to think my landlord should inform me when someone comes into my house?

[Pendu]

I am hopping mad, this is just the latest in a long line of problems with this house.

Running a bath this morning and no hot water. It had been flicked off (it's kept on always) and then I suddenly noticed a radiator had been replaced. This happened twice the other week - I came home and someone was fiddling with my boiler, they don't even tell me , let alone give me the option of being here when workmen are here. I hate it, in sick of it. I locked up carefully so they obviously have the key.!

[venusinscorpio]

That's awful. If there are hazards caused by negligence and for the overflowing sewers I believe (IANAL) you can complain to the council and they can serve an enforcement order on the landlord. But I guess it may strengthen the case for demolition!

[Pendu]

I did inform the council in the end, and the landlord cleared it (after 4 weeks).

I have called shelter a few times about various issues , thing is technically the landlord is doing nothing wrong with regards to things like the bees because it's "my" problem , even though they were here when I arrived (nested in the walls) and they fobbed me off for a year saying they will sort it when the bees go in the winter, then spring came and still no action , now suddenly it's "my" problem

[Pendu]

This is about. 12h worth of bees

[venusinscorpio]

Are bees considered a hazard that you can report to the council? Might be worth looking into.

[HelenaDove]

Housing associations can be just as bad. My neighbour had a massive flood when they tried to fix the boiler on the cheap. They put the wrong plate in and the boiler burst. This was AFTER they had also flooded the carpet in a bedroom because they took a rad out and then "duh i havent got the right sized pipework" on an earlier occasion. When the boiler burst it flooded the whole flat all over right up to the front door and damaged the kitchen ceiling of the flat below.
All this cheap corner cutting is bad enough ( turned out to be a false economy because theyve had to pay out £500 compo for ruined carpets with more compo being negotiated for lost wages, the phone calls it has cost her and other damage)

Now im sure the HA would say she is refusing repairs if you heard their side of it but what they wouldnt tell you is that instead of coming to do these repairs in a three day window (they have already said themselves its a three day job) they want to do it in dribs and drabs turning up on random days when they feel like it taking weeks possibly months. These two floods happened last Nov and back in Feb and didnt even get assessed until April.

So perhaps tenants get wind of what has happened to other tenants like this one and refuse some repairs because they are scared of the cowboys that will be sent in to do them.

A fucking kitchen refit should not take nine months either!!

[Pendu]

People have no shame. My mum is a landlord to two properties (one in handsworth, Birmingham!) which are better than my southern expensive house. All newly plastered , new floors... One tenant even asked for a bigger freezer and mum sorted it . We would never lease a property we weren't prepared to live in ourselves. This landlord is a massive company and they are beyond tight.

[HelenaDove]

Recent housing association "repairs" thread!


www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2668778-To-royally-kick-off-Housing-Assoc-one-Long-sorry

[HelenaDove]

Not to mention gas safety checks being used to bully and (pardon the pun) gaslight tenants.


twitter.com/Ally_L_L_X/status/750129942554406912

[DeathpunchDoris]

All tenants are legally entitled to " quiet enjoyment of the premises" whilst the tenancy is still in place. He is NOT allowed to just treat you with such disregard, he should inform you of any visits/ workmen and the only time the landlord is allowed to enter the property without informing you first is when it is an absolute emergency ( gas leak etc). Even if the property is up for sale and you have been given notice to quit and he has a key,
the "quiet enjoyment" rule applies.

[Twerking9to5]

OP that's awful. In my first ever London flat, I came home to inexplicable paint splatters in our sink and over drying dishes, an empty tea cup and the toilet seat up. I was flummoxed until working out that the painter doing our communal hallway had been given a key to our flat to make use of facilities!!!

[slowandfrumpy]

I'm a landlord. I would NEVER let myself in without permission. I normally send a text and ask when is convenient. I give a minimum of 24 hours notice, but it's normally more likely two or three days.

[HelenaDove]

That sounds more reasonable frumpy Ive never understood the 24 hours notice thing. Working tenants may need to give more notice than that for booking time off work.

[BringMeTea]

OP I feel so sorry for you. The very least I would do is put a bolt on so they can never enter while you are in. Shitty behaviour. Agencies do seem pretty shocking on the whole too.

[HelenaDove]

The disrespect lack of manners and downright contempt for tenants is disgusting.