To think council should replace floor?

[Jojo267]

Just moved in and flooring in kitchen is vynl but isn't even stuck down anymore..
Falling over it all the time..
Is it the councils duty to replace it?
Quick enough to take the rent but happy to leave us tripping over loose flooring.

a bit of vinyl is hardly a health and safety issue. Just reglue the loose bit, you don't even need to change the lot. If you have a condition that prevents you from seeing well, or can cause you to fall down, just do it quickly before you hurt yourself.

(if you can, avoid the DIY shops this weekend if you are in GB, the whole world seems to be in them on bank holiday weekends)

I've had bare concrete in my kitchen for nearly 6 months now. I've got the tiles just can't afford a timer yet! It's bareable, but a bit annoying. I guess you have to decide if bare concrete is better than tripping up on loose vinyl.

The council have already housed you and now you want them to give you new flooring?

You're lucky there is anything in the floor. My local council take up any flooring from previous tenants even if there nothing wrong with it.

I do think you should get to start the tenancy with safe, clean flooring.

Contact them. At most they will probably come and rip it up. That's how it is with most HA/council tenancies. You make do until you save up for flooring. Glue down the loose bits with adhesive.

'I do think you should get to start the tenancy with safe, clean flooring.'

In an ideal world, on Planet Reality, it's usually the tenant's responsibility to fit flooring with HA or council tenancies.

Have you rung them and asked them if they 'll do it?

The council where I live (at least they used to - not sure of current policy) would remove any previous flooring from the last Tennant even if it was of good quality and condition.

I haven't rang them as they have shut for the day unfortunately ..
The council haven't housed me for free ,it's only £40 cheaper than private rent.

If you are on benefits you could try your councils welfare grants team. Not all councils have one.
You can make an application and a grant could be given for flooring.
This is a service available where I live.

Otherwise the tiles from B & M are pretty decent for the price.

I think everything just seems over whelming today,il look at the self adhesive tiles and maybe add some adhesive spray

A lady i worked woth complined her floor in her kitchen and hall were unsafe as some of the tiles had lifted....they just came and removed all the tiles and put down self leveling concrete and left it like that. So maybe they will remove it for you if its dangerous but i doubt they will replace it sorry.

It's usually tenants responsibility. Mine didn't even have any flooring, I had to pay it all myself.

My friends daughter had her whole house carpeted from some welfare grant thing, I don't know exactly what its called but they came out and fitted the place with carpet. Give them a call tomorrow and see if they have anything like that.

Don't get yourself wound up about it now, give them a ring in the morning and ask the question. I know some housing associations would do the kitchen flooring as long as the tenant hadn't laid it themselves.

definitely rent somewhere else if you're unhappy.

Keep positive! It must be overwhelming but just imagine how nice you can get it in time.

We've moved from a lovely new build we bought as a forever home into a 20 year old, slightly run down property (this was not in the original plan obviously). It has got me down as I don't like the grubbiness of it but we are doing a little at a time. I'm currently painting my kitchen cupboards so they don't look so dark and dingy.

You could join the diy on a budget page on Facebook. It's definitely not all my cup of tea but to be honest, I wouldn't have thought of painting the cupboards. I would have just waited to afford a new kitchen (in 20 years time ).

I also used adhesive tiles from b&m or poundstretchers when I was skint.
Tryy moreforyourfloor for cheap but decent carpets.

Yes I think there is a welfare grant of you're struggling. Not sure if you have to pay it back but check in your local one stop shop/ council office.

what precisely is stopping YOU from fixing this minor problem op?

Most councils I've heard of it's the tenant's responsibility. If it's really awful you could just lift it and clean the bare floor until you can get some other flooring, just make sure you've got slippers or shoes on so it's not too cold. Also, there are sometimes grants which mean some of your flooring is paid for by the LA so it might be worth asking.

Rang up this morning and they are sending some one over,if they deem it unfit for purpose they will replace it...
One thing off the list ...

Good stuff.

Why are the poorest in society having to pay for flooring when private landlords have too?