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Can I end my tenancy on these grounds?
My tenancy is a fixed tenancy so if I end it I must pay the balance of rent until the end of the term. However when someone came to check our boiler in Febuary (1 month after the tenancy started) he said that a valve needed replacing on the boiler even though the gas man had done a boiler check and my landlord had a certificate. The man that came over said that if the valve was not replaced the radiator water could go into the tap water (radiator water has chemicals in it).
I have been drinking bottled water and giving bottled water to my pets and my daughter for 5 months now incase it's contaminated. But my landlord after being told this infomation has made no attempt to change the valve. Where do I stand with this? Can I end the tenancy and not pay him rent on grounds that he neglected his duties as a landlord?
The landlord is fixing a hole in the bathroom floor in may and the front door needs replacing because it lets lots of cold air in but he hasn't done anything about it. The insulation in the place is aweful and my bills were aweful this month. I really don't want to live here anymore and I found a place that will open up in may. Any advice would be apeciated.
Thanks not going to 'not pay' the rent as it would put me in the wrong. I'm going to hold up my side of the agreement unless the law states otherwise. I am going to ask him about it and 'if' I decide to renew the lease I will ask him to fix the problems that there are before I sign anything further. If he won't then I will move out when the tenancy is over. The only time I might move out is if another place comes up that is in the area I want to move too. I would pay to the end of the term with this property if that happened. Unless the landlord agrees otherwise. It's not the heating, but the water and it's not my responsibilty to fix this, it is the landlords as I am not allowed to touch anything as it says in my contract.
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- Steve BLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
You need to ask the landlord what they intend to do ...
If what has been said is true, then the water supply company could cut you off (they have a duty to prevent you poisoning their other customers :-) )
HOWEVER the fact is, many 'plumbers' know very little about what they are doing and are only too happy to tell lies in order to get paid for un-necessary work ..
Put the question to the Landlord again ...
My (admittedly limited) knowledge pressurized closed circuit heating systems suggests that there are always TWO (2) values between the mains and the heating circuit (they are only opened for 'filling' the system) .. and those two values should be connected by a TEMPORARY hose (it's illegal to permanently connect the two sides even with the values in place) == see LINK (the HOSE is clearly shown .. go find your own one)
Removing the hose should prevent any possibility of transfer from radiator side to mains side, even if both values fail == and you will soon spot a faulty value as the water drips over the floor :-)
PS heating has very little to do with renting (unless there is something to prevent you buying an electric heater) .. if you refuse to pay the rent you can be evicted ...