Our Landlord is abroad and the property is managed via a letting agent, which I thought would mean that any problems would be resolved swiftly. In fact it takes longer as I have to report to the agents, who get in touch with landlord for approval (which is never given immediately) and it all becomes chinese whispers. We had a minor plumbing issue when we moved in 6 months ago that still hasn't been repaired.
Two weeks ago the electrics shorted in the kitchen and we couldn't get the fuse to go back so an electrician came out (much to our surprise) and indentified the problem being the dishwasher. Apparently the relevant part can't be found so the letting agents quoted for a new dishwasher which the Landlord is refusing to pay for. I don't know what we can do, I don't want to pay for a dishwasher partly on principal but also because it's integrated, so we could never take it with us. I would never have rented a house without a dishwasher, but he's saying it's a luxury. I vaguely remember our contract saying he had to repair any electrical goods, but what can we actually do to enforce it?