On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:11:06 +0000, Phil Addison wrote:

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:52:58 GMT, Velvet wrote:

If I don't go through all these hoops, then it's non-payment of rent,
and breaks the tenancy agreement, regardless of the fact that money is
used for repairs the landlord should have made.

Just tell the landlord that HE is in breach, and therefore you are lodging all
further rent payments with your solicitor who will hold the monies until the
repairs are done. That will make him sit up.


It would probably get him standing up aswell!
I'm not familiar with Assured tenancies.
However in shorthold agreements
the Landlord (or his agents) have a right to enter the property to inspect
or maintain it at all reasonable times.
I beleive this can be interpretted at law to mean that the agent
attempts to give 24 hours notice and may enter during the working day
Mon-Fri, or at other times by mutual agreement.

Many LA/HA landords usually write to their tenants that they wish the gas
installation to be inspected but make it clear that they will force an
entry if necessary. It seems improbable that they would take such a line
if they did not have a legal basis for this.


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