To you landlords - water leak damage (video & pics added)

[Diamond Hell]

Send a recorder delivery letter to your land person

This is a pointless exercise.  Do what I've suggested and Kirk will get it resolved, or have to find somewhere else to live, without the liability of the remains of his tenancy.  I have outlined the legal instrument provided to resolve precisely the situation Kirk has an issue with.  I don't understand why people are suggesting other routes. 

[Shady Pioneer]

Thomas, thank you and I see exactly ether you're coming from, but he has started to do something in the last couple of months but its not being done quick enough. Someone had come to fix the roof already (and failed). Do I still go down the council route?

[mcgee9t2]

personally ide be looking for somewere else to live, cause even If he fixes that, whats gona happen when omething else goes wrong, could be another 8 month wait to get it fixed.

plus it wil f**k him off cause no ones going to rent a flatt knowing it has a water leak and mold ect so he will have to get it fixed asap or no be able to rent it

[danny_p]

if your in a flat with another one below.

i would be very tempted to stop collecting the water and allow it carry on down.  90% of the time water will find the celing rose and run down the light fitting in the room below.

land thingys tend to fix leacks when that happens as they have to, esp if the flat below belongs to someone else, causes a huge sh!t explosion that your not directly involved in

[Diamond Hell]

Thomas, thank you and I see exactly ether you're coming from, but he has started to do something in the last couple of months but its not being done quick enough. Someone had come to fix the roof already (and failed). Do I still go down the council route?

No satisfactory repair has been made, he might as well have done nothing.  You need a cosh to put him under.  The above route is the cosh to use - it has timescales and penalties.  Those will incentivise him no end.

Danny's right, if you're in anything other than a ground-floor flat.  It's not in your interest to collect the water for him.  Just get some bricks under your furniture with some DPC on top of them, so all your stuff doesn't rot!!

[Shady Pioneer]

Ball is now in my Landlords court. I have explained exactly how I feel about the situation, what I want done and in what timescale. I have not been unreasonable in what I have said and I have state if things are not rectified quick enough, I will get the council involved and stop paying rent.

Thanks for the help, Thomas. Being a cunt has it's privileges sometimes you know. 

[Organisys]

Why not just move out and take your rent with you?

[Shady Pioneer]

Why not just move out and take your rent with you?

Deposit is month and a half and I want that back.

[clipperjay]

TBF not sure why you're so patient I would have left that dump by now, jeez you wanna shower upstairs and you can have one downstairs at the same time?
Not sure if you need scaffolding up there, but to me that's at least 1K's worth of work including roof tiles flashing, drain pipes, carpet, underlay, new plasterboard and skimming new walls???
Either way use the two months to find a new place and give in your notice of leaving the property, whilst not paying a penny more and advise any agencies your intent to leave due to the major work that is needed to fix this issue. 
Seriously if you don't leave its not the landlords fault its yours!

[Shady Pioneer]

Well what a result. Landlord has come back to me with various info and now contractors are booked to fix it all up properly, along with outlining 4 options that involve:

- Staying where we are and giving us a decent amount of compensation.
- Reducing our rent for the forseeable future (to the amount that we would get in one go as above)
- Allowing us to leave without official notice and being given the compensation too
- Move to an additional flat in the same building that has just become available and he will cover all agency fees etc.

Me and Chelsea don't really have a problem with where we are, it's a nice place and a good location. It just has this severe leak that with any luck will now be fixed. So think I stay and take the compensation.

All it took was withholding the rent and outline that I will get the council involved.