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Broken boiler/mould

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Rentersrights · 08/11/2024 13:41

We live in a rented property and have an annual issue where the boiler breaks, each year it has been fixed however this year our landlord has sent out multiple tradesman to quote to fix it and each and every one has said that they won’t touch it and it needs replacing. We have been without a boiler for a week now, and we have no other source of heat, we’re now getting mould across all the windows as the house is old and damp anyway. What would you do? I’ve got a toddler and a newborn so I need to get this sorted asap, it’s only going to get colder. The landlord has previously said that he would provide a heater for each room, but yet to see that come to fruition, and isn’t ideal anyway due to the aforementioned toddler and god knows how much that will increase our energy bills by!

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Iliketulips · 08/11/2024 15:22

I'd press landlord for heaters in the short-term.

Do you know if landlord is looking for someone to install a new boiler? Again press them on this. If so, you might be lucky and get someone reasonably soon, but around here you'd genuinely have to wait.

First time we had a boiler installed it was an eight week wait, so early November.

When it needed replacing, our engineer told us 11 weeks. We shopped around, took three weeks to get quotes in as they were so busy and couldn't just come. Luckily our preferred option said he had a regular client who he knew he could put back, so he could do it in a month, so immediately before Xmas.

Just saying this, so you know it might be a genuinely a long wait, especially as this is their peak time for business with everyone starting to use them more. It's not great, I know!

Rentersrights · 08/11/2024 17:22

@Iliketulips no he has expressed that he has no desire to replace it, which I’m not particularly bothered about that, as long as we have hearing through the winter in some capacity. I don’t know what this means in terms of our rent though, if he doesn’t resolve it does that mean I have to take him to court?

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Temporaryname158 · 08/11/2024 17:24

Go to Citizens advice, he cannot let you have no source of heating.

plug in heaters will cost you a fortune, you need a new boiler and he needs to pay for it. Check your rights and get support from citizens advice

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