :)

Of course the issue is that shes a council tenant, the references to subsided housing and free repairs says it all.

I would and if not I would pay for someone who could

we are not talking about next day anyway - we are talking a week for the OP - that is not on

Us too - we had an ancient back boiler that just gave up one December. It was ten degrees centigrade in my living room.

Which is why I am sympathetic to OP. No one's saying you don't deserve sympathy too, Korma, but you seem to have a real problem with her.

People who rent do not get free repairs. The cost of maintenance and repairs is factored into their rent.

It's not the OP's fault that you choose to live in the place you are living Korma, nor is it her fault that you've had no heating and water for a long time. You could sell your home and rent - and get things repaired - if that's what you want to do - you obviously don't as you have a "nice home in a nice place". Your choice how you want to live.

I also would've thought that the council would have a vested interest in maintaining the boiler because this sort of thing is bally expensive. Saying that, I live in an ex-council house and my neighbour is still a council tenant so I know that's unbelievably naïve.

erm yes UPSET not everyone has your blitz spirit - and it a WEEK not 'few days'