Landlords refusing to carry out repairs?

[mouldyhouse]

I'm having a right game trying to get my landlord (local housing association) to carry out some outstanding repairs. So much so that I dumped it all on a blog in, admittedly, a bit of a rage.

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On a more serious note though, can anyone advise on what to do? We have an appointment made with the Environmental Health officer from the council who is coming to look at the property this week.

We did send a formal complaint in to the housing association about the inspector who said there was nothing wrong with this house. After a week I called to see what progress has been made on the complaint only to be told "I've only just found it" which is frustrating in itself.

It's not nice, but what have you done to try and alleviate your own situation? Or are you just waiting for someone else to do it?

Btw, it's more than normal not to have an extractor fan in a bathroom. what you do is - open the window to let the steam out, then later you can shut it. I've never asked for a man to come around to do this for me.

Who ever is responsible for the building, is not qualified, or experienced,

all of those problems could be solved simply,

The bathroom window is open 24/7/365. And yes I can manage that on my own.

The walls get washed down and repainted once a year in the bathroom, and after 7 years of doing this it's just getting frustrating.

Finally there has been some movement.

A company dealing with asbestos removal is coming as soon as next week to remove the bathroom flooring.

I have had acknowledgement of my formal complaint, the letter states it was made a week after I actually did make the complaint but still, at least there is some progress.

Council inspector came, he said because the bathroom is an extension to the original building it 'should' of been insulated when it was built, he has given me some advice on dealing with the mould in the living room and will be contacting the housing association with regards to the peeling plasterwork.

Still no updates about the ceiling yet but I'm just glad that at least [I]something[/I] is getting done.