To think if the landlord can afford private school they can afford to fix the damp in this flat?

[weatherall]

Or maybe they're getting a bursary and not declaring the rental income.

I've just found out that LL's child is being sent to £10k private school next term.

I had previously had a bit of sympathy for her as she bought this flat at top of the market and is most def in negative equity now. Depending on deposit the rent we pay probably isn't much more than her repayment mortgage and la fees.

Structural work needs done eg damp proofing. We have been waiting months and have resigned ourselves to moving as it isn't going to happen. DP has asthma so we can't risk his health from another winter in this damp hole.

But now that her DC is going private I think, well she can afford to get the work done and is just being a s*** landlord.

The other possibility is that she is getting a bursary and possibly not declaring this income.

I assume ainbu to be p ed off.

Wwyd?

Kick up a stink with the la?

Stop paying rent? I'm not going to do this, I think it would be unreasonable.

Report her to the school?

Does anyone seriously think the school will pay any attention to the OP?

It's none of her business. At best they will think she's mad, at worst they might pass it on to the landlord who might consider it's defamatory.

OP has no idea how the fees are paid or by whom.

I must say I'm slightly surprised how many people appear content, in principle, to have their child's lawfully obtained bursary stolen by a fraudster.

Because that's the implication of some of the posts here.

And perhaps the OP has alienated other posters regarding the maybeunlikely bursary fraud because of the sheer spite thats very obvious in her posts.

I don't think she sounds spiteful. I think she sounds human, although I agree it wouldn't be appropriate to report.

The housing situation in this country is a disgrace.

Do you even know that she is on a bursary? If she isn't, what do you know about the child's parents' financial arrangements? Are they married? Is the flat only the mother's? Is the father paying the fees? Are they borrowing money to pay school fees (maybe from a relative, maybe an unsecured loan from the bank, maybe a credit card advance?).

Your behaviour sounds vindictive and provocative, you have no idea what is going on. Stop meddling and use whatever recourse you have legally available to fix your problems.

There are some rather nasty people on this thread.

I can't answer lot of questions here without making it obvious who we are.

I already feel like shit about our impending homeless amongst other personal issues atm.

Being called names by posters who can't just take my word for some of the facts of this situation has really made my weekend.

Thank you to the people who have been kind.

What has it got to do with you were their child attends school, if it is not dicussed with you?

Or even if the property was bought at the top of the market?

Your issue is legal, refer to your tenancy agreement and go from there. You have a duty to pay rent, even if you have issues, you cannot withhold rent monies due, but equally your landlord has duties to keep the communal areas in good order.

It will also depend on the atate of the property when you moved in. If I were you, I'd look through your agreement, and contact the landlord to dicuss.

My brother has a string of rentals, and he often gets the most complaints from those who are never consitent with the rents. So was never too forth coming with sorting out problems.

What about writing a letter enclosing pictures and giving the LL 14 days to contact you, before you take further action?

In the meantime could your child move rooms or you use a humidifer until you sort something out?

Weatherall, have you complained to the council about the damp?

We had no flush on our toilet on 15/16 June so our landlord sent two blokes out to fix it.

This was around the same time that AW were digging up the street again because of the leaks.

When I first noticed the low pressure I asked DH if it could be our cheapo HA at fault "Don't be stupid" was the reply I got. I also told him about the gurgling sounds going through the pipes. "Its your imagination" was the reply I got. Followed by "its just an airlock" when he heard it himself the other night.
Well I ran tonights bath and there was FA water including nothing in the tank.
I called him in to the bathroom and showed him and said You think this is normal then? He finally checked the stopcock and it hadn't been turned on again properly by the blokes who fixed the toilet flush. After some adjustment it now seems to be working normally. FFS

Ive been in my HA flat for 20 years and ive always more than put myself out for the annual gas safety check.
The HA and the ppl they contract it out too.....hmmm not so much.
We have had 4 no shows (one of which time was because he was shagging a tenant opposite) and 2 almost no shows which only turned up when I phoned the HA at 5 pm asking where the hell they were. One safety check engineer actually told me that they were short staffed so if he got behind he just wouldn't have turned up.
Last year was another no show from them on the first appointment. (and this was a different contractor they were using) On the second appointment it started to run late again, I phoned YET AGAIN asking where they were and they said they wernt coming out. Then they turned up at 8pm when I was cooking dinner and I had to stop because the boiler is next to the cooker.

Seems OK for the tenant to get fucked around though

Darkeyes it was the contractors that were crap. Did you report them to the HA? If they receive enough complaints, they'll change contractors.

I still don't know t he cause of t he damp in OPs flat and what measures she has taken to report to the environmental health people.

You could always report her anonymously to HMRC via their website if you suspect she is not declaring her rental income. If she is telling the truth she has nothing to worry about and if she isn't then she deserves all she gets.

If you are in Scotland you can use the private rented housing panel. It is a user friendly tribunal that can decide whether property complies with what is called the repairing standard - can include damp - and can make an order abating the rent. Any order also gets registered with the local authority www.prhpscotland.gov.uk/prhp/1.html

kras and there is no point in the landlord ending the tenancy as once it's reported they will continue with the investigation. If PRHP find there's a failure flat can't be re-let with an outstanding repair order on it.