In article , Roland Perry
scribeth thus
In message 4f411c10.146911734@localhost, at 16:02:08 on Sun, 19 Feb
2012, Cynic remarked:
It's not just the electrical appliances, there are tiles falling off the
wall, doors falling off the cabinets and so on.

Those things *are* the landlord's responsibility if not caused by the
tenant, as is reasonable redecoration. I appreciate that many
landlords drag their heels, but any tenant should be able to get it
done with persistance.

Six months wasn't enough at a house I rented in 2005. The landlord was
living in Italy and the agent would do nothing without contacting him,
which appeared to be impossible.

In any case those things can usually be tided sufficiently to not be an
eyesore, and do not make the place less comfortable.

The current landlord allowed us to repaint the kitchen in magnolia
(instead of bright green). Whether bright green is "less comfortable"
I'll leave as an exercise for the reader.


Magnolia is the rented accommodation standard colour dontcha know;!...

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Tony Sayer